So I’ve made it through an extremely busy time of preparing for Jeremiah. God was amazingly faithful. Even when I felt like I had completely bombed in my preparation for Jeremiah God still used it and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It’s not fun teaching when you don’t feel prepared. Thankfully, our weakness is God’s strength. So now that Jeremiah’s done, I have a stack of grading to catch up on before I begin studying for my last teaching for this year. On top of all this I’ve been working on outreach stuff.
I’m so excited to be going to Africa. It’s scary but also exciting. We’re working on defining more of what it will look like for us but we have some great opportunities. We’ll be going up the Niger River to do an eyeglass clinic in a small village. Friendship evangelism and children’s ministry seem to be a big part of what we will be doing. Sometime during the trip we’ll also do an overnight camel ride. But we still have much to plan and prepare for. Pray that God will provide opportunities for us to minister and that he would direct our planning as we go. Tim and I are inexperienced in planning outreaches so we need God’s help with everything. We are working closely with DTS which helps. They know what they are doing more. Anyway, also pray that God will provide the finances for us to go. The cost will be approximately $4000. Right now I don’t have the money to go. So pray that God will provide that and that he would provide for the other staff and students going on outreach.
Anyways, today we are headed to the YMCA for a fun afternoon. I should get some work done before that.
