Well, today is the last day of training, and we'll be having a commisioning send off service today. We've learned so much about the culture and the possible barriers, and I just can't wait to use what we've learned!
While I appreciate what Ellen said in her last post (and while I really try to stay positive and confidient), my spanish is not quite as good as she made it sound (and hers, I'm sure, is much better than she's making it sound). However, the spanish I learned in high school is really starting to flow back to me, and that's exciting. I bought a Dios Habla Hoy (God Speaks Today) bilingual Bible in the Good News translation. It's the Bible John Grady advised us to get. I'm really looking forward to being able to read straight from it in Spanish since I can thankfully read the language well.
But as Ellen said, Patty is SO nice and helpful. She feels bad all the time because she doesn't think her English is that great, but it really is. We found out this week that we'll have 2 teams from REAPSouth visiting us in the villages (Barnabus Team and the Creative Ministry Team), but they're mostly coming to give us encouragement and to let us see new faces.
There's a lot more I'd like to type about here, but I'm running late to getting to worship! So, I'll save it for the next blog post. I hope eveyone back home is doing well, and know that prayers can be felt no matter how far the distance, and you guys have no idea what it means to know there are people praying for us.
We fly out today to begin our journey into the villages. We'll be in Huancane until June 15th when we'll go to Conima. I'm simply in awe of what the Lord will have in store for us and the people.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
This has been somewhat of a mini-theme verse here, and I hope in every single way, I can live it out. Until next time, God Bless!
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