The past few weeks have been very full again, mainly because of the marriage seminar and arrival of several new people this past week. Bill Thomas and Linda Berg came to speak and sing, respectively, at the seminar for the church. Not as many came as had been hoped, but quite a few did and it seemed to be good for people. It was great to have people back in the apartment again, too!
Besides the arrival of Bill and Linda, Thelma Stephens also arrived. Thelma is a retired nurse who is going to be living upstairs with me and helping out around here and in the clinic. She runs a Bed&Breakfast in Canada during the summers. She seems like she will be great to have around and very huggy, which is nice for me.
Thanksgiving was interesting to have away from home, since no one else here was celebrating American Thanksgiving, but I finished most of my update letter then and had an otherwise normal day of work. It was a little lonely since I knew I wasn't with family, but I still got to talk to family, so that helped.
In other news, we've decided we need to work on giving the dog away here because logistically it's going to be very difficult, and financially a problem for myself and my parents. So, though I've gotten very attached to the puppy, I will probably be better off this way.
Prayer requests:
A place for the dog
Continued health
Working on the church website--that we will be quick and get it DONE
Monday, November 27, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
October-November
Okay, so a lot has happened in the past month and I'll start on this now and add more progressively.
To start, after we got back from Greece, we had the church anniversary, which was a lot of work, but went very well. Lots of people came, we showed the slideshow I'd worked on several times and it was very well received by the people. The dramas and banquet went well, and then a new church was started. The new church has been going very well, and I love going out there--people keep getting healed, giving testimonies, and encouraging each other so that has been neat to be a part of.
After that we had a the first team we've had since I've been here. They were from Denmark and part of a school called Euroclass, which was basically a ministry-type high school. Most of them were around 16, a few were older, so our apartment was very full for the time there were here (around 10 days). Having them around was fun though because I was beginning to miss home and it was nice to have people who were young and could speak English that I could relate to. During that time I also prayed to be filled with the Holy Spirit and have since been learning more about that.
Since the team has left things have been more normal, but there have been some major answers to prayer:
First, a girls' group has been going on for a few weeks now, so I've had more fellowship with other girls.
Second, Valbona and I have gotten closer and have been working out together so I'm losing weight and gaining a closer friend.
Just this week Kimberley has also started school part-time (she is Christopher's little sister). We are doing Kindergarten and Pre-K type things with her--working on letters, shapes, colors, and numbers. She's is so excited about school though!
To start, after we got back from Greece, we had the church anniversary, which was a lot of work, but went very well. Lots of people came, we showed the slideshow I'd worked on several times and it was very well received by the people. The dramas and banquet went well, and then a new church was started. The new church has been going very well, and I love going out there--people keep getting healed, giving testimonies, and encouraging each other so that has been neat to be a part of.
After that we had a the first team we've had since I've been here. They were from Denmark and part of a school called Euroclass, which was basically a ministry-type high school. Most of them were around 16, a few were older, so our apartment was very full for the time there were here (around 10 days). Having them around was fun though because I was beginning to miss home and it was nice to have people who were young and could speak English that I could relate to. During that time I also prayed to be filled with the Holy Spirit and have since been learning more about that.
Since the team has left things have been more normal, but there have been some major answers to prayer:
First, a girls' group has been going on for a few weeks now, so I've had more fellowship with other girls.
Second, Valbona and I have gotten closer and have been working out together so I'm losing weight and gaining a closer friend.
Just this week Kimberley has also started school part-time (she is Christopher's little sister). We are doing Kindergarten and Pre-K type things with her--working on letters, shapes, colors, and numbers. She's is so excited about school though!
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