Please be in prayer for me this week. World Venture has asked that I have $1000 in my account by the end of the week so that I can purchase my plane tickets for the summer. God owns the cattle on a thousand hills and I am trusting him to provide in miraculous ways! Pray that God gives me patience as I wait.

Also pray as we are solidifying dates, locations, schedules, budgets, etc. There are a lot of details that go into a trip like this!

Pray for my teammates Park & Melissa as they go about raising $1000 each this week as well.

Back In the Saddle

I had my first class at World Relief since Spring Break on Thursday morning. The class is much larger then it was before! 23 students! We were crammed in that room, sweating, and learning about adjective order and playing lots of games to learn about each other and practice writing, speaking, and listening. I taught for the entire two hours because Ben was unable to be there.

I also had a very encouraging connection with one students who said that he came to Christ in August. I'm praying that God will continue to bring people into his life to encourage him and bring about spiritual growth.

I received some updates about Japan this week that I will be posting very soon. The biggest prayer request right now is that World Venture has asked that I have $1000 in my account by the end of the week so that I can buy plane tickets.

21st Birthday

I celebrated my 21st birthday with my family over break. Here are some pics:

Timelines...

If you would like to see pictures of the students timelines from a few weeks ago, they are posted on the full-time teacher's blog:

worldreliefenglish.blogspot.com

They're pretty neat, so enjoy!

Its Official!

I finally received my official acceptance from World Venture to be a part of the English team going to Japan this summer. There are three of us: Melissa Bannon, Kyeongseuk (sp) Park, and me. I'm still waiting to hear more details, but I sent out letters today and have been talking to a lot of people about the trip. I'll share more details as they come.

Thank you so much for you prayers!

Continue to pray for:
Diligence as I complete the semester.
Partners in prayer and finance.
The hearts of the students that I will be working with.

"Calling in Sick" at World Relief

This last Thursday we had a great time at World Relief learning about "Calling in Sick" to work. The students drew pictures of a reason they could not come to work and wrote short paragraphs about it. I tried to teach some indirect strategies for confidence but that didn't work very well. So we launched into our activity, which was using my cell phone to call Ben (in the hallway posing as their "manager") and pretend to "call in sick." We got everything from a tree falling on top of the house to sick children. It was so fun to watch them. Abraham (a new student from Iraq) got so excited while he was on the phone that he was almost dancing in front of the class. I hope that it was actually a life skill that they will be able to use.

Update on Japan: I am for sure going to Japan in June & July as part of my internship. I hope to have a letter ready later this week or the beginning of next. Email me if you would like to receive my updates.