Latest Prayer Letter:

Hey All!

Well- they warned us in one of our classes about the delicate balance between updating so often between everybody gets sick of you, and losing touch with everybody and well... I was trying not to update too frequently. I think I succeeded .

Classes are going hard and strong. We just finished Foundational Bible Teaching today. We're also studying Ministry Partnership, and Phonetics. Phonetics is fun. It's all about hearing and making and distinguishing all the different sounds our miraculously created tongues can make. If we can tell sounds apart that aren't used in English, and then reproduce them, this will give us a huge leg up in learning both the trade language and the tribal language.

Some special blessings God has put in my life over the last few weeks include:

-my roommate and building mates. We actually call our building The Longhouse- because it reminds me of Mom's stories about Indonesia when she was little. The six of us are always in and out of each others houses and doing stuff together- it has been such a blessing to be with these other five gals!

-God's popped up some opportunities to get involved at Potter's House (the church I'm part of here). He's given me some great talks with people before and after church, and also a chance to serve on Tuesday nights watching kids while they're parents attend an addiction recovery program the church does. There is a LOT of drug addiction, alcoholism, and even messier things in the area. It is SO fun to be around kids again. Going cold turkey from 40 hours a week to no time at all around little ones has been super weird.

Thank you SO much for your prayers! I really appreciate it!

Praise:

-good friends!

-good church

-opportunity to serve

-homesick phase is ending- hurray!

Pray:

-Discipline (this is God's theme for the semester I think- something I definitely need to learn)

-A hungry, humble learners heart to become all that God has for me to become during this training time.

-On Thursdays I help at an afterschool hangout for youth in a highrisk area (apparently its one of the meth and teen pregnancy capitols of the country). Please pray that I would have God's heart for these teens, His ears, eyes, and words to say them as we interact each week!

So that's a bit of what God's up to on my end! I'd love to hear what He's up to on your end of things! Thank you so much for your interest in what God's doing down here :)

In Jesus,

Anna