Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Class


When one sits in class all day, one has very few things to update friends and family on. But look!  Thanks to Erin (one of our staff who always seems to have a camera at opportune moments like this  exciting one) now you can visualize us sitting in class all day! YAY! 

Today we turned in our second completed book: Titus (the first being Philemon, which we handed in on Friday)

Friday, September 24, 2010

Back to School


 We've finished our first week of SBS! The week is spent learning the method that we'll be using to study for the next 9 months. Since Jesse and I already learned the method when we did the Bible Core Course in South Africa, it was an easy week for us. Easy does NOT mean boring, though! We made new friends (sorry, no pictures of them yet!), discovered that we have a vegetable garden with some awesome-looking broccoli, enjoyed mid-day fall-ish temperatures of a whopping 52 degrees (it was below freezing one morning when we left for class!) and I especially enjoyed the opportunity to be cooped up in my new kitchen baking delightful things like cinnamon swirl bread!




But don't worry, we're anticipating a LOT more studying in the weeks to come. They just like to ease us into it slowly (like boiling a frog, for example. The poor little guy will jump right out if you put him into water that's already boiling! They key is to turn the burner on once he's in the pot. Oh, how they ARE doing that. They're buttering us up with snacks and free time, but we know what's really coming!)

Sunday, September 19, 2010

New Home!


After an hour on a bus, 4 hours in the air, and 13 hours on the road, we made it back to the base! We spent the day unpacking and getting settled in our new home--which is a HUGE surprise blessing thanks to a family spending the next year in Hawaii and letting us stay in their house!

Tomorrow is the first day of our 9-month School of Biblical studies!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Teaching


Today we took a trip to Amy’s high school to speak in a Junior/Senior elective class called Missions and World Religions. We were invited to talk to the students about what “missions” means to us, and about how we got involved.
          It was an awesome opportunity to share how God has taught us and led us over the past three years. It was especially fun because God has really been emphasizing to us lately that he has gifted us both in the area of teaching and he wants to use us more in it in the future. This was our first time actually getting to teach a group outside of YWAM.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Rapidly Approaching...

We’ve been home for almost five weeks now, hanging out with family, being involved in our usual church stuff, working a little, and looking forward to starting the School of Biblical Studies in a couple of weeks! If you haven’t already seen our video (which explains a little bit about the school), scroll down to the last post and check it out!

Our last few busy days:
Friday, August 17: Fly into Denver
Saturday, August 18: Drive to LakesideMontana
Sunday, August 19: Move-in day! We’ll post pictures of the house when we get there J
Monday, August 20: Classes Start!

Update on finances:
We’re still hoping for more monthly support (we’re aiming for about $1300 per month) in addition to the actual school fees, which are $2000 per each 3-month segment. Please contact is if you’re interested in giving!