Almost the end of the beginning

I thought I'd write a quick update in my "free" time which is rapidly depleting. We've started to cram quite a lot into these last few weeks (by the way, I cannot believe we are in our last few weeks of lecture phase! phew that went fast!). Last week we started working on three different short dramas for outreach, and this week we'll be learning some more. We also have some fundraising dinners scheduled, spanish lessons, and other prep work. Somehow these things always ends up being at the same time : ).

Last Saturday was the Coatesville Christmas parade, which actually exceeded my expectations as far as quality and quantity (seriously, have you ever thought of a Coatesville parade?). We had a stand set up with coffee and we also walked up and down the street offering prayer for people and in some cases sharing the gospel. This kind of thing pushes me way outside of my comfort zone, but we've been learning about evangelism the last few weeks so now it's time to start acting on what we'ver learned.

This past week we also had a great speaker, Jimmy Nimon, who is staff at Gateway House of Prayer in Lancaster. He talked about walking in the spirit. He stressed the importance of having QUIET time everyday. Up until now, my daily "quiet" time has been me reading my bible everyday, but now we're all trying to add time to wait on the Lord and just listen to what He has to say. It's amazing how much this prepares me to face the day, no matter how crazy it is. I also think that this will be a key component for maintaining sanity in the days to come : ).

I would like to thank you for your continued prayers for us as we speed prep for the next three months. I will be home for a week around Christmas and we plan to leave for South America sometime around the 30th.