Random things...

I have now been here for a week and a half, and I am finally beginning to feel comfortable and am getting used to the schedule. This is what my schedule looks like:


Monday through Friday we have devotions from 6-7am ( I really enjoy this time in the early morning although it is often times very cold out)

7-7:30 is breakfast

7:30-8:30 is class preparation time except on Mondays and Wednesday when we meet as a base for worship and intercession

8:30-9:30 is prayer/worship as a DTS

9:30-10:30 is lectures

10:30-11:00 is break tea as the Africans call it (I call it tea break)

11:00-1:00 is more lectures

1:00-2:30 is lunch/free time

2:30-3:30 is small groups Mon, Thurs, & Fri and is Bible study on Tues and Free time on Wed

3:30-5:30 is work duty

6:30-8:00 is supper/free time/ homework

10:00 lights out

Then we the whole weekend off which is really nice. I will probably do my wash on the weekends since it takes a while to wash clothes by hand. Also during the week we are supposed to clean our room almost everyday and cleaning means mopping, but it is not the way we mop our floors in America. Also along with Bible reading each week we now have three books to read in the next six weeks. So I keep pretty busy, but I am enjoying it. Although, all the sitting around is kind of hard for me. So at night time I always have lots of energy and get really antsy.

This week the teachings are on sin, repentance, forgiveness, and pride vs humility, but so far we have only covered the topic of sin. Last week we were taught on hearing God’s voice and how to have a quiet time, most of which was stuff I had already been taught. It was still good to hear again, but at the same time was kind of frustrating because I feel like I have such a hard time hearing from God, at least in the areas I want to hear from him. Maybe that doesn’t make sense, but I don’t know how to describe what I mean. (typical me)

Today, to my excitement and delight, I had the privilege of helping to cook supper. I know that really doesn’t sound too exciting but I enjoy doing it. We cook huge portions over fires and I got to cut up the cabbage, tomatoes, and onions. I basically made the whole cabbage slosh (I don’t know what else to call it) part of supper by myself which was fun. And since I helped in the kitchen I got to eat a few pieces of carrot. I really miss eating carrots every day like I did at home!! Haha, the little things in life that bring me joy! :o) Oh and on Saturday I helped make this big Indian dinner that us girls and a few other people ate. That was a lot of fun. We cooked everything over this small charcoal burner and I got to grind up spices and wash meat (yuck!) and cut up vegetables. Then I taste tested the really spicy dish. It was so hot!! My mouth and throat we burning for like five minutes. We made Indian food because our staff leader is Indian. We also made a fresh salad, but it was more like cole slaw. It was really nice to have a change of food. Then for dessert we ate a delicious warm chocolate cake. The whole meal was kind of a birthday meal for one the base staff so that is why we had dessert.

So yeah I think that is all I can think of to update ya’ll on. I hope everyone is doing well back home!!