Succotz

Journal #11

Succotz

January 13, 2012

Succotz

The morning started off with tortillas, oranges, bananas, and eggs for breakfast. I had cinnamon sugar on my tortilla which made it taste like an elephant ear. I sat with Dwight at breakfast and really enjoyed his company! Dwight is our bus-driver and our contact that we work everything for our trip through. Dwight is retired but has an amazing past work history- including a high governmental office, a school principal, and much, much more. We talked about everything from families to houses to jobs, and beyond.

Doug had the devotional and used Jeremiah 29:11, a verse that we all know very well... For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Class followed and we talked about Deliverance & Salvation. The debate for today was over the beginning of life and the termination of pregnancies. After class I finished most of my homework- in hopes that I will complete it all very soon and not have to worry about it the rest of the trip! :)

Lunch was very “American” and was cheeseburgers, french fries, and pineapple. After lunch I worked on more homework. Early this afternoon a group of us walked down to the highway, to the markets. At the vendor's market I did not buy anything, but it was fun to talk to the vendors. At the Chinese Supermarket, Sarah & I got Pineapple-Coconut ice cream in individual serving containers. The ice cream that they sell is from WD- the dairy that we visited last week. It is a lot of fun to buy things here and know that you are supporting very local businesses.

While waiting on the last few people to finish shopping, we sat down by the river. We saw iguanas in the tops of the trees. It was really cool that the iguanas were so high up in the trees and they were so huge!

The power has been going on and off today, so hopefully that will resolve itself. It seems like it is going to storm- it's becoming cooler and more breezy- with the sky looking dark in some places. The well broke yesterday but luckily has resolved itself and is working fine today! :)

I am very excited for these next few days- tomorrow we get to go on a trip and Sunday we move to a new camp. Next week we start at more schools and I feel like we will have a lot more mission opportunities there, too!

Dinner was chicken salad, tortilla chips, salsa, and papayas. After dinner we worked on more homework and then had a guest speaker. The speaker was Brian Watson, an amazing man with an amazing testimony. Words cannot even describe the way that God has used him, and spoke through him tonight...