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-Inside Out    
     For the next 4 weeks we will be studying Inside Out. This will consist of Knowing and Loving God, Knowing and Loving Self, Knowing and Loving Others and Knowing Purpose. We have heard testimonies from past trainees that these weeks will be the hardest and most wonderful weeks we will experience as God breaks us of our self and truly brings us to Him. We are all very excited and a little nervous to see what this will be for us and see where God takes us. For this week, we are learning more about God's love for us and He created us for an amazing relationship with Him. We have all realized how big God really is and how small we are but no matter how small we are compared to the universe, God loves and died for us so we can have a relationship with Him.
We have read"Calvary Road" and had to write a little summery over that. We also have "Father Heart of God," which is due at a latter time and "The Life You Always Wanted," which will be our bible study group book.

-Living in a Community
     Here around camp is based on living in a community and living in harmony together so we all take turns taking care of each other. I have kitchen team once a week, practical work around the base, and cleaning the public bathrooms. I got the privilege this week to clean the boys.
My practical work this week was sweeping roofs and cleaning the gutters. We failed our first room inspection but passed with flying colors the next time after we got a note from one of the team leaders.

-Sports
     We have a sport each day. This week we ran.. but it turned out okay after many walking breaks chatting it up with the other girls. We also play volleyball, soccer, dodgeball and will have an aerobics class which is an enjoyable part of the day.

I try to post as often as I can but apologize when I can't get to a computer with internet or don't have the time to write out a post. But I will definitely try as often as I can and thank you all again for all of the support.


Below are a few pictures:

Milkshakes at the Airport

Walk Around the Base

My Room

My Base!

My First Post in SA!

     Hey guys! My plane landed at 6:30 Friday night, the 3rd, in Johannesburg. I was the the third student to arrive on the base so I have been able to slowly meet everyone as they got here. We had a relaxing time getting to know everyone playing soccer and volleyball in the hot South African sun. There are only 3 other Americans here with me. The others are from Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland, Romania, Singapore, South Africa and Ivory Coast (and a few others I am forgetting). It has been so fun with the cross culture experience on base! I have been helping people a lot with English since it's, for most of them, not their first language. It is only the beginning of spring right now, but when the sun is out its very warm but at night and early mornings its so cold!
Wednesday we stared training bright and early for 6 o’clock devotions. A somewhat average day looks a little like this:

-6 am devotions
-7:30 breakfast
-8:30 teaching lesions, with breaks in between
-1 o’clock lunch
-2:30 Afternoon Activities (from work around base, team building, life coaching and days at the mall)
-4:30 sports
-6 dinner
-7:30 Evening Activities (like spending time together at the coffee shop on base and worship around the camp fire).
     
     Our Lessons so far have just been just going over rules and getting us ready for the next few months. They will go more into our life with God, Bible studies, and preparing for our outreaches by learning about subjects like AIDs or other religions. We also meet once a week with our Care Groups, which are like our small groups. In mine, there are 3 girls and 2 boys with a both a man and woman leader. The woman leader will also meet with us individually once a week so we can discuss what we have learned and any problems or personal issues we might be going through. They're basically our spiritual leader while we spend our time here.

     I'll try and update you guys as much as I can.
I am so excited to see what God has to show me! Thank you so much for all of your prayers! They are helping greatly!