Rejoice with us!
- We have all been pretty healthy
- We have had many opportunities to share truth with our friends
- After a week of very polluted air, the weather is starting to get much better
Please lift us up this week:
- SP warfare
- Wisdom in time management
- More one on one time with friends
- Ask that our language teachers would be able to see JC’s love through us
It’s only our second week in this country and it seems as if
we’ve been here much longer. We’ve gotten over jet lag, adjusted to the
different foods, and learned our way around the city.
Here is what a
typical week looks like for us:
Monday:
8:00 am—11:00 am: Language class
12:00—evening: Hang out with friends
Tuesday:
Same as Monday, plus TEAm meeting in the evening
Wednesday (Tourism
day!):
Morning ‘til afternoon: See some great sites—often with our friends!
Morning ‘til afternoon: See some great sites—often with our friends!
4:00 pm—go to the M’s house for some debriefing time and a
delicious home cooked meal
Thursday:
Same as Monday, plus babysit for the M’s in the evening so
they can have a date night!
Friday:Same as Monday
Saturday:
8:00 am—12:00 pm: Time of PR as a group
12:00 pm—evening: Spend time with friends
Sunday (Day of Rest):
10:00 am—12:00 pm: CH at the M’s house
12:00 pm—evening: Rest and rejuvenate for the upcoming week
Father has already been revealing so many things since we’ve
arrived in this city, one of which is the significance of PR. As a team, we gather
every Saturday morning to PR for various things. Through this simple act of
setting aside time to talk to Father, we have seen many PRs answered and grown
closer as a body. As part of our 40 days of PR, every day we lift up things
that we would like to see Father work in back home. Although we are unable to
communicate often with our friends and family in America, we have confidence
that Father is working as much there as He is here.
We encourage you to take time this week to read each of our
blurbs. Our hope is that it will give you some insight to what Father has been
teaching us individually and how it ties into the theme of PR.
Gayle
We had some great conversations this week with friends and I
know that’s because Father has been listening to the PRs of you and our local
community. He has given us opportunities to share truth and love with our
friend Sharon. Sharon is an incredibly smart girl who loves to talk about
anything- it’s been great being able to see how Father directs the conversation
from surface level topics to deeper SP things. In the awkward, quiet moments
Father draws me to PR and rely on Him for guidance. Please PR for Sharon, she
has been around many brothers and sisters so she knows a lot in her head but
ask the Father that the Good News would pierce her heart this summer and that we
would continue to be links in our friend’s lives.
Shout-outs- I see a bird almost everyday! ;) Liz- I hope the
wedding toast went well! Dad- happy father’s day- you are an amazing father and
I love how we have been able to grow closer over the years!!
Heather
This week Father has really been showing Himself to me
through answered PR. I asked that you would PR for conversations with friends
last week and since then Maya and I were able to share the whole Good News with
a friend and we’ve been able to mention Father at least once in most of our
other conversations. Also our city had been very polluted and a couple of us
asked Father for blue skies and we woke up to a blue sky the next morning.
Things you can PR for are that my friends would begin to wonder where they will
go after death and that they would have dreams about Older Brother and Father.
Shout-outs- Dad- Happy early Fathers Day, I love you and I
hope you have a great day! Grandpa and Papaw- Happy early Fathers day, I love
and miss you! Mom, Jackie, Kelsey, and Rachel I love you and miss you!
Maya
PTL! Last week, we asked you to PR that Father would grant
us more opportunities to share the Good News with friends and 2 short days
after we posted that request, Father did just that. On Friday Heather and I met
a girl named Rebecca at English Corner. We went to dinner afterwards and our conversation
quickly turned to SP things when she told me that her grandmother had recently
passed away and I asked her what she believed about life after death. She
reciprocated and asked what my beliefs were and from that simple question,
Father allowed me to share all of the Good News with her. That was the first
time she had ever heard this news so please PR that her and I would have more
opportunities to talk about the satisfaction that can be found in Him and how
it’s possible to be sure of where you will spend eternity.
Shout-outs! Dad, Happy Father’s Day—wish I could be there to
celebrate with you! Mom & Rami, I PR that you will have a safe trip to
Cali! Love you all!
Russ
So first off there are so many reasons to PTL! Our Father
has been so gracious to us in our friendships with other students. Most of us,
if not all of us, have had the opportunity to get to know our friends on a
deeper, more personal level. This has given us the chance to share a little bit
more of our personal lives, specifically about what the Good News means to us.
I have also been studying a language I didn’t expect to while being overseas:
English?! Me and my friend Jon have been getting together a few times for hours
at a time to prepare him for his English test this Saturday, where I could miss
anywhere from 30%-70% of the questions.. I am so thankful Father has allowed me
to make such a great friend.
Dad, happy father’s day!
Logan
This past week was more difficult than the last for some of
us with combinations of SP attacks and bleak weather for days on end among
other things. But in the end Father always uses those times to remind us of
Himself, our identities, and why we’re doing what we’re doing. On a happier
note, we’ve seen so much PR answered this week- it’s outstanding! Please
continue to PR earnestly for our friends, that their hearts would ache for
truth and love, and for us, that we’d find our only satisfaction in bringing
attention to the Father. Mom, Dad (Happy Father’s Day!), Grandma, I miss you
and love you.
Ryan
This week has been tough so far, but also very good. I have
been sick and someone has decided that he will take a jackhammer to the side
apartment building as a new hobby of his whenever we try to get rest. No
worries though, I’ve found ways to sleep through it surprisingly. On another
note, I’ve had the opportunity to share little bits of the good news here and
there with our friends; it’s awesome to see Father work. Please ask that Father
would continue to work through us as we share His love with them, and ask that
our friends would be more open, and that we would abide in Him, and everything
we do would be for His glory.
Shout-outs: Happy Father’s Day Dad (You can open that card
now!) Love you, and hope you like that card, you’re awesome! Grandma Happy
Birthday! Mom I miss and love all you guys! P.S. Jeremy you were right about
that card! Haha thanks man!
Brandon
Well it’s been really busy learning the language, spending
time with friends, and playing with the M’s kids (I am typing this entry in an
Obi-Wan Kenobi costume) but it’s all been so much fun. We’ve been able to go a lot deeper in our
friendships, which is really exciting and we’re getting more one-on-one
opportunities. I am helping one friend study English for and exam and am
playing a ton of sports every day. I’m seriously going to be so fit by the end
of this summer! I’ve already had some opportunities to begin to share the news
and truth with friends, which is exciting to see already and is such an answer
to pr. I even had one guy come up to me during one good news conversation just
because he overheard us talking and starting asking a ton of questions too. Continue
to PR that we will have opportunities to continue sharing the news with
friends, make the most of each opportunity, and ask that Father will be working
in their hearts.
Shout out to Dad, Happy Father’s Day and thanks for making
me try “adventurous” food all these years. Hope your wrist gets better Cody and
thanks to everybody who has been lifting us and our friends up, it means a ton!
Thank you for partnering with us in spreading the good
news—we definitely recognize that Father is listening to your PRs and using you
to make an eternal impact in the lives of our friends
