“THE PROCESS IS THE END. FOR IT IS THE PROCESS THAT IS GLORIFYING TO GOD.” --Oswald Chambers

"This life therefore, is not godliness but the process of becoming godly, not health but getting well, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not now what we shall be, but we are on the way. The process is not yet finished, but it is actively going on. This is not the goal, but it is the right road. At present, everything does not gleam and sparkle, but everything is being cleansed." --Martin Luther

Monday, November 26, 2007

Let the Adventure Begin!

We arrived at MTI a little after 1pm.
Answered prayer #1. The trip went extremely well, the kids did an amazing job. We listened to 3 of the Chronicles of Narnia so far. We went about 770 miles in 12 ½ hours. That was with 2 eating and gas stops and 2 gas stops. We only had about 150 miles left today so we took the “scenic” route.
Answered prayer #2. To our surprise we have 3 rooms instead of only 2. So dad and mom get a room to themselves!
#3 There are a few other African nations represented, so we should get a little specific Africa time I hope! There is a single to Mozambique & Malawi and I think a couple to Sudan, Uganda, and Ethopia. We have the most kids of all by 3.
Took a little tour and it a very nice facility. They nurseries are nice, there are books to check out, games to play, even kids movies for when needed.
We are unpacked; we all slept well last night in a nice (and really cheap!) hotel room. Myron crashed at about 6:30 (7:30 our time-still adjusting!).
Bummer #1-the girls are the 4 oldest, and they are alone. There are 11 kids under 3. We were hoping for some other kids to connect with. Oh well-must be God’s plan. They should get lots of individual attention! The teacher was an MK themselves, so they should learn a lot.
18 units of people, 13 agencies, 15 countries represented.
The kids have been running all over, just wired, but super tired.
We have groups/class times from 8:45 to 12, then 1:30 to 4 everyday. I will post more later on some of the things we will be studying.
PRAYER REQUEST:
Pray everyone keeps HEALTHY! They won’t let the kids in the nursery if they are sick, and we won’t learn much if we have to chase kids around. So pray against snotty noses and coughs especially (they are too hard to hide!)

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