School starts soon!!!

So here we are 6ish days before school starts!!! I am super excited and John is getting there. What a blessing it was to take a year off but the teacher in me wants to get back into a classroom and learn. :P Silly I know. School here doesn't just contain classes, there is work detail, outreach, and E-link.

Work detail is basically a program that was established for students to help out around campus/ learn new skills. Students are asked to put in about 8-10 hours each week. I will be working at the MKCE (Missionary Kid Care and Education Center). I am excited to join the team of missionaries that currently work there. I can't wait to learn what they have to teach me. I will be trained later on this semester to be a home-school consultant. (Basically a go to person for homeschooling moms.) We aren't sure where John will be...he could request to be back on the construction crew, but he wants to see where they will put him. We will find out the first week of school.

Outreach is basically where students plug in helping out the local community. There are many different avenues in which people do this. Some women help out at the local pregnancy center, and other women to women ministry opportunities. There is a rehab center that a portion of the guys help out with. There is also a Young Life program out here that a number of students help. Plus a few more opportunities. Not sure where we are going to plug in just yet. We are waiting to hear about each of the different ministries.

E-link is a program where students/couples are partnered with a staff/couple. Basically a discipleship program. We are excited to see which couple we are partnered with!

Classes won't officially start for us until after the first week of starting up. We have a week of orientation. :P Not so excited about that but it's needed! Please be praying that we are patient during this particular week.


Other Prayer Requests:
-Our visit with John's Uncle Bob and Aunt Raye. They live in Tennessee and we are going for a short trip before school starts.
-We use our time wisely as students.
-Child Care: there is not enough staff to properly run it this year so all female students are to work one morning a week. Some of the students I have talked with thus far are very upset with this decision. Please pray for their attitudes! It's a great opportunity to serve our fellow student Moms.
-Our marriage would be Christ focused. One year down... so far so good! ;)