Adaptation

I've got a few minutes free, so I figured, why not post an update? I had Giovanni scheduled for 10:00a today, but Adriana and Lee just told me that he called and said he wouldn't be able to participate in the program anymore, because he got a job! He was coming here to practice his English while he was trying to get work in tourism, so I guess he accomplished his goal. I'm sad that I won't see him anymore, but I'm very happy for him--I know how much he wanted that job. He still has some questions about God that he hasn't quite sorted out yet, and he's still dealing with some big issues, so please pray that God will continue to push him to ask those questions and not be satisfied until he finds the answers in Him.

We're starting to get into a kind of rhythm here. That's probably not the best way to describe it. Actually, that's probably a terrible way to describe it. There's really not much of a steady pace at all. I could just delete that first sentence, but I've put so much effort into these following ones contradicting it. Let's say instead that we are finally adapting to the way things run around here. I think that's a good thing. It's not that we aren't surprised by anything or always know what to expect, but we were a little more stressed out when we had to deal with surprises in the beginning. Now we are learning how to quickly adjust to meet to needs of our work.

Please pray that God will continue to give us His strength and help us depend on Him to keep us going strong, and that we won't run out of things to talk about! :) Also, please especially pray for Kensey. She won't say it on her blog, but she has a busier schedule than William or I (not on purpose, that's just the way it worked out). She can definitely handle it, though, so don't worry. Just pray for a little extra endurance for her.

I want to let everyone know that my team is great. I am very thankful that I get to work and live with them. We work together well, and we haven't had issues yet that we haven't been able to deal with. We'll surely get annoyed with each other at some point during the trip, but overall, things are excellent. Our personalities and gifts really complement one another. Kensey and William are both hard workers and have shown great dedication to serving here. Missy also worked very hard to prepare us to be here on our own. Praise God that He chose us all to come here together!

I will be posting a complete list of my readers a little later on. Please pray for each of them, and for our team!

PS- It just started raining very hard. Where did that come from? Oí, Brazil!