Teaching and Preaching

Saying a prayer during the Sunday service
before I go up to preach.

Sorry I haven’t updated you guys in a while. Things have been going well, but I’ve been relatively busy. Last Tuesday morning, I preached during chapel. It went really well, and everyone said that I did a good job. Yesterday I preached at the AICS church in the afternoon. For my first Sunday sermon, it went well. It was obviously rough around the edges—but hey, it was my first time! If you’re curious, I preached on Lot and his family running out of Sodom. A lot of people said that it was good, and a few told me it was what they needed to hear. That’s a good feeling. J

On Friday I had bamboo shoot for the first time. It seriously tastes like kettle corn. They cook it as a dish for dinner, and I think it tastes so sweet and delicious! I didn’t even know that people ate bamboo before I came here! Mmm. I like almost all of the food here, but I don’t think I’ll get used to the fact that they eat dinner leftovers for breakfast… so the meals are very similar. I miss pancakes and french toast and cheerios.

This is the congregation that I preached to.
It's mostly made up of AICS students.

My classes are going well. I’m still figuring out how best to teach here, but it’s really good experience and I’ll learn. I’m slowly getting to know the students, and I’ve helped a few with writing assignments outside of class. On Friday afternoon I went back to the junior school. Instead of talking to the whole school, I was brought in front of the older students. After they asked me a few questions, mostly about all of my favorites (favorite food, flower, Bible verse, etc.), I played Pictionary with them. They had never played it before, so it was fun to be able to teach them a new game. I split them up into two teams and I gave them Bible stories to draw. They really enjoyed it, and so did I.

Preaching!

Last night we had Singspiration again, and I just have to tell you that we sang Making Melodies. If you don’t know what that is, it’s a song that my dad usually sings during morning chapel at kid’s camp. The song starts with your thumbs out, swaying back and forth and ends with your tongue out, bottom up, head tilted, thumbs up, elbows out, and turning around… you get the picture. It’s so fun to do it with the seminary students and professors here. Could you imagine that going down at Princeton?! Hahaha. Yeah, me neither.

I'm answering questions at the elementary school.
The kids are really cute and very sweet.

PS Rainy season has come!!! It's been raining for the past couple of days nonstop. Well, it breaks every once in a while, but it's mostly been raining nonstop. I love it. But I've decided that what I love even more is when we're inside of a cloud. It's almost like fog, but you can tell that we're in a cloud. So awesome.