A little cloud cover brought some welcome relief from the high temperatures of recent days. It also gave me the needed stimulation to venture outside this afternoon and to climb the mountain across the valley. The scenery is magnificent and I am constantly reminded that these were some of the first mountain peeks to appear following the great Flood.
The second day of classes went very well. I have now discovered that about five of the students speak English well enough to hold a conversation and many of the rest understand some. When in different countries, I have found that a good way of getting to know people is to simply say, “tell me how you became a Christian”. Then I try to listen attentively remembering the key events. It’s true that behind every face – there’s a story. I’m looking forward to hearing many more such conversation stories this week.
I don’t know what the architect was thinking when he designed the centre we are staying in. It has quite a unique shape (one set of stairs with no corners leading from a huge lobby up 5 floors). Also for the past 3 weeks another organisation has been staying in the same centre. They are a fairly large group of teenagers and as you can imagine they bring their own ‘extra loud noise level’ with them. It has been difficult for the CMLC students to study in the evenings and to get enough sleep, as it is seldom quiet in the house before midnight. CEF did not know about this when hiring the facility but things should be back to normal this weekend. Thank you for continuing to pray for us.
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