Insert title here...

Nov 22, 2009

So, I didn't get all my homework done on time... A.D.D. at work again. This academic stuff is a lot harder than it sounds, especially when you can only read a book for 2 minutes before you forget that you were doing homework in the first place! As a result, I am quite far behind in my homework but that's OK, because half of the other students are behind too. It doesn't help that we had only a week to read two books and write summaries on them for our pre-course work and on top of that write a major essay for our previous class. Meh, I guess that's whatcha gotta do for education nowadays.

This week was the 24/7 week of prayer. Basically, we designated a "prayer room" where for the entire duration of this week (even the wee hours of the night), we had at least one person praying in this room. Not only did we pray, but we posted Bible verses, prayers, struggles and confessions on the walls of this room. Being the smart thinker that I am, I chose the hours of 9:00 - 10:00PM as my time to pray. I admit most of the time I wasn't really praying but rather reading the stories on the wall and playing worship songs on the guitar. But when I did pray, I was about the most random things ever so I couldn't sum them up for you. Although one specific thing I did pray for was that I would be able to connect on a deeper level with the students here at Kaleo. Also, to be able to not care about what others think about me. The first request was answered quite immediately as I was able to chat with the guys in my dorm on a very deep level. Praise God! I quickly learned that we struggle with the same things. Also, I am slowly letting go of my tendency to show off my best side. It's not as hard as I thought it was and thankfully my fellow K7's have showed me much grace.

Speaking of grace, that was the topic of one of the books we were assigned for our next class "Foundations of Church Ministry" which starts tomorrow. Yikes! This was one of the classes that I was really looking forwards to as I believe North American culture has had it's effect on the church. I would like to explore what the Bible has to say about how the church should function. Please pray that this week I would be able to absorb the class materiel and remember it for the upcoming final exam. Sitting down for 8 hours a day is not my forte. Also could you pray for the residents of Duncan. As you may already know there has been much flooding due to the constant rain that we have been getting. Many people have 3-4 feet of water in their houses and some roads have been washed out.

Thanks for your continued support,

Trent