I will be back home in Michigan one month from
today. I’m not usually a home-body, but I’m really looking forward to being
home, to being able to talk to my family (I’ve not talked to them since
Christmas), to seeing my little brother graduate from high school. When I get
home, I’ve been asked by a few of the missionaries to have someone take note of
the odd things that I say as I readjust to life back in the States. So, this is
a call out to those of you that know be well—when you see me, be prepared with pen
and paper in case I say something off the wall. For example, one of the ladies
here was overwhelmed on her first visit back to Taco Bell. She ended up asking
the worker if they sold burritos. Another lady walked into a grocery store and
had to walk right back because it was too much for her to handle. Hopefully, I
won’t be walking up and down the aisles hugging all the food. J
On Friday, we visited the “water park” again.
There were about 28 of us there this time, and we all had a blast. Due to an
unexpected detour, I didn’t get to the water park until about an hour and a
half after everyone else. Most of the older kids had gone exploring upstream,
and I wanted to go join them. One of the boys that had stayed behind (Josh)
decided to go find them with me, so the two of us traipsed through the water
over the slippery rocks. It was not as easy as it looked, let me tell you. The
bruises on my legs could testify to the difficulty of the trek. Finally, we
caught a glimpse of the group we were trying to catch up to. And then I slipped
and fell in the water. Poor Josh. I think I scared him to death. He anxiously
asked me, “Are you okay, Miss Rachelle?” “I’m fine, don’t worry,” I answered.
“Could you do me a favor, though? Could you look and see if anyone saw that?”
Thankfully, no one had witnessed my wipe-out. Most of the afternoon was pretty
overcast, but God held off the rain so that we could enjoy our time together.
We’re also getting back into the birthday
routine. We had two birthdays to celebrate over the weekend. May arrives with
quite the birthday vengeance—there are four birthdays in May (not including
mine since I’ll already be in the States when mine rolls around). With all the
events going on, my last two weeks will not be boring in the least. This
weekend alone, we have a play performance, a Jr./Sr. banquet, and a recital. I
think I’ll be on the plane heading to Europe before I realize it!
Today’s two Bible studies were really
encouraging, once again. In the study with Frieda, we went through a lesson on
salvation. She really understood the verses we looked at and was very solid in
her understanding of salvation. At the end of the lesson, I asked Frieda to
share her testimony with me, and she was able to clearly explain when (and more
importantly why) she trusted in Christ for salvation. In the study with
Clementine, we were talking about heaven. At the end of lesson, the book asked,
“If Christ were to return today, would you be ready to meet him?” I asked
Clementine to respond to the question. She thought long and hard about it, and
then nodded. I then asked her to explain her answer, and she responded because
she has trusted in Christ for her salvation. Please continue to pray for these
two individuals. Next week will be my last study with both of them.
