Hello! Well it's getting a bit trickier to make time to just blog! Our school is in the full flow now and things are, well, demanding! It's a good busy...but BUSY none the less. I was just saying to my leader yesterday that my plan is to staff this year to get the flow of things and then take online courses towards a degree next year- but that at this point I seriously could not imagine taking courses on top of my schedule!! I get up at 6:15am and don't make it home until around 10:15p. I try to go to sleep as soon as possible to get a good nights rest- sometimes I'm successful, sometimes I am not. But, PRAISE GOD I have a nice bed and shared apartment to come home to!!! I have the sweetest roommate! She is from Brazil and has a precious heart. I praise God for her- you never know when you meet a stranger if you will connect or be compatible for living together- but I am overjoyed to report that God in His love and mercy has given me Aline. :) We are still waiting for our 3rd roommate to arrive from Russia. She is having Visa issues and we just keep getting reports that it will be a bit longer, be a bit longer.. our rent is higher every month she is not here, so needless to say we are REALLY praying she comes sooooon! Not to mention she is also a staff member in my school, so until she gets here the weight that the only other female staff and I carry is much heavier.
You could pray for that! Thanks!!
The students are doing well; struggling with all the same issues that I did. Some of them may be reading this after I post it on facebook so I won't be too specific but if you could pray for them as well that would be great. Right now their school fees are due by Oct. 24th and 4 of them still owe a combined total of $7570. One gal in particular owes about $3500. of that amount. We are believing that God will provide as He has done so many times before. When something is His will, He makes a way.
I am teaching the book of Ruth in just a few weeks... OH PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS. The preparation is intense. I am not looking forward to it for the very most part. For those of you who know me, you know that I am totally capable of speaking in front of a crowd, but teaching...well... I can do it but it's not my strongest gift. I know it will be fine- I have every confidence because God would not have called me to it if He wasn't going to enable me to do it. It's just that I want to be truly knowledgeable in all the required information. You know me... I'm not into faking anything. I want to be the real deal. So please pray that I do truly well. I would appreciate that.
Along the lines of prayer requests I pray that you would also lift up my laptop and phone. You know how it goes... my laptop is 3 years old now. Last year I did have to take it for some repairs and I just dread the day it dies. It would not be worth the cost to repair it again. God is so amazing I know He will provide what I need when I need it. Also, sooner than that I fear my phone will go. It is a lemon- it has always been a lemon. But it's my lemon and again, I dread the day it goes, hehe. Neither of these are a 'right this minute' issue, and I praise God that I am truly blessed to have anything at all!! That is the truth.
Bless you guys!!!
Leah
