Whoa! It has been way too long since I have written.
As you probably know, I am planning on getting married in June. My fiance, Greg, is a teacher here in Durham. He teaches culture and language classes for the missionary candidates.
So, yeah, in June we are getting married and we are both really excited and thankful that God has brought us together.
I am currently in some language and culture technique classes. The current class will be for the rest of the semester and is actually a tribal simulation of what we will most likely experience overseas. It is just a very small taste of what we will in reality spend many years doing. We just finished a class about various kinship systems that are used around the world as well as a class on literacy. Literacy is hugely important obviously, because we want to eventually translate the word of God in order for the people to be able to read it. I have been enjoying classes, but I am also looking forward to graduation and getting married this summer. Please be praying that I will be able to get a lot out of the last couple of months here and not mentally 'check out'. I am feeling a bit exhausted with everything right now, but I keep reminding myself that this is something I will not have the opportunity to study again and I need to get as much out of it as I can, while I can.
After I graduate and Greg and I are married, we will spend a short time in Washington. For most of June and July, we will be driving back to Canada with a stop in Iowa. We are going to spend a little bit of time with Greg's church there as well as visiting his grandparents. Then we will get our place set up and settled in Durham.
In July we will drive down to North Carolina where Greg's sending church is. We will spend some time there with his church family and friends and hopefully get some time to share what we are doing in the future.
We hope to be back in Canada by August so we can begin to get prepared for the next school year to start. Greg plans on teaching for one more year in the training and I will be helping on staff as well. Most likely I will be helping with childcare to help give the student mothers more time in class.
By the time the 2011-2012 school year comes to an end, Greg and I plan on leaving Durham and begin finding lots of partners to help us to get the Gospel where it has not yet been. We both have the desire to share God's Word with people who have never heard or had the chance to hear and we want to find people who want to see the same goal accomplished. This will be a huge task and can be very intimidating, but God is faithful to provide all of our needs.
Thank you all for praying for me and continuing to support me. I am looking forward to seeing you all very soon!
