MORE!

So, updates have been absent!

We have been pretty busy here at the college, school is about 4 weeks in, and there is lots of homework (atleast for me).

I am a student/intern this semester (Sort of? if you want to call it intern). So I have a bit more on my plate than last semester, but it is so, so good. I have been blessed by it and growing already.

All the students here are great (i wish i could take photos for you! maybe i will steal some off facebook). We have a few that are actually from mainland, and one from Germany! It is very exciting, i love getting to know them all.

(up at the house in Nago, spending the night in the Tatami room)

(our semesterly trip to Pineapple Park!)

Life is pretty chill here, though it does get exciting and busy at moments during the day. It is starting to cool off from the killer heat (it feels like fall today!). I think i am going to wear pants tomorrow!

Thank you for all your prayers, I know I have people out there praying for me. I can feel them, i know i need them. Thank you so much.

God is so good, and so strong. Trust in Him for everything, He loves us dearly.

More soon,

-'manda

An Update!!

Yay! everyone, Praise the Lord! i have a converter for my laptop cord!

(me praising the Lord with an instrument)

my new roommate Ana (She is from Germany!) let me have one of her european converters and it works with my korean plug! I'm so happy!

So, it feels weird to update without any pictures to share, but i will update anyways.
(actually, i found some other people took so i added them)

We just started our second week of classes, and it's going pretty well.

I have five classes, and i will be leading a group out to a base each sunday to minister there.

It's a step up with responsability and things i have to get done, but it's really good. Growing hurts a lot, but it's so, so good for us.

This past weekend we went up to Nago for our frequent Pineapple Park trip, and a visit to the beautiful beach there.

Me and three other students headed up there a couple days early than the rest of the group, to help with the first service for the church Tim started in his home there, and to pass out fliers for it. It was very fun, and amazing to see another part of beautiful Okinawa. It's more woodsy up there, with tons of green and more mountainy trees rather than tropical. We went to the beach Saterday evening, and stayed until dark. Got to see the stars and a beautiful moon coming out of the foggy clouds. Very beautiful, God is great at His creation.

I'd like to ask you to pray for us here. There are four of us here that need to get missionary visas to stay this semester, and it might be difficult for one person particularly. Please pray, God can do ANYTHING. We know He will provide them when we need them, His timing is wonderful we just have to wait for it.

We need God's guidance, we want to live to please Him and to be with Him. We really want to stay strong in our quiet time with Him each morning, please pray that the students would learn how important an appointmant that is each day. It's so beautiful to meet our Savior each day.

Thanks for keeping us in your prayers, we appreciate them beyond what you could know. we see them, and we feel them.

trust God with all you've got, He is amazing and faithful always.

-'manda

(this one's for amber ahaha) miss you :]