What an Amazing God we serve!!! This week has been crazy busy. Sitting in an office staring at a computer all day is not my life's passion. I have to say that I look forward to the moments I get to go outside and mow the lawn or do maintenance on the base because being confined to a small space drives me NUTS!!! I do however realize that if I didn't do the work now when the students get here it would be insane, crazy, and confusing! I am SO excited for the students to get here, we only have 6 students, so of course we are still praying for MORE because the more the better! I have taken up another area of ministry since coming here, I have stepped into heading up the sports ministry program. We have such amazing facilities here for basketball, volleyball, possible football but nobody willing to make things happen. It has become my desire to make our base available for REGULAR games to be played here. I started this last weekend going out to take the guys that play water and asking to play with them. I met 7 guys over the weekend that come fairly often, these guys are pretty stinkin good so I'm hoping that as I spend more time playing with them my skills will also improve!!!

I'm not quite sure what needs to happen in this ministry yet. I need to figure out how many people I am dealing with, first establish the relationships and move from there. A project that I am working on is getting new lighting for our court, we need new lights so we can offer playing time later. Since it gets dark at about 6:30 or 7 it makes it hard in the evenings to have enough time to play. Please partner with me in prayer for the funds needed to replace those!!

As for me..... I am doing well, I am pretty much all settled into my apartment, adjusting to the toaster oven and plug-in burner to cook with!! It is hard I sometimes walk across the lawn to the other people's house to cook because its so much easier with a real stove!!! Imagine that!!! God has already been teaching me new things about Himself and myself which is AWESOME. I have learned within the last few days to really appreciate the times I get to be with Him. I can freely access His throne and walk into His presence whenever I want and that is such an amazing thought! It is so great that He actually desires for me to come and be with Him NO MATTER what state I am in. It has become such a great revelation to me that in my past when I have classified my "God Times" as maybe GREAT, or just alright I am so off. I understand that EVERY TIME I am setting my world aside to Draw closer to God it is an AMAZINGLY AWESOME time. The only thing that could make it bad is not having enough time!!

This weekend we are having a staff retreat, a time to relax and hangout and have some teachings as a whole group. Then its only 2 weeks until classes start and the real fun begins!!! I am so pumped and ready to see what God has planned for this season.