Our first day of orientation classes has gone really well so far! Our first three sessions (starting at 8:30 and ending at noon) were led by missionaries from West Brazil. They worked for many years with the Yanamamo tribe, and their stories and experience were very beneficial. We also watched several short videos that gave us a vision for what we will be learning and doing this year, namely reaching tribes and transforming lives (that's the theme for this semester here at MTC). Later today, we'll be having a session about our work details. Each student is required to do at least 7 hours of work on campus, which helps keep the costs low and cut down on the number of staff required to be at the training center. I think we're also going to have some safety/general information for our campus life.
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| Roomies! :-) |
It's been pretty great getting settled here and starting to meet new friends. My roommate is awesome! Her name is Elise, and she's really sweet! She went to New Tribes Bible Institute up in Jackson, Michigan, so she actually knew my cousin, Josiah, previously. That was a cool connection. Josiah has a great roommate as well, Jared. We've all been hanging out a lot and having lots of fun playing games and fellowshipping together (and I'm cooking for the guys... don't know how they convinced me to do that, but hey, it's kind of fun :P).
I really miss my family and everyone back home, but it's been awesome hearing from friends and chatting with some of you on Skype! Now that we have internet up and running (at least most of the time :D), I'll try to update more frequently about the things we are learning and doing around here. It's a really beautiful area, and I'm sure we'll be pretty busy learning, working, serving, playing sports (ultimate frisbee!!! hurrah!), and hanging out!
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