I have been viewing emails and blogs of all our friends this summer and it is quite a blessing to see what we are all doing.  Curtis is in Japan, Ryan, Sarah, and there team in India, zach and me in Indo, the isp trips with Steve Searer teaching English in Korea, and even Kyle found his way to Europe.  One of those people is simply touring, but that is cool too.  I think this is one of the many things that proves the blessings that our Lord pours out on us.  I can’t wait to get back and here the stories; we all know there will be plenty. 

   This past week was another interesting one.  The Lord answered prayers by giving us someone that spoke English, though he was quite weird.(I doubt he could ever find his way on the internet or even access to it so we’re ok)  Two minutes after stepping of the mini bus and getting cheated by the payment guy this man walked up speaking English and invited us to stay at his house.  We ended up staying there from Monday to Friday touring around his village: in a cave that supposedly was 3 kilometers long, up a mountain, to a couple school English classes and down to another beautiful beach.  The Lord is continually teaching me things that I hope to remember for the rest of my life.  As I received in an email from my Dad, we have to continually remember the Lord is in control of His work and like Paul says in Corinthians, some plant, water, but God causes the growth. 

But for now some highlights for the last two weeks, and sorry hopefully we can get to a computer to upload pictures soon.  Hiking through the farms in Watu Karung past the most beatiful beach I think I’ve ever seen, over a small, suprisingly clean, river pouring into the ocean and up to a shack with a man and wife there.  The man proceeded to glide up the tree to cut some Coconuts down for a drink.  Next highlight was riding from the mountain village down to a beach on the back of a moto for about an hour.  It just seems closer to the world around when the wind is in your face.  So ofcourse there are spiritual highlights, but i spoke of those in the last blog. Hope this gives you a picture of what is going on here.  Continue to pray; it looks like we might get some language training this week.  “oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead.” Some song don’t remember by who.