...me and my best friend kleeeeeenex.
Hallelujah!
I WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THE 12 OF FEB. BUT THE ENTIRE SITUATION WITH WEC TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFERENT THAN I THOUGHT. So lift me up that I would learn all the Portuguese I need to get by anyways. My room mate here at headquarters is actually Brazilian and she is adorable! We really have hit it off! She is teaching me some Portuguese and I am making her laugh a lot in English. She and the girls in my dorm here are precious! They all took care of me when I was sick; I felt so warmly welcomed for the long week ahead even considering the being sick and all.
Tell me how I can keep you all in prayer too! I will write more later!
God bless!
Miss you!
His gal, Jeanne
see you!
...a shot from overhead projector: snippet documentary of "Mama Luca" in Africa
I got a blog here! Praise God! Now everyone can see whasssup with my adventures in Belo Horizonte over the next months. I have been meaning to get this blog up and going for a few days here, but didn't have a minute to do so until....well, right now.
My prayers are that this blog can keep everyone posted on the journies, journals, pics (if I can scan some), and devotionals all along the way. I cherish your time in reading with me and being a part of my heart while I get ready to learn the language and culture of these precious people in the favelas (slums) of the city.
I love you! Please write and respond in prayers and comments; I know blogs are good for all that so that's the reason for me really creating this for ya! Lets do it together!
So....now that I have made it to the Headquarters here at WEC International in PA, I have undergone IMMENSE course work over the past week for VERY thorough orientation! So much I have learned it's unbelievable! Praise God! I do praise Him for this time even though a lot of it I have had tons of experience with already.
I am posting a few pics of my crazy situation of being SUPER sick upon arrival (satan really wanted to prevent me from going on this trip... even to Pennsylvania for the training sessions), as well as a couple pics of a day around the mulberry bush of some "culture shock" experiences : eating together from one bowl of Gambian food...with only my hands!
I was supposed to be the American attempting to "blend in" to the host national of Gambia by imitating his eating habits, respecting his culture this way. There were three of us in the excercise; one portraying the national who was "hosting" us for supper, one: an ignorant American tourist, and me. None of us knew who was who while getting into it, we were simply told to follow instructions...and eat with our hands. This turned out to be hilarious!
It has been neat working with a group of missionaries going sent through this particular missions organization; each team on their way somewhere else. We have all married couples except for me! One couple going to South Asia has the sweetest little 5 month old! I am so proud of this little family! We will have much to catch up on when we each return home.
My prayers are that this blog can keep everyone posted on the journies, journals, pics (if I can scan some), and devotionals all along the way. I cherish your time in reading with me and being a part of my heart while I get ready to learn the language and culture of these precious people in the favelas (slums) of the city.
I love you! Please write and respond in prayers and comments; I know blogs are good for all that so that's the reason for me really creating this for ya! Lets do it together!
So....now that I have made it to the Headquarters here at WEC International in PA, I have undergone IMMENSE course work over the past week for VERY thorough orientation! So much I have learned it's unbelievable! Praise God! I do praise Him for this time even though a lot of it I have had tons of experience with already.
I am posting a few pics of my crazy situation of being SUPER sick upon arrival (satan really wanted to prevent me from going on this trip... even to Pennsylvania for the training sessions), as well as a couple pics of a day around the mulberry bush of some "culture shock" experiences : eating together from one bowl of Gambian food...with only my hands!
I was supposed to be the American attempting to "blend in" to the host national of Gambia by imitating his eating habits, respecting his culture this way. There were three of us in the excercise; one portraying the national who was "hosting" us for supper, one: an ignorant American tourist, and me. None of us knew who was who while getting into it, we were simply told to follow instructions...and eat with our hands. This turned out to be hilarious!
It has been neat working with a group of missionaries going sent through this particular missions organization; each team on their way somewhere else. We have all married couples except for me! One couple going to South Asia has the sweetest little 5 month old! I am so proud of this little family! We will have much to catch up on when we each return home.
Hallelujah!I WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THE 12 OF FEB. BUT THE ENTIRE SITUATION WITH WEC TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFERENT THAN I THOUGHT. So lift me up that I would learn all the Portuguese I need to get by anyways. My room mate here at headquarters is actually Brazilian and she is adorable! We really have hit it off! She is teaching me some Portuguese and I am making her laugh a lot in English. She and the girls in my dorm here are precious! They all took care of me when I was sick; I felt so warmly welcomed for the long week ahead even considering the being sick and all.
Tell me how I can keep you all in prayer too! I will write more later!
God bless!
Miss you!
His gal, Jeanne
see you!
...a shot from overhead projector: snippet documentary of "Mama Luca" in Africa
