thankfulness

Have been spending the last 4 days at the Webbs' house here on the Seminary campus.  Shelley is the Coordinator of the CALL program, which I am involved in for language study, and David coordinates evangelism for the South Area, which is Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.  They are on vacation at the beach, so I am hear taking care of their dog and enjoying the privacy!

Thursday afternoon Estaban, Anna (my companeros in language study) and I were invited to the Armstrong's house.  Scott and Emily are also American missionaries here (there are 3 American families), but live outside the campus.  Scott's mom and brother are here visiting, and they invited us over for the afternoon and evening, and we enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner!  It was great fun, and, of course I ate too much.

Saturday some of us were going to go hikng at a national park (yes, my ankle is fine now!), but ended up not going for various reasons, and it turned out to be a wonderful day of prayer for me.... I am so thankful for God's Spirit who moves within me and transforms me and makes me anew.....

I am also thankful for the team here.  Wednesday I had a meeting with Dr. Helmer Juarez, Partnership Liason for the MAC Region (so my boss), and we talked for almost 2 hours about projects and plans for the future -- and almost completely in Spanish!!  It was amazing -- when we got stuck, one of us would say a few words in English, and then when understanding dawned, return to Spanish....I'm also having meetings with others on the leadership team here so that they will understand better what partnerships are, and so that I will understand more clearly what their roles are.  Good stuff!

It's kind of weird -- I still have 2 weeks to go here, but find myself preparing for leaving in many ways.....