Second Week in Quinindé

I realize this post is a little late in coming, and I do apologize. It is difficult for me to access the internet whenever I want, as my days remain very full :)

I have been going in every morning to the Luke Society office to help with whatever needs to be done and talking with some of the staff. In the afternoons I have been going to the schools or to the communities to join the women´s groups. I arrive home around 5:00 or 6:00 pm every night and after dinner am crawling into bed around 8:00 :) I am also getting up around 6:45 every morning in order to be ready to go to the office by 8:00 or 8:30. I also have been eating breakfast, which is a new habit for me, as I am usually fine without food until 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning. Early to bed, early to rise!

I have experienced my first thunderstorm as well as the first blackout of my time here. It was so pretty to listen to the rain falling outside my window! The lightening fell, but it was a lot farther away than it is in Lookout Mountain GA. The sound of the rain reminded me of the white noise makers they make in the U.S. with the option of rain.

On Saturday I also joined a group of youth from my church that are learning to play different instruments and sing together in order to be able to lead worship in church. It was very refreshing to be with them and in the background be able to sing along to the songs I love so much but don´t usually get a chance to sing.

My host and I have chosen my research assignment, and I will be joining the groups of women to do a study on the import of the Luke Society´s work upon the lives of these women. I will be attending their different group meetings and conducting interviews and group discussions. Please continue to pray for wisdom for me, that I might know how to proceed in all the research process and that God would establish relationships for me with these women. That is what I will be devoting my time to along with continued help in the office for the next two months, and then at the end of July, the Luke Society has a medical group coming to have medical campaigns in the different communities. You can also be praying for the preparations and planning for the arrival of this team.

I will try to be taking more pictures and hopefully posting some up here soon! I am not very consistent in my picture taking, but I will do my best!

Thanks for all your prayers!