Daily life

Hey guys, sorry its been a few days since my last post. I have been asked to share details about my daily life here. There are 5 guys out of 38 students, we have been close since the begining, I see God using us to help mold eachother. We have breakfast first thing, it is ussually very light coffee and bread. Then we have a school wide devotional time. Then we move right into classes, we have class until 1pm, then we have lunch.

We have afternoon work duties such as cleaning, yard work, and maintance. I am on maintance, I work on drains, or broken chairs and so on. Work duties go until 4 pm, then we have classed again. Dinner is at 6pm and most nights consist of some salad and some items for sandwiches. On the weekends we have hartier dinners. So I being a growing boy walk into the town of Herrnhut, about a mile. To go to the groccery store for meat, we ussually have atleast one meal a week with meat on base. It can be hard for the staff to maintain a food budget for such a large group and still keep costs low.

The guys are living in a side building off of the castle, it is pretty basic living. There is one toilet in the side building in a room called the WC (water closet) and then there is a seperate shower room with one shower. There are small coal stoves in the rooms but we haven't been able to fire them yet. The temperature is getting pretty chilly at night. There are quite a few students with colds. Please pray that they will get better, it is easy for sickness to spread in group working so close all the time.

After dinner in the evening, we have time to do laundry and some class work. Quit hours are at 8pm in all buildings and lights out by 10. So our days are pretty packed, the staff is very good. They are dedicated and driven. It is interesting at times because a lot of the staff is about 20 years old. The average age of the students is 19-20, the guys have formed an accountablity group that funtions to keep the guys focused and on the right path. We each have a 1-on-1 time every week with a dedicated staff member.

Money is a little shy at times, and life is a little more expensive here, but God has been providing. I still need to raise money for the outreach phase in the end of December. Please be praying that I will continue to grow in my faith and for my classes so that I can be a more effective witness in every arena.

I thank God for all your prayers and support. Thank you for loving me and sending me out as a missionary. I know that God is still doing increasingly large things within the body there. Until next time, God Bless.