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Good day all :)

I feel like I'm on an informational/experiential/emotional overload. This week has been busy and full of learning!

Break it down

*Middle school retreat – what a great group of kids! It's been a blast spending the week with them and developing relationships with them. God is speaking through Christy (the speaker) and really just challenging them (and the leaders!) to bloom in the soil God has planted us. To remain in Him, the vine, so that we can produce fruit, and to just grow in the Lord. Pray for the hearts of these kids as God has already worked and will continue to. A number of students (8) took the steps this morning to give God control of their lives again, and one or two did this for the first time. PRAY THESE SEEDS TAKE ROOT AND FLOURISH AND PRODUCE FRUIT!

*Yesterday we went to visit a school that integrated blind students into the classroom. The only integrated school in Cameroon, and one of only a few for blind students. The prices associated with writing paper and materials is quite high. The work that they do is really unique – what a cool happening! (I don't think there was any Christian connection, but that is just all the more reason to pray for them!)

*Visited the CABTAL (Cameroon association of Bible Translation And Literacy) type setting office this morning. After the text of the Bible is translated, this is where is it checked for the final time, and formatted and organized and finally sent to the printers. It can take between 2-4 months for a single language project to go through the typesetting process which is very detailed and specific. It is so encouraging seeing the care taken to make sure the Bible is printed correctly. PRAY FOR THE TWO CAMEROONIAN TYPSETTERS TO CONTINUE DOING GOD'S WORK WITH JOY, FOCUS, AND THAT THINGS AT HOME CONTINUE TO GO SMOOTHLY SO AS NOT TO DISTRACT THEM FROM THEIR IMPORTANT TASK.

*Course selection is upon me for school for this summer term. To be really honest, I have no idea what I'm doing anymore. My program is still for math and teaching, but I'm not sure if thats where I want to go/what I want to do. The linguistics interest me, the computer programming parts interest me, and the development and humanitarian aid sides still interest me. I really just want to be where I can be used by God – whether that is here in Cameroon one day, or in Canada. I really struggle with wanting to do THINGS to please God, as opposed to SITTING AT HIS FEET and FALLING IN LOVE WITH HIM. I know I need to get my focus straight, but its tough.

PRAY FOR WISDOM FOR ME CHOOSING CLASSES AND DIRECTIONS FOR STUDIES IN THE FUTURE AND FOR TAKING TIME TO JUST SIT WITH GOD, NOT ASKING, NOT TALKING, JUST TO LEARN.

OOH! I can't leave this out! There is a Cameroonian employee here who is going to let Audrey and I borrow his guitar and bring it to Yokadouma with us! What a blessing this is! I'm so excited and thankful! (Its taking me some time to learn to worship in different ways and in different languages – time spent praising God in familier ways with familier words is so refreshing!)

BUT PRAISE GOD FOR THE GUITAR!