Typical Day?

Where do we begin? More or less we can start where we left off on the last post. It’s hard to believe that we have been here almost 2 weeks! We are having such an incredible time. Life here at the base is getting better. Jen and I live in a house with 8 other girls and share 2 full bathrooms (even though the toilets and showers are separated). 3 square meals a day packed with carbs and hearing the gospel… what more could you possibly need?

A typical day begins by awaking around 6:15 to eat breakfast around 6:30, consisting of either cereal, muffins, pancakes, eggs, or the main staple… beans and rice. After b-fast it’s off to the shower (notice I didn’t say hot shower). Between 7-8am we have personal quiet time with God then it’s prayer time or worship depending on the day from 8-9. Everyday during the week we have class between 9 and noon. Each week we have different topics and different guest speakers which are translated into spanish as well (bilingual learning). Week 1 Becca Johnson PhD (Psychology) spoke on “Identity in Christ” which was a blast, learning about our quirky selves and others. This week Paul and Susi Childers from the Kona base in Hawaii are speaking on “Hearing the voice of God”. We’ll go more in-depth later, on what we learned and so forth. At 12:30 we have lunch (usually beans, rice, and yuca) then small groups from 2-4pm. We do our work duties from 4-6pm, Jen cleans the girl”s house (i.e. sweeping, mopping, toilets, sinks, etc.) and I am on the maintenance team (doing everything from moving and setting up beds to fixing showers to unclogging toilets). Dinner at 6 and then usually we have free time or some nights we have “family time” where we do something with the other students such as watching a movie or going out on the town.