Bill started out with a full week of P.T.C. {Practical Training Class} where they paint, clean and help with maintance of building and grounds. This is always Bill's favoite part of training. Once we got into the classroom we had a week of Orientation, where we heard how this year will be a year of Becoming...
What will we Become this year? Our prayer is that we will change into something better than we are today...God needs us to be a certain kind of person to accomplish the ministry that He has for us in the future. So this year we are trusting the Lord for great things...for great CHANGE, as we walk this road of BECOMING!
Again it came down to our THINKING...ATTITUDE ...ACTION!
What we Think about God, people, life, everything, affects our ATTITUDE, which results in our ACTIONS. It's always good to keep these three words before us everyday...we are encouraged to "...bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ..."
Then it bagan...our class of Sounds and Symbols!
We were encouraged to blow up our English Language Box...
Every language in the world is made up of sounds. Each language uses an average of 40 to 50 sounds in all sorts of different combinations to make up the speech.
We are hearing and seeing sounds and symbols that look familar to us but do not have the same name or sound that we in our "English Box" know. This has been quite a stuggle for us after years of communicating in our English language to switch gears...especially when I like communicate in my English language. :)
Our classes is split into two groups, this is great for us who need more help! :)
{The pictures were taken before we split into groups}
I {Jen} come home most days with a headache and tired. We realize that these classes will help us to build relationships, learn a langauge and culture much easier...but it sure is hard to teach these old dogs {Bill and I} new tricks...hee hee hee! I can't wait to start to write more with symbols, I love to try to figure it out, it's like a puzzle. :) Poor Bill, he doesn't like puzzles! He has been able to make each new sound but has a hard time remembering the symbols and I'm just the opposite...isn't God good?! We are a perfect fit.
Update on the boys...who at their age would rather be refered to as "guys"!
Their studies are going well and their grades reflect this. But they are typical teens who aren't to fond of school!
Here is Garrett's class! This is grades 9 and 10. There are no kids in grade 11 this year and only one Senior.
Here is Jake's class. Yes, it's him and his good friend. Jake loves this! They have a good time together and with their teachers.
They will be able to go on a lot of field trips this year, combined with grades 9-10 the 6 boys will have a good time.
Please continue to pray for them and their friends! Thanks!
