5 more days left.

Boy has this time gone fast! I had the opportunity to have breakfast with my Uncle Dave on Tuesday and made the same comment that, "We have had experiences and know that things always fly by, but when they do and your in the midst of it it never ceases to amaze me how true it is."

The last two days have been great as we had Gustavo Ramirez speak again. If you remember from an earlier post he is one that has had a great impact on my life - it was great to see him again and be able to continue that relationship. Late last week we have Steve Shenk speak on "Mission Vision". Steve is an individual with a lot of experience and a ton of stories, he gave that "grandfather" persona of to the rest of training and we really enjoyed having him. It was nice to have someone with experience that was just willing to share with us and provide what I felt was excellent teaching.

As far as I go, things are going smoothly and I am ready to be done and headed to Honduras. This training has been a good and stretching experience for me and I will definitely miss the people and great friendships I have made here; but nonetheless, I stand by my comment of being ready to leave.

I gave my testimony (or SP for "Spiritual Pilgrimage" as they call it here) to the group on Tuesday morning. That was stretching as I shared some that I haven't told other people, but it was good and I am still growing in being vulnerable and open with others, it was tough in a large audience setting.

Well, I just wanted to give a quick update, I need to be going now because we are having a final time that we call "community outreach". Each group develops an outreach for the community and completes the goals and tasks we assign ourselves. My group, STEP Honduras team, chose to reach out to the state reps and senators with personal notes of prayer, affirmation, and encouragement. It was a big job to take on and we are finishing and hand delivering the last of the 250 or so cards.

Thanks for all your prayers and dedication to supporting this ministry