The Latest Going-ons.

I'm nearing the end of day 2 of the flu. Talk about an unexpected twist to the week. This flu is not very much and I'm not enjoying this all-encompassing feeling of grossness running full speed through my body. Right now, my teammates are out enjoying a lovely dinner at our friends Christian & Camile, while I am here, laying on the couch under blankets watching Grey's Anatomy. Don't get me wrong, I usually love the moments in life that allow me to lay on the couch watching TV when I have nowhere else to go, but feeling like complete trash does not make this usual enjoyable experience very fun.

Up until Tuesday night, it was shaping up to be a very good week. Monday we spent the day in Loures where we sanded down the walls and re-painted the upstairs of the church. There was so much dust present in that building, by the end of day, my hands, my face, my hair and my clothing were a stark shade of white. I bet people didn't think my skin could get much whiter than it is right now, but Monday I proved that it could. We had a lot of fun painting though. I believe next week we get to do some more painting when we tackle the sunday school rooms.

Tuesday morning we headed out bright and early for language class. Language classes resumed this week. Horray!!! It had been a month of no classes, so it was nice to feel like we were making progress in the language department again.Unfortunately, due to being sick, I had to miss out on our second class this week, but hopefully next week I can hit the ground running again. After language class, we headed back over to the Loures church to finish up the second coat of painting. Tuesday evening, 4 of us went to play basketball with one of the youth, Celcu. I forgot how much fun it was to play basketball. We're hoping to make this basketball playing a more regular thing, which would be extremely awesome.
Then Tuesday night happened and I got sick. Boo.

This weekend is a busy one. Tomorrow is a free day, which is nice. Hopefully one more day of resting in bed will do the trick so that I can feel 100% by Saturday. Although, since it is a free day tomorrow, my original plan was to head over to Starbucks for some Heavenly goodness in a cup while doing some journalling and reading. We'll see if I can't still make that happen.
Saturday we have our bazar again in the Loures church. It's going to be a long, busy day, but we get to end it off by celebrating Marjorie's birthday over dinner. I really want to be feeling 100% better by then.

Prayer Requests:

1. Health. Being sick is clearly no fun, but it also means I have to miss out on team stuff and ministry opportunities. Please pray for healing over my body.

2. The Bazar in Loures this weekend. We hope that as people enter the church, they feel loved and cared for. Pray for interactions to happen between people in the church and people in the commnunity. This is a fabulous way for our church to reach the needs of the community.

3. ESL. We are starting ESL classes Tuesday nights from 8-10pm in Loures. Please pray that people would come and that this would be a neat ministry to get people into the church. Heidi, Donovan and I have never done anything like this, so we are a little nervous. Our first class is Tuesday, January 18.

4. Pray for both the Massama and Loures churches. Neat things are happening in the lives of the people there. We continue to pray for boldness for these people to share their faith with friends and family and also that the people in the churches would be stretched and challenged in their faith so that they can grow to be leaders in the church one day.