Highlights of 2013: Part 1

This last year has flown by and brought with it many adventures and changes in my life. I thought I would just share the highlights of 2013 and a few pictures with you...

In March, I began courting James Kyte (which is part of my excuse for my long absence here on my blog :).

In April, I flew home for a week to be with my sister while my parents flew down to Mexico for cancer treatment for my dad. Thankfully, he is now cancer free and we pray that it stays that way. 

On May 18th, I graduated from Baptist Bible Translators Institute. Mom, my sister, Joanna and James all came down to celebrate this event. Dad was still recovering from surgery so was not able to make it. 

 

During the month of June, James and I took a missions trip to the Bahamas with his church for a week. And yes, it was a missions trip. :) During the week we helped missionaries Jason and Heather Lowe with a Vacation Bible School. I worked with the preschoolers which was a fun and challenging group. 

To be continued...

Greetings from Texas!

Greetings from Texas! Today we are finally enjoying some cooler weather. 85 degrees is actually starting to feel cold now. Texas is very different from Maryland. I can’t say I will ever get used to scorpions and BOUS’s (Bugs of Unusual Size). Just so long as I don’t find a snake in my house, I’ll be good.

I have a nice sized two-bedroom apartment all to myself. It is much nicer than I was expecting. The other two single girls share the apartment connecting to mine. Our class at BBTI is very small this year, just three single girls and three married couples plus lots of kiddos.

Yesterday concluded our second week of classes. Everything is going very well. The classes are not as hard as I had expected but still definitely somewhat of a challenge. First thing in the morning, we have World Survey. In this class, we learn about two different missionaries, a country and an unreached people group. We each take turns researching and giving the reports.

Following World Survey is our Phonetics class. This is the most challenging (and humiliating) part. It is actually rather interesting learning how to analyze everything we say. We are learning how to make all sorts of crazy sounds. At least we get lots of laughs in this class.

Bro. Cobb is teaching our culture class. For this class we are learning about many aspects of different cultures. Sometimes learning about the different cultures can be overwhelming. It is no wonder so many people experience culture shock. This class is definitely showing me mine own weaknesses and inability to adjust to another culture on mine own. Thankfully, I know that wherever the Lord puts me, He will give me the grace to learn how to adapt. 

Here are some pictures of my house: