October 18

Sorry I missed a week to update all of you. And I had sent a prayer request with no follow up for you to know what has happened. So now I can fill you in.

All is well. I had asked for prayer because several of us were experiencing sleeping problems, sickness, and general malaise that we couldn't shake. We (five ladies) got together to pray and felt we discerned there was a spiritual element involved. So we prayed for each other and our school. Then a few of us wrote home for prayer support as well. Within 24-48 hours everyone was sleeping better, feeling better, and one of the ladies had some direction come through for her time coming up. It was so exciting to see the power of God and the prayers of the saints at work in our lives. Thank you to all of you who took the time to pray! It made a big difference in our lives and the atmosphere here. Please don't stop praying!

Last weekend I was blessed with a visit from Jeff and Maureen Grace. They are friends from home. It's always good to see people from home when you're in a strange land. I spent the afternoon with them. It was a great visit. They filled me in on their trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro. They were on their way home from two weeks in Tanzania. What a fantastic couple! You see them pictured here with the Eiffel Tower in the background. (The other pic is of the clock that is in the building of the Musée d'Orsay. Hannah and I enjoyed the impressionist paintings there.)

This Friday, October 24, Hannah and I are going to visit David Leigh and family in Alsace, an eastern region in France. I am so excited about this trip. David has been helping me since last December and is the reason I found Les Cèdres. I think this will be a significant time for me this semester. Please pray that God will bless this time with the Leigh's and that He will bless the Leigh's for their hospitality and generosity. This is their website if you'd like to check it out: www.leighweb.com

We will move on to Switzerland to visit my friend Simone. Simone is a dear friend from my DNA year in England. I get to meet her two year old daughter, Naomi, for the first time. I really enjoy Simone and her family. Another reason I am really looking forward to this trip. And fortunately Alsace and Switzerland are next to each other.

In the midst of the language learning, the growing friendships, and planning trips, God has been working in my heart. I'm sorry I can't really put it into words what He's doing or what I'm feeling. My teacher has caught me daydreaming in class and asked if I was ok because I had been so quiet. I assured her I was good and that God was doing something in my heart. The morning before that conversation I suddenly became aware that people were praying for me. It was an amazing feeling. Thank you. I can feel your prayers and I covet them.