One Week Down!

At the end of the first week of GRIT, I think all of us are tired and
still sore from some of the first days of exercise. I am glad today is a
rest day!

This week we have enjoyed the teaching by Pastor Graber preparing the
students for giving devotionals for the rest of the summer. Several
people will be doing this for the first time so they are understandably
nervous and happy to have the week of training before they begin. In a
seperate training session, we have been learning about rock climbing and
preparing for a day of climbing next week.

Everyone has shown a good spirit and willingness to work together. They
share in both the cooking and cleaning duties with enthusiasm. I believe
God has put together a good group for the summer. We have divided
everyone into 3 groups with seperate leaders, Joel, Luke and Chris. They
are taking this leadership seriously and will really have an opportunity
to grow over the summer.
I have been surprised by the amount of interest in Japan show by
everyone. In one group, all four of them have expressed an interest in
returning to Japan in the future. Pray with us that God will lead some
of them back here as missionaries!

Stay tuned for the rest of the story.

posted by Norman @ 6:50 AM