Outreach - Accrobaobob

It has been an exciting time since school started in January. Ron went to Turkey to finally finish his classes for his Masters of Divinity degree. He is 1 paper away from completing all graduation requirements. While he was gone, a team from Northwest Baptist Church came in to go on outreach and serve here with us for a week. A huge surprise was that his Mom came and surprised us. She has never flown and didn't even have a passport before this trip. After seeing her walk out of the airport, I looked up to the sky and said I was looking for all of the pigs!! She did great here - we were so proud of her. The team - Bob, Charley and Mark worked really hard on outreach and then after observed and helped with our Spiritual Emphasis Week (SEW). They are praying that a team from NWBC will come next January and do the same trip.

After they left we had some time to recuperate, but then we had our weekend that is reserved for the dorm students. We went to Accrobaobob - which is a high ropes course through the baobob trees. It was pretty terrifying for an old girl like me. The guys just whipped through and I tentatively made each step. We were so proud of our kids - all of them went through the big course. Zach is not a big fan of things that are scary, and Faith is little still, but both tackled this with no problem. You do the whole course attached to wires and carabiners and several zip lines. When you walk through one area, you unclip each carabiner and attach it to the next wire. Stepping off of the platform for each zip line is a pretty intense feeling. It did get easier with each one and by the end of the course I started to relax, even letting go of my death grip. It was a great day! Below are some pics from January: