Oh how time flies!

I cannot believe that it has been one month already!  Everything has just been flying by but it has been worth every single second.  Before I get into the week I just want to thank all of the supporters again.  We recently found out how much everyone owes for the remainder of school and to know that we are completely covered is a huge burden off our shoulders.  Thank you!

Alright, as for this week, our speaker was Phil Gazely.  He is actually the dad of one of the girls in our class so it was an interesting experience.  He is a great guy and he is really passionate about spreading the Kingdom of God.  He spoke to us about the Holy Spirit.  It was a very interesting topic to study.  Church in America, unless its the Pentecostal, doesn't really talk about the Holy Spirit all that much so to learn a whole bunch of new stuff was awesome.  First and foremost we learned that the Holy Spirit is not an it but a He and is completely divine.  The rest of the week consisted of deciding what the Holy Spirit does for us.  Essentially the Holy Spirit is our guide, leading us into a deeper and more personal relationship with God and equipping us with the gifts necessary to share the love of God.  The part that impacted me most was the idea that we can become 'constipated Christians.'  Constantly filling up ourselves with the Holy Spirit and then doing nothing with the gifts we receive is not Christianity.  We are called to fill ourselves with the Spirit then empty ourselves in order to fill others up and then repeat the cycle.  Its all quite complicated and I can't wait to share more about it when I get back.

Outside of class we did a lot of the usual until Friday and Saturday.  Friday night was our outreach night.  This week we went to an exhibit that featured injustices and natural disasters from around the world and what Medical Teams International is and has done for such disasters.  It was really eye opening and a wonderful exhibit.  Saturday we continued on the theme of injustice and went through the Experiencing Injustice the Mobile Team does on base here.  I don't want to spill too much about it because both Danielle and I really want to bring it back home but lets just say it was an intense experience.

Overall it was a great and fun week!

Youth With A Mustache Update:  1 week down...not much there (I know there is the chin fuzz as well but for the first four weeks we can grow whatever we want. Its not until the last two weeks that we have to have just the stache).  Next week probably won't be much different.  I'm what you call a baby face.

Hope all is well at home.  Danielle and I really miss the snow and are actually quite jealous of all the snow you have!  Also, sorry for not updating with pictures... please forgive us :(

Miss you guys.

Josh