Hectic, Bro

     This week was, "hectic, bro!" as Caleb would say. But also very good. Sunday night was fellowship at 7:15 like usual only this time the activity took 3 and a half hours until curfew compared to the hour long night we usually spend together. The activity planned was to write out our struggles/lies we've told ourselves on our hand that we traced out and then lay it out around tables with all the other hands. There was a blank sheet of paper next to each one of our traced hands and all of us went around the room, laying our hands on the traced hands and praying for them, then writing on the sheet of paper something encouraging or more about that particular person. It was a time where you could feel God's presence in the room, moving and working. It was amazing. 
     The day after was quiet day where we took a whole day just to be reading the Bible and not interacting with each other. We had a packed lunch and so we could just eat, read, pray, dream, etc. whenever. 
     Tuesday was the start of lectures with Peter Bichan. Throughout the week until Friday, we learned about the minor prophets. We especially looked into Hosea and the meaning of the names behind his kids. We also looked at the different gods that people put in place of God and the crazy schemes people made up that the gods wanted them to do.
     On Friday, 6 of us girls went to a rest home. They were putting on a starry night theme for the 30 or so people there. I played a piano while the others served drinks and then they'd clap after each song. It was so cute. Later, once it got dark, I played By the Light of the Silvery Moon and Shine on Harvest Moon. They sang along and some got up and danced. Then the lights were turned off and the glow and the dark stars we had placed on the walls lit up. It was beautiful. We got to serve the food too for dinner and wear bow ties. I don't have a picture of the bow ties though - however I really liked it (I had a silver one).

      Friday night, I watched Sound of Music with a couple people including the one Austrian here who has never watched Sound of Music!!! Here's what she said: 
"So Anna, how do you like the movie so far?"
"Well honestly, I find it really boring." 
She ended up leaving half way through the movie. No!

   Today, I was part of worship band for a small church of about 8-10 people. The building was tiny and very old but quaint. I was supposed to play piano but when I saw it, I realized it was not a piano but an organ. It was very weird to play on it but it worked. Down below were pedals like on my pedal harp but when you pressed them, they added bass to the aura of the thingamajig. We played 3 songs, then had a testimony then morning tea. After that, one of the students presented a sermon based in Revelation. All in all, it's been a good and restful week. Next week is ministry prep and then on Saturday we head out to our different churches for ministry week. 

This is what IT looked like. By the way, it was a Yamaha.

My unicycling abilities so far.