Sorry its been so long...

Hello Everyone,
Hope you are all well. Sorry its been so long since my last update, things have been very busy lately. Here is a recap of a few things that have happened since May 4th:

May 5
Saturdays are days to relax and sightsee! So today we went to the Panama Cannal! It was amazing, we even got to see a ship going through the locks. They also had a museum all about it´s history. We took lots of pictures and walked around for awhile. Then we went to Albrook mall for a couple hours of shopping (things are extremely cheap here...shirts for a dollar etc...so we got a few things we could wear while were here)

May 6
Campus Crusade started their own church service or fellowship on Sundays-so we went there for church. It was really neat to hear testimonies and such -seeing that God is working in peoples lives even half way around the world...makes God seem alot bigger than the box I had put Him in. Something else neat happened today. Me and Adora my roommate were in a store when the waitress from the restaurant beside our hotel came in and we started talking. She asked us why we were all here and we told her. Then she started telling us how she had really been struggling in her faith for years and she mentioned that she say us praying for our meals (whenever we came to the restaurant she works at) and she could tell it was from our hearts and we were close to God. We gave her the 4 spiritual laws book explaining how to have a relationship with God through Jesus Christ and asked if she could meet up again. Turns out she became a Christian when she was young but never really understood how to grow in her faith but thought by trying to be a good person God would love her and she was becoming frustrated that nothing worked out on her own strength. Me, Adora and another girl named Raquel have been meeting with her every week and answering her questions and studying the Word together. Shes really understanding and desiring to know more. Its amazing how something like praying for our meals can impact someone so deeply. Please pray for our friend, Julietta.

May 7 to 11
Our first week on campus! So much happened this week! We did alot of initiative evangelism, just walking around campus (or our faculty) and talking to people and sharing the gospel (4 spiritual laws) if they are interested or the Holy Spirit booklet (explaining how to live dependent on the Holy Spirit) if they are already a Christian. The staff also do talks in classrooms about values and ethics, leadership and relationships...which all lead into the gospel presentation. We then get the classes to fill out comment cards about whether they want more info and we contact them and meet up with them in the next couple days to chat one on one. We had lots of very interesting conversations, not sure exactly the stats, but I know that I{ve been blessed to lead two people to Christ so far, though many many more have come to make that decision. Though I haven´t seen too many people come to Christ, i have had the opportunity to share the Spirit filled life with many Christians which is encouraging to see Christians finally understanding how to live the abundant life on Gods strength not their own. We also met lots of the students involved with Campus Crusade and have had the opportunity to show them how to share the gospel (and also take them out to translate for us when were sharing the gospel!) Overall our first week was very exciting and we saw God do some amazing things, which I know are just going to multiply in the following weeks!
We´ve also managed to squeeze in laundry and grocery trips, meals, a few birthday parties, walks to the ocean, swimming in the pool, hanging out, playing games, worship times, more training and spending time with the Panamanians (hence why I haven´t written in awhile...they are very relational! and never let us leave! haha) oh and a bit of sleep!

May 12
We went to a market today, saw lots of different crafts, clothing, paintings, pottery, jewelry etc. all homemade, it was really something... Couldn´t make up my mind what I should get people though, so we just walked around for awhile and looked. I´ll have to go back before we leave. Did a bit more shopping, got some groceries and laundry and such. Evening was quiet, everyone is pretty exhausted after our first week on campus so we just talked for awhile and played some games. We´re really getting to know one another now and its neat to see God bonding us and helping us love one another by faith as brothers and sisters...it´s going to be hard to leave everyone when the time comes.

May 13
Went to Church again and spent some time with the Panamanian students afterwards. We had a pizza and calling party where we got the Panamanian students to call and set up appointments for the week for those people who had gone to talks and said they wanted to talk to us more about God. It was a late night but we got a lot of appointments set up...it´s going to be another busy week! Oh, and Happy Mother´s Day Mom!! Love you!

More to come!! Very Soon!