Oct. 17--23

I moved into another house on the 19th. This was the fourth time that I had moved since my arrival to Turkey in July. Praise God that this is the last time that I am going to have to move before my return to the States. I was really happy that I was moving in with this particular family, because of prior engagments. I went to the Black Sea with them in August and I was also invited to a picnic with a lot of their Turkish friends. I felt very welcome and excited as I moved into this families house.

The next day I was invited to join them in one of their ministry events. They teach English for free on Mondays and Wednesdays. They have a link on facebook allowing people to see what to expect in their classes. You have to be atleast 18 years old to join and have some understanding of the English language. Those who wish to learn must also be okay with learning English from the Bible. The classes were set up as two different classes. One was for advanced students. This class is more for people who have a good grasp on English with some minor issues. They are able to speak more fuently. The other was for those who don't know much English. They need help in sentence structure as well vocabulry. The first day that I went a few of my other short term friends were teaching. They taught some English words, phrases, and it all came from Jesus's teaching of worry found in Luke 12:22-34. We described words, asked questions pertaining to the story, made the students read the story, had them ask questions, and then at the end we would give the students the story in Turkish. We would try our best to not use Turkish in order to explain, so that the students may get more of an ear for english speaking. We played charades that night with some of the words from the story that we read in the Bible.

On Saturday I attended a CP Bible study. It was at the workers house in which I am staying. There were about 7 or 8 kids ranging from 3 to 8 and we all wrestled for a solid hour. They were all kids to parents who were attending the Bible study. Anyways, I never thought that wrestling kids ranging from 3-8 could get so tiring. All they wanted me to do was throw them around like rag dolls. I enjoyed it. It allowed me to let off some steam by beating up little kids. I am just joking, but seriously I enjoyed it. Our goal right now with the kids is mainly to calm them down so that they may pay attention. It can be hard for me at times because some how just attract the desire for wrestling. This saturday was pretty crazy but it apparently went a lot better then it usually does. After all the kids got quiet we began a movie until their parents were done with the study. Our goal eventually is to be able to do a study of our own with the kids.