trains in the night

I am taking some time out of my evening to give everyone a quick update. Things have been pretty crazy with school work this past few weeks. Our lives have consisted of sleeping (and not enough of that), eating, studying, writing papers and going to church -- for about two weeks now! We did take two evenings off this past week -- one was to go out for dinner for my birthday and that was fun! Robin even got up early Sunday to bake me a bake. What a husband!

But despite the heavy load of work we are doing, we are both feeling so encouraged and uplifted -- more and more every day. God is truly blessing us in our studies here. It seems like God reveals something new to us in his Word every single day. Today, we were greatly challenged and uplifted on the topics of singing and prayer. Our instructors opened up familiar passages of scripture to us in a whole new way. I don't understand how they do it! :) It must be years of study and prayer. God is truly working through the people here.

Also, we are really blessed by our new friends. We had the chance to go to dinner and a $2 movie last Friday with Jenny and Jeremy Aaron from Wichita Falls, TX and our new Chinese friends Ken and Debbie (their real names are Xia Li and Li Jing). Both couples are such an encouragement to us and we don't know what we'd do without them now! We are thankful God put them in our lives. Please pray for all of us as we get into the heart of the semester with the heaviest workload! Please especially pray for Ken and Debbie, as they often struggle with the language barrier.

Well, I am off to get some things done before the evening escapes me. We love and miss you all! Have a blessed weekend!