Another Week at E.I.

Well I think we have now finally gotten into a routine down here. Orientation is done and we began all our classes this week. They have all been awesome! It's been really neat, since we are all living practically together, seeing every bodies personality's coming out, especially Tomasz and his wife Justina. (pronounced Ustina) They are both in their 30's and the only other married couple that is here right now. There is still suppose to be another couple from India coming. Anyway we took Tomasz and Justina with us to down town Greenville, and had a wonderful time talking at Spilling the Beans Cafe. It was great talking about how our cultures differ, learning more about how the church works over in Poland and how much Justina said about how opened our country is.

It's been awesome getting to know all the teachers here at E.I. they truly practice what they teach. One thing that we love, is they try to really get involved with your life while you are here. Mr. Braizer comes out and plays volleyball/soccer with us every day, Mr. Johnson always eats lunch with us and the 1st and 3rd Friday nights Mr. Garreau has an open house for anyone that wants to come over and fellowship. Marie his wife is 23 and their first child is due in Nov. I'm really enjoying getting to know her. Last night was the first time we went over to there house. We had a great time playing games and Kenny really likes the climbing wall they had! :)

Fellowship at the Garreau's
Joe, Kenny and Tomasz.

Marite, Janelle, Laure and Justina.

The climbing wall.

I have to say, coming down here I thought that volleyball would be a piece of cake. I was afraid that the girls wouldn't be competitive, but I was wrong way wrong. I walked into it thinking I knew how to play, which I do already know the rules, but my form was not up to what they wanted. I was told over and over again what I was doing wrong. At the time it made me really mad, thinking to my self "I already know how to do this, I'm getting it over the net, so whats the big deal?" But through that, I really realized I have a lot of pride in me, and always need to keep a teachable spirit through it all. The Lord has taught me so much through volleyball. Here I thought this would be a time to just play a game and get some exercise, but the Lord has a lot more to teach me.
Oh, and the girls are really competitive even if it's 95! ;o) We're gettin some sun even at the end of Sept!

We both have job's here on campus, since it is student run to keep the cost down. Like I said before Kenny is working for Mr. Sterr, lately he has been working on making shelves for the work shop. And I have been working in the media department. I've been learning a lot. They have me down loading the classes (since we record them all) on the computer to then edit. I'm still not sure what everything is called, but I am learning how to trim the sound waves from the beginning and then end, and cutting out part where they would cough etc..... Then changing them into mp3 format. That's just one of the things they taught. ;o) Like I said I'm learning a lot!

For though's of you who were praying Ritu and Zita, they got their visa's all straightened out. Praise the Lord for that. But please continue to pray for the girl from Chad and the couple from India, that they will be able to come. Thanks!
Love you all!