Our first full week is over!

Just a quick update today, as we're spending our Fun Day at Crane Beach (which is apparently a big deal--it's on the Travel Channel and stuff).

Wednesday on campus, we met a lady named Marlene who really confused us. She said that she was a Christian, that she had a passion for God, that she walks with him closely, and all of her answers were right. She talked about accepting Jesus as your saviour, and she knew what she was talking about. But she was only 95% sure of going to Heaven. We asked her what was keeping her from those other 5%, and she said something like, "I'm just really hard on myself and if I get to 95, God will give me the rest." I'm not sure what that means, but no matter how much we told her that God's grace could assure her of 100%, it was like she didn't want to hear it. 95% was all she could get to. We all left her very confused. It was difficult to even know what to ask her, just because she HAD all the answers--there was just something off. Continue to pray for her, that things will click with her, and if she's not right with God, then she will be. And if she is, then pray that she realizes that her sins are covered, so she can be 100% sure.

Also, we met a girl named Sasha. She seemed very reluctant to talk to us, but she did it anyway. Most of her answers, though, were just, "I don't know, I'm not sure, I really don't know." She wasn't sure she was going to Heaven, didn't know how to tell anyone else how to get there, etc. We went through the book with her, and it was like she understood it all, but just didn't want to accept it. It was kind of tough. We discovered later, though, that Atalie and Michelle had also talked to her--not shared the Gospel, but made another appointment to hang out with her on Monday. So we'll see how that goes.

Thursday, Graham and I were supposed to meet back with Adrian and Paula. They didn't show up. We have to anticipate that that kind of thing will happen sometimes. It's not the end of the world. Just be praying that God would keep working in their lives. I know that He was.

That was the only thing I really did on Thursday, because Graham was sick and I stayed with him until close to the end of our time, when I met up with some of our other team, but we didn't find anyone else to talk to.

Friday was our day off, except that we hosted the lime last night, which was lots of fun (though it's difficult to host things when you just want to go to bed, as all of us girls discovered. We played Apples to Apples and Catchphrase and had jello and cupcakes and sat around and chatted. It was lots of fun. And today we're going to Crane Beach, as I mentioned, so that should be fun. Keep praying and commenting and emailing, etc. It really just makes my day to hear from you guys. I love it here, but I'm definitely missing you guys, and it's good to hear your...well, not voices, but your words.