Today I finished teaching my first fully accredited, college level teaching expirience. Whew.
Besides that I ran up to the bus station to try to buy my tickets (I couldn't: you have to get them in the morning). From there I ran some other errands before meeting up with one of my students for lunch. His name is Solomon. He has a pretty incredible testimony, which I will hopefully remember in full. Briefly, he was raised in the Ethiopian Orthodox church and got saved as a teenager. When his father found out he kicked Solomon out of the house, along with several of his siblings who had been found by the Lord. They worked their way through the rest of high school together before he got into university. He has been a pastor for about 11 years now. There are a lot more details, but... its a better story to tell.
We wrapped up class this afternoon with a quick lecture on Angels and Demons (lots of questions about exorcisms and so forth). It went really well. After that my students had a prepared a small "program," which consisted of an Ethiopian hymn, a short blessing from one of my students who is a pastor, and some snacks. I also got a sweet t-shirt and a traditional Ethiopian shirt as well.
So now I move on.
I get up tomorrow morning around 4:30 to catch my bus to the border of Kenya. From there I hitch a ride on a truck the rest of the way. All together the trip is supposed to take about 5 days. Exciting.
Please pray for my saftey, and continued health on the road.
1 comment:
Congrats on finishing the first class. I am interested to know how the forest of monkeys was.
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