I went to my new friend's house tonight, and it was a very good night! I've been telling her a lot of stories, I spend most every day with her in her parlor (salon). She has been to my house a couple times, but tonight was my first time to go to her house. I was very nervous because her husband would be there, and I still don't understand how to work those South Asian relationships with friend's husbands. When I arrived though, he looked very nice and followed all the rules of the society. But the best apart - My friend Loni had told him the stories I've been telling her! So I asked him if he could tell me a story, and he was very excited to tell the
story of G-zus' temptation to me, and to talk about studying the Word I had given Loni. As he told the story, any time he messed up Loni would jump in and help, all I had to do was sit back and ask questions! It was so awesome to see Dad at work in this cousin family! He said he has been telling his friends! This is much more than I expected, but I am so thankful! It is so awesome when Dad shows that He is indeed in this place, that His work IS being done, despite our deficiencies.Then the Husband stepped out and I had a word study with Loni which I was yarping for, because I'd much rather her teach him the stories. We learned a new story, acted it out, and then she told it back to me several times. She is so eager to learn, and she is always smiling. I thank Dad for such a friend!
Besides these, I keep busy trying to learn language and gather more information from people about what they believe and how they live. We have to write a big paper about the people we work with for my school, and those questions are really useful to bring out really good conversations with the English speakers I meet! This last photo is from a longuage route, these girls were so excited when I pulled out a camera! They all wanted individual pictures with me, and there was no way I could resist :)
