Getting Settled

Thank you all for keeping J in your thoughts! She really appreciates it, especially this past week, as she had some pretty interesting things happen. First of all, she caught a virus and has been sick again the past week, but she’s feeling better now and is able to still go to the English Center to meet with the people who come. She said it’s been very rainy this past week, so business is slow at the center. However, she said that is a blessing because it allows the group she works with to have more intimate and longer conversations with people who have come to the center this week. This has been an especially good thing because this week, J was able to share for the first time with someone who came to the center! She said that it was a really good conversation and she is really excited that she was able to have the opportunity to share with someone so soon.

Besides her time at the center, J has been able to spend time with other people who work at the center. The group had a Halloween party a few days ago and—of course—J went as Minnie Mouse. She said there will be pictures for everyone to see very soon! She also was invited to the wedding of some people that she has met in her city. The wedding will be over Christmas, and because her team does not do anything special for Christmas, she is looking forward to spending some time with this family and helping them celebrate their wedding. They are pretty lucky, inviting her to the wedding and getting a photographer at the same time!

One of the best experiences J said she has had this week was when her group went out to dinner in the valley a few days ago. The man who drove them all to the restaurant is from the city and through conversation, J found out that he is a brother and is very bold. Even though his family disagrees with his views, he told J and her group he was able to share with his mother recently and she accepted as well. It was a huge encouragement for J, not only to meet him, but also to hear about his boldness.

Lastly, J wanted to let you all know that she and her roommate have a friend that is very closed to talking about different ideas, but they have been getting closer to her and J thinks they will have more opportunities to talk with the friend and she will be more receptive in the future. This weekend, J is going with this friend to a sacrifice ceremony remembering Abraham called ‘Idu Adha.’ The friend invited J to go with her to this ceremony, so J is excited about the opportunity to spend time with her and have another opportunity to talk with her about things that the friend has been previously been closed to.

Thank you all for keeping J in your thoughts and taking the time to see how she is doing on here. Next week, J is going to let everyone know how the sacrificial ceremony went (and maybe share some pictures!) and tell everyone about something neat she is going to get to do for the first time in a few days.