Head-first

Verse for today: Judges 18:10 "When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth."

I've only known little Susan for two days, but she wraps her fingers tightly around mine as we walk back to the dorm in the dark. She tells me how to say 'moon' in Chinese - 'yueliang'. The aborigine children speak no English at all. Many times the only way we can communicate with each other is with a smile, or shaking our head. Just seeing them struggle with the few English words they have learned makes me want to teach them so that we can talk together. I know they are trying to tell me so many interesting things, just by the way they speak when they want me to understand. They think if they speak louder, or more violently, I will somehow comprehend what they are trying to say.

God has given me the uttermost part of the earth for my possession (Psalm 2:8), and there is a people here that I was sent to teach. "...here will I dwell; for I have desired it." -Psalm 132:14

There is certainly an abundance of creeping things in this place. Arachnids as large as my hand, exoticly colored beetles, and a miscellaneous array of strange and repulsive insects. Fortunately, I have not had to 'lay down the law' in close quarters with any of these bugs - with the ginormous spiders, things could get messy really fast (probably for everyone involved).

I ate squid today.
I don't think it's in any danger of me doing that again. Also, there is another food that I tried that I still don't know what it was (for all of you that know how picky I am, permit me a gloating moment).

These first few days of camp have been so busy for all the kids. It's been so awesome to just be a part of their fun and watch them being able to learn a little bit of my language. I can't wait for when God will give us all one language and they will be able to tell me everything they have been trying to say.