The week my head almost exploded!

Dear Friends and Family,

Ok, so this past week could quite possibly go down as the most hardcore week of my entire life. I preached three time during chapel services and taught 16 hours worth of classes. Two of the preaching days were back-t0-back. It is during weeks such as these that one is able to see the gracious hand of God at work. Early Wednesday morning I began to notice the early signs of sickness. I was like, "This is not good." However, I was determined to trust God and He totally carried me through the rest of the week. I had such a wonderful time preaching to the students this week. My texts were Galatians 5:16-18, 5:22-26 and James 5:19-20. Thursday morning as I stood before the student body and faculty of CBTS I told them, "It still amazes me that I am here in Africa preaching God's word to my brothers and sisters in Christ half-way around the world. This is so cool!" My classes are also going swell. In OT Introduction we completed the Pentateuch this week (Genesis-Deuteronomy). In Hebrew we are already in chapter 9 of the grammar (Pronominal Suffixes). I am still amazed at how quickly we are moving through the grammar--this is certainly not normal, nor should it be, but it is what I have been instructed to do. The majority of the students are doing well, however, some are simply not committing vocabulary to memory which is reflecting poorly on their quiz grades. In Gospels we are in Mark 10. Two more weeks until mid-terms. Can you believe that? Holy Smokes! Today at 1PM I am having some students from one my gospels classes over for tutoring. These students have a difficulty understanding my English accent, so I have agreed to meet with them for the purpose of review. Occasionally I attempt an African accent while teaching but this probably makes things more difficult for the students. Don't misunderstand, most of the students are able to understand me perfectly fine; it's those who have not been accustomed to the English language for very long who are struggling. Tomorrow I am having students over for fellowship. I've invited about 10 students, but am expecting 200--just kidding. I am really looking forward to tomorrow night. I hope to listen to either an N.T. Wrigth/Greg Beale lecture or John Piper sermon, followed by a movie. Also, tomorrow is football (soccer) day. We were victorious last Saturday, 2-1. I told my team that from here on out we would not lose again. This was not prophetic, just my goal for the remainder of the season. Tomorrow's match will be a difficult one. We play New Generation. I'm convinced that half of their team is on steriods or some type of lion tranquilizer. Anyways, thanks again for all of your prayers. I am still feeling ill, but am confident that i am currently on the up-and-up. To God be the glory for this amazing opportunity. I love you all---keep your eyes on Christ.

For His glory,

CT