Our Training Concludes

We're having a really hard time coming to grips with the fact that our missionary training here in Holland is coming to a close tomorrow. The time has flown. We've felt so many emotions while being here ~ anxious, excited, uncertain, thrilled, drained, overwhelmed and overjoyed. God has really grown us in the past two weeks.

The highlight of the conference for me (Jennifer) has definitely been being able to get to know and befriend people from so many cultures. There are 37 different cultures represented at this training. We've befriended people from Jamaica, Trinidad, South Korea, England, France, and Greece. So cool. I'm really looking forward to continuing to learn about different cultures. I feel like in this short time, my eyes have already been so opened. We've loved being able to worship each morning and evening with people from so many different cultures. I think this is how heaven will be.

We wanted to let all of you know that were just informed last night that after Friday, we probably won't have internet access for a month! We're leaving early Saturday morning for our pre-ship training in Denmark for two weeks and we won't have any internet access there. From the pre-ship training, we'll be joining the ship. We can hardly wait. We've been told that once we get to the ship, it might be another week or so before we can access the internet. We wanted to let all of you know so you don't think we dropped off the face of the earth! :) We look forward to being in touch at the end of September. Please keep us in your prayers during our pre-ship training. The time will be spend mostly on ship safety training as we become certified sea-faring crew, so please pray for energy and a learning spirit! Love to all of you.