Well... it has been almost a month, and I am finally writing my first blog. I hope I will better at posting, now that I am settled. We just finished our second week of school. Today is Labor Day, so there is no school. There are 25 students in my homeroom, and a hundred 6th grade students all together. I am still trying to learn the names of the students. I think I have them pretty much down except for some of the Asian ones. Hee Jung and Jae Sung sometimes get mixed up into Hee Sung. Here is a picture of my homeroom after my birthday celebration. The Lord gave me the opportunity to talk to one of the girls about assurance of salvation. I would say that about half of my students would not profess Christ as their Savior. A few do not believe in God at all. There are many opportunities for eternity.

The church here is wonderful. It reminds me a lot of the church I attended while in college, Brookside Baptist Church. Our pastor, Marty Herron, was formerly the camp director at Northland Camp in WI. The preaching is accurately theological, but also personable and practical. Their are many ministry branches out of Harvest. I teach 6th grade at the K-3 thru 12th school, Harvest Christian Academy. Then there is Harvest Baptist Bible Institute which brings high school graduates off of the surrounding islands, and gives them a Bible education. Then there is also Christian radio station broadcasting throughout Micronesia.

There is a great group of singles and young married couples here. We are always going over to each other's houses, going out to eat, and doing random stuff. Today, we went on a hike through the jungle, and came out by the ocean. I got to jump a couple of times off of a 35 foot cliff into the ocean. Kind of shaky coming out the ocean because of the adrenaline. Then we got to go into a cave with the coldest water on Guam. Back into the cave a bit, there is was a large room filled with water we went swimming in by the light of candles and underwater flashlights. The Lord is so good to allow me to be here. Hafa adai!