The final one, for now, I promise (part 3)
(make sure to read parts 1 and 2 before this)
(oh and I updated the mountains blog and put some pictures in it, so check those out)
I left off on Sunday after I got back from a weekend in the mountains. It was a good time but I was ready to be back to civilization and a soft bed. The rest of the week all I had planned was to teach, so I prepared for that.
If there is one thing this trip has really helped with its my discipline. I have really got into a habit of reading my Bible every day and spending time praying. Its something I really struggle with at school because of how busy life can be and because theres literally always something to do, but hopefully this will whip me into shape a little and develop some much needed discipline in this area of my life. All this teaching of Greek and Hebrew has been really good for me as well as it has helped me keep up on the languages. I’ve been studying each a little every day, especially Greek since I’ll be continuing that in the fall.
Well I taught Greek every day this week before I left, which was Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, at 3 pm every day. It was going really well, as far as pronunciation and the alphabet, then we ran into a problem that I really should have seen – but didn’t. As we move on from pronunciation of Greek words we move into translation…into English. Remember, these Bible students barely speak English at all and most have only an elementary education. So my translator, to whom Greek is also brand new, is having to translate my English to Ilokahnu about the Greek language. It proved to have some difficulties, especially with specific grammar aspects, like the definite article. We ended up working through it and I decided not to move any further and on Wednesday we just hung out, practiced more pronunciation and I taught each of them how to write their name in Greek and Hebrew. It was a good time and great way to end the class and my time with them. They prayed for me at the end and we said goodbye. It was a fun time.
This is the class.
This was my translator the whole time, Pastor Jimmy.
And this is Jimmy and his precious daughter.
Well it was an interesting 12 days. I ended up meeting a lot of really cool people, getting a couple great workouts from hiking, and brushing up on my ancient Biblical languages. I had fun but I’m ready to be back to internet, not having any communication with anyone for the whole time was rough. I’m not sure what my itinerary looks like from this point forward since things are being shuffled around but I’ll make sure to keep the blog updated though as I think I’ll have internet from here out. I’m hoping if I have some spare time in Baguio soon that I’ll have a facebook album up with a lot more pictures. Its difficult to upload pictures to the blog, you have to do it one at a time, and facebook albums are much simpler. I’ll make sure to post a link to the album here and make it public so those that don’t have facebook can view it.
Thanks so much for your prayers and support, they are all greatly appreciated and I felt them all. Please continue to think of me in your prayers as this trip is quickly winding to a close, time is flying and I’m surprised at how its already the second week of July.
Remember, “God will sustain what he has placed in your heart”. I’m learning that more and more, I hope you take it to heart as well.
