Prayer Works...Prayer Gives the Glory to God

Today was an incredible day. I got to teach English for the first time and it was a blast. I had so much fun. I don't know about the other teachers but I really enjoyed it. The students that I have are fairly comfortable with English so that makes it really fun. We are able to get into discussions that are enjoyable. Not that beginning stuff wouldn't be enjoyable but, anyway. My students are between the ages of 16 and 24 so they are young and eager to learn. It is also very encouraging to begin to put names with faces that I can begin to pray for and eagerly await to see what God is going to do over the next four weeks. So today was the beginning of new relationships and Lord willing fruit for His glory. I also had my first official Arabic lesson today. My teacher is AJ. It has been very encouraging to spend time around AJ and see what God is doing in and through his life. Let's just say that Arabic isn't exactly the easiest language to learn so it is going to take a lot of repetition and hard work. I would love to take some big strides in the language over the next 5 weeks but who knows? It takes a lot of time and time is being pulled in a lot of different ways. Plus I understand that you can only get so far in 5 weeks. Tonight was also very encouraging because after dinner I went to the beach to attempt to meet people and it is really hard to find people that speak English. So I prayed about it a lot last night and God brought two men across my path tonight that I was able to talk to for about 2 hours and it actually was before I even got to the beach. So, Praise the Lord!