Hey, friends and family...
We had a very nice, relaxing day today...we had a great church service today with our fellow PFO participants. We all met in the concert recital hall at the school and worshiped, singing the songs we have been learning throughout the last week. These songs are all written by Evan Evans (I know, awesome) and are all written in a male/female choral format. These songs sound amazing and the melodies stay in your head all day...our friend, Dan Basnett, has recorded some of these songs throughout the week...he keeps promising to upload them...when he finally gets around to it, I link to it (so get going, Dan!). For now, you can still check out his blog. Also, while you're at it, check out the Overby's Blog as well
Evan Evans not only led the worship time (along with his wife and daughters), but he shared the message with us. He spoke about our prayer lives as we serve, reminding us of the amazing power that prayer, in the name of Jesus can hold. This was a poignant reminder for us to not get so caught up in the "necessities" of each day that we neglect to be in communication with our savior. He shared an experience that he had with a group of middle school boys at the school they serve at, Dakar Academy, who learned this lesson at a young age and use this daily interaction in, and with, the presence of God to impact many of the students in residence at the school. One of the points of this story that really hit me was when Evan related how the students were hesitant to share devotional time with a group of High School boys because they felt they would try to pray to impress the older boys, rather than to enter into fellowship with their Savior. A good reminder for the purpose of prayer...
After church we jumped on the bus and headed to Niagara falls...below are some pictures of us arriving and checking out the American Falls...
We then walked over a pedestrian bridge to Goat Island, where we stopped for lunch at the "Top of the Falls" Restaurant. Amazing view...and a change of pace as far as our meals have been concerned. I had the best Fish and Chips I have had in a while...so I included a picture of it. Fortunately, I snapped the picture before I realized how good it was!
After lunch we headed down to look at the Horseshoe falls from Terrapin Point...
We reserved a seat on the early bus, so we headed back to the school at 3:30...we didn't really want to walk up the hill to get to the cafeteria for dinner so we walked to the local Subway (1 of 2 places to eat in Houghton)...This Subway is probably the most unique I have ever seen...it is decorated as a family style restaurant and has a balcony, a spiral staircase, a piano, a fireplace, and a dining room in a "sun room". I just had to take some pictures to share.
All in all, a very relaxing day. Tomorrow we're back at it with another full day of sessions. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. We need continued focus and patience. Please pray that God will work to provide the remaining $3000 of monthly support. Thanks!
We had a very nice, relaxing day today...we had a great church service today with our fellow PFO participants. We all met in the concert recital hall at the school and worshiped, singing the songs we have been learning throughout the last week. These songs are all written by Evan Evans (I know, awesome) and are all written in a male/female choral format. These songs sound amazing and the melodies stay in your head all day...our friend, Dan Basnett, has recorded some of these songs throughout the week...he keeps promising to upload them...when he finally gets around to it, I link to it (so get going, Dan!). For now, you can still check out his blog. Also, while you're at it, check out the Overby's Blog as well
Evan Evans not only led the worship time (along with his wife and daughters), but he shared the message with us. He spoke about our prayer lives as we serve, reminding us of the amazing power that prayer, in the name of Jesus can hold. This was a poignant reminder for us to not get so caught up in the "necessities" of each day that we neglect to be in communication with our savior. He shared an experience that he had with a group of middle school boys at the school they serve at, Dakar Academy, who learned this lesson at a young age and use this daily interaction in, and with, the presence of God to impact many of the students in residence at the school. One of the points of this story that really hit me was when Evan related how the students were hesitant to share devotional time with a group of High School boys because they felt they would try to pray to impress the older boys, rather than to enter into fellowship with their Savior. A good reminder for the purpose of prayer...
After church we jumped on the bus and headed to Niagara falls...below are some pictures of us arriving and checking out the American Falls...
We then walked over a pedestrian bridge to Goat Island, where we stopped for lunch at the "Top of the Falls" Restaurant. Amazing view...and a change of pace as far as our meals have been concerned. I had the best Fish and Chips I have had in a while...so I included a picture of it. Fortunately, I snapped the picture before I realized how good it was!
After lunch we headed down to look at the Horseshoe falls from Terrapin Point...
We reserved a seat on the early bus, so we headed back to the school at 3:30...we didn't really want to walk up the hill to get to the cafeteria for dinner so we walked to the local Subway (1 of 2 places to eat in Houghton)...This Subway is probably the most unique I have ever seen...it is decorated as a family style restaurant and has a balcony, a spiral staircase, a piano, a fireplace, and a dining room in a "sun room". I just had to take some pictures to share.
All in all, a very relaxing day. Tomorrow we're back at it with another full day of sessions. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. We need continued focus and patience. Please pray that God will work to provide the remaining $3000 of monthly support. Thanks!
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