What day is it?

My days are beginning to all run together. It seems like we've been at Candidate Seminar FOREVER but yet it's only 5 days. It's amazing the depth of friendships you make with people in that short time. And we're beginning to realize that after this training we won't see each other again until our training this summer. And after that training is over some of us won't see each other again until heaven! We're literally being scattered all over the world! I was thinking today how humbling it is to simply walk the halls at ABWE and to be in the presence of these men and women who have faithfully served God for 30 and 40 years! What a legacy... And to have them take such an interest in my training and my success before sending me out. The more I am around ABWE and the more I learn about them the more I am so grateful God led me to this mission agency. I have never in my life been around men and women of such influence who are more humble and approachable than this group of people. Even the President has made himself available to us and has personally taught 2 of our sessions and will lead our devotions on Saturday morning. It is sheer joy to sit with these people at lunch and dinner and to hear their stories and to laugh hysterically with them. They have already welcomed us into the ABWE family with open arms...and we haven't even been "officially" appointed yet!

Tonight I'm headed to Dave and Ev Southwell's for dinner. Dave is the Regional Administrator for Brasil and at lunch he told me Ev was making rice and beans and pao de queijo (cheese bread)! Yum!!