I made a list of things I have done since arriving last weekend in Clarkston. Thought this might give you a taste of what I've been up to and what you might experience if you were here. I will send some pictures and put some on the blog soon, so keep checking up! Thank you so much for praying for me and making it possible for me to be here!
30 Things to do in Clarkston…
1. Help in ESL classes2. Visit Somali, Eritrean, Congolese, and Nepali homes
3. Play soccer or basketball on an asphalt field
4. Listen to, follow the example of other believers living here
5. Praying for your task to be clear here
6. Set up your apartment
7. Pronounce foreign names
8. Eating with your hands in a Nepali home
9. Be trained in working with other cultures- learning to
“sense that we have entered into what they would consider reality”
10. Watch and listen to neighbors
11. Learn to be flexible
12. Get to know your heavenly Father better
13. Get used to your roommate
14. Feel alone in an unfamiliar place, but also feel at home enjoying the newness of the whole thing
15. Get tired from starting new relationships
16. Love it when you walk out of your apartment and see at least 20 people in 30 seconds
17. Ride a bike to Stone Mountain and back
18. Feel protected and carried along in your weakness by a loving Father
19. Be encouraged by the cooperation, love, generosity, sharing of possessions, selflessness, patience, and acceptance by Body of the Christ
20. Learn to ride a bike in an urban/suburban environment
21. Practice greetings in Nepali, Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, and French
22. Fend off LOTS of roaches in almost every room in your apartment
23. Lock yourself out of your apartment
24. Take your shoes off when you enter homes
25. Feel clueless sometimes
26. Watch a Bhutanese soccer game
27. Sweat a lot by just talking outside for 20 minutes
28. Eat mango
29. Pray a lot
30. Worship with your new church on Sunday nights
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