Miscellaneous Missionary

This month has been a bit maddening with a bunch of crazy things happening. I have been involved in trying to help some aspects of the field run more smoothly, from Portuguese study, to orientation, to interacting with customs officials, to survey, etc. In the end, it was a month with a lot of different types of work. This actually is a good sign. I have resisted getting involved in office work, because I do not want to get stuck there, since my deep desire is to work in a village area. However, since I have the highest official Portuguese level on the field, I have been asked to take some tasks that involve a lot of bilingual work. This also means that I am exploring the option of entering an existing work. I had hoped to enter a new work, but there is a window of opportunity to enter a work that is about ready to start chronological teaching. Otherwise, I would be working in the office for at least a year. I really ask for prayer on this, since it is complicated and has never been done on this field. In preparation for this, I have been doing a lot of other study as well on the linguistics side, since these Bantu languages are famously tough.
Another really big encouragement has been the ability to listen to George Walker from the Worldview Resource Group talk about the importance of teaching the Bible in such a way that people are not just converted, but that they have a complete change of their concept of God and reality.
Please continue praying as I continue to seek God's will in these decisions.