October Update

Well here is a quick update since I have had a hard time writing on here each week.  We have now had four weeks with One Way Youth Ministries. Tonight was our fourth meeting and we had 25 students. We have increased every week and are encouraged with how fast it is growing.  Next week we are having a BBQ and I am planning to preach my first message in Spanish. Please keep that in your prayers. I am pretty nervous just thinking about it.  Work at the school has been getting better each week.  I am really seeing some improvement in some of the students and it is encouraging.

This week I started with a new ministry.  Mitch had heard about a team practicing at the local stadium and mentioned how we needed to meet the coach.  So last Saturday we went by the field and were able to meet the coach.  We found out that he doesn't have a team, but that he runs a baseball school.  In the morning he does hitting and defense, and in the afternoon he does pitching.  It just so happened that I get out of school at 3pm and he begins his pitching workouts at 4pm.  This week I was able to go over to the field after school and help him with his pitcher workouts.  He even wants me to start working with some of the pitchers and giving my opinion.  It has been so nice being on a baseball field again.

This week I got as sick as I have been in a long time.  I tried to go to work Wednesday morning after being up since 2am with stomach problems, but I only lasted an hour at work.  I spent the whole day at home feeling absolutely terrible and sleeping.  At times it was so bad that I could barely stand up for a period of time.  God has really come through though and I am feeling almost 100% just two days later.  For those of you that are praying for me here are a few requests.  You can pray for continued health, One Way Ministries and my message next week, and the ability to reach the ball players at the stadium.  Thank you all for your prayers and support.  It really does mean a lot to me.

My adventures.

Today turned out to be quite an interesting and eventful day. Yesterday (Sunday) I had to go all over town on my scooter and was starting to get low on gas. I realized this morning when I was leaving for school that my gas was pretty low but I figured I could get to school then to a gas station after. The second I pulled into the school parking lot my scooter died, I had run out of gas. I parked it and went on to teach the rest of the day. After school I began looking for some friends to see if someone could take me to get some gas, but they had all gone home. I walked a little less than a mile down the road to where some people were sitting on the sidewalk. They were selling gas in soda bottles for $0.75, then I walked back to the school. I filled put the gas in my scooter and began driving to the gas station.

So I was on my way to the gas station and this plastic thing that connects to the carburetor decided to fall off. My scooter got all crazy and I realized that this piece was just hanging there. I ended up pushing my scooter for about 3 blocks and happened to find a car repair shop. They put a screw in the thing for no charge and I was on my way. I finally got the the gas station and filled up my tank. A feeling of relief came over me, I could finally go home, but wait. I had that feeling just a bit too soon. I pulled out of the gas station and started home. The light turned green and I started to drive away when I heard, "Your scooter! Your scooter!" I looked down and gas was flooding out from somewhere near the engine all over the ground. I quick pulled off to the side of the road and there happened to be some motorcycle taxi's nearby. One ran over and quickly began to help me. Another kid pulled up on his scooter, grabbed a butter knife, and began to undo screws. He took the siding off my scooter and found the gas line had come off from the gas take. He fixed that, again for no charge, and I started on my way home again. While on my way home I was just waiting for something else to happen and then it did... I got home. That is my afternoon so far. I hope you had a good time reading and enjoying my frustrating afternoon. Haha