I'm Here!!!

Hey, friends and family!  I just wanted to write a quick update to let you all know that I have arrived safely.  This first week has been kind of just getting oriented to the home and starting to get to know the kids and feel out what my duties are, which will officially start next week.  In the mornings I'll serve the kids' lunch which they take with them to school.  Then twice a week I'll help with a ministry that helps women in the community learn to sew and then sells the products in the US.  Then when the kids get home each day I'll hang out with them from 4-5, watching them play on the playground or whatever.  From 5-7 I'll have the three second graders for "tuitions" which is homework time and I'll give them additional work to improve their weak areas and I'll help them study for quizzes and tests.  Twice a week I'll lead a short devotion time with a group of the kids.  Then I'll have dinner and hang out with the kids until 8:30 or 9.

I am enjoying getting to know the kids this week.  They call me Melinda Akka (akka means older sister), and I just love that.  

Anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that I'm doing well, enjoying getting to know lots and lots of kids.  There has been a lot of down time yesterday and today, and I'm really enjoying just being here and spending time with the Lord.  Thank you for your prayers and please continue praying for me, that I would trust the Lord with the new adjustments and that He would reveal His unique purpose in having me here.