team habakkuk finally finished up our "jericho march" around the city of UTM today. we headed out around noon, determined to walk the 8-9ish miles around the campus, rain or shine! nishika joined us, which was extra special! it was so rewarding to finally finish that sort of "covenant" with the Lord. at the end, we all shouted and then the buildings all fell down!! ok. not really. but i didn't shout. :)

after the walk, we headed over to the hudsons for dinner with a team from ocala, florida. it was nice to sit down, and eat. :) and i thoroughly enjoyed the company and meeting new people!

when we got back to the sheridan, we came in, grabbed some dr. peppers, and carson headed to his room to get some sleep since he's been feeling a little under the weather the past couple days. i decided to run to the lobby to grab some ice, and ended up talking with the front desk guy for a good 15-20 minutes. it was actually quite interesting. he (bernie is his name) stopped me, asking if i was with the "church group." naturally, i said yes. and then he went on to ask what exactly we were doing here and why i came here, and questions like that. it was a good conversation, and once again i feel encouraged that God is using us here on the sheridan campus!

so 2 new people to add to the list. bernie and katryna, who was also there at the front desk while i was sharing our ministry. :) bernie is actually the head dude here at the residence of sheridan, and he seems like a really cool guy, so pray for open doors there. also, remember to lift up hailey, on of the housekeepers i've been sorta talking with daily. the weird thing about the workers here though is that they work 4 days and then have 4 days off..so it feels like forever before we see them again.

other good news! while i was out talking to bernie, alyssa came out looking for me. she was a little worried since i had been gone for so long, but she also had some veryyyy exciting news!! so we had already made plans to have the 'UTM' bible study with kevin tomorrow night, and we emailed him to see if that would work for him. he emailed back saying that would be great, AND that he is bringing a friend!!! how exciting is that!? :D so this friend probably isn't a christian, but he's interested. so, needless to say..we are super excited, and its soo great to see God working. alyssa and i were talking today about how we may not ever see any "tangible" results while we are here..but we do know God is working, and for me, this just confirmed all of that!

praise the Lord for what He is doing!! thank you, thank you, thank you for your prayers!!