Months, that is. FOUR more months for this phase of training.
Crazy!
This is going so fast. In just four short months we will be graduating here at NTBI and packing up our stuff to move to Missouri.
Then we will have just 3 semesters there.
And then we will be across the world.
It is truly hard to imagine.
Sigh...anyway, we are still loving our training, love living in a big school, and love being in the Word so much. It is awesome. We are trying to get as much as we can out of this training. Missionaries who come through the school tell students all the time that their time at NTBI was 2 of the best years of their lives. They look back on their time here and would LOVE to be able to do it again. So we are trying to remember that!
Our coming semester will be filled with amazing classes (right now we are in Phillipians, James/Jude and Nathan is in a public speaking class). Nathan also pushed encouraged me to take an elective, called the Hermeneutics Practicum. I am so glad he did! I was hesitant because it lasts all semester long (but only 1 day a week--Thursdays from 2-3) and Nathan is also taking it. Which meant we would need a babysitter every Thursday during that hour! It wasn't hard to find a wonderful willing single girl student, though...thank you Camilla! For those wondering, Hermeneutics is basically how to study and interpret the Bible. Context, word studies, observations, phrasing...we will be doing all of this with the book of James (mainly James 2) for this class. I am SUPER excited about it! It is going to be at least 25 extra hours of homework for the semester, but I think it will be so worth it.
And here are some recent pictures. What we've been up to lately:
Hanging out with friends...
Making, playing in, and sleeping in lots of tents...
Daisy's new favorite perch for when I am making supper...
And one of her favorite poses:) The girl LOVES to be held!!
Kaine learned the wonderful art of plugging his nose so that he can't taste his veggies :)
And an adorable pj pic of Kaine and Halle. They are really becoming good friends! So thankful for that!
More to come soon! It will be a busy semester, but I am going to TRY to keep up this blog!
5 comments:
Last night I was just thinking myself, about how fast all your training is going! I know I sure have enjoyed anytime I/we visit NTBI! Enjoy these classes one more semester!
love you
mom
Looks like everyone is enjoying it. Thats great.
Grandpa Jim
Wow! That is really fast! Where does time go?! I loved taking PIBS (Principles of Inductive Bible Study - called hermeneutics at other colleges :) It was SO interesting!! That class TOTALLY changed (for the better) how I approached, read, interpreted, and applied the Bible. It opened my eyes to see how AWESOME the Word really is! :)
Erm...I may have taught him the plugging his nose thing. He was sitting with us at dinner one night in the DH and he didn't want to eat his veggies. So I told him if he plugged his nose, he wouldn't be able to taste them. I explained the connection between smelling your food and tasting it, and once he tried it, he gave me a big grin! (And proceeded to take a huge gulp of milk to wash it all down!). Haha! Good times with your family!
haha! Thanks, Heather! That is so funny :) Oh well, at least he will eat veggies now :)
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