Schedule of the day ~~~ Unterricht

8.30 Morning devotions. These are led by different members of the group being given different scripture verses. Peparation for leading small groups, as we will have to later when when back on home assignments. This morning I had to talk about Identity in Christ.

9.00 First Lecture. Many different subjects and projects, last week our assignment was to read about a missionary and give a short presentation on them using Power Point or more conventional means. Andy and I really had fun looking back into missionary lives, the hardship they faced and the living/health conditions they survived, we were really encouraged and enthused how God works through down to earth people: "Like Us". I talked about Jackie Pullinger and her book: Chasing the Dragon (very good book :-)

10.30 Second Lecture. Christian Doctrine, the title sounds very deep, but we are really getting into it and many discussions come out of it, I am sure most of our learning is from the group talk. It's great to have so many of the group that has been out in mission already and we all glean from each other.

11.45 Third Lecture. Church History, over the last weeks we have been looking at The Psalms, Paul and walking through the Bible.

13.00 Lunch for 1 hour with a washing up router.

14.00 Personal Study and reflection on the mornings teaching, plus personal study projects, preparation for devotions, language training, write assignments.

Prayer Points:

• French language, which we fully grasp and are enthusiastic about learning.
• Personal projects, that we are able to reasearch and understand the remit of the project. I am researching women's projects in Guinea and how is the curch involved. Andy is researching power generation in Guinea and alternatives; these are two term long assignments.
• Group unity: Really bonding as a team.
• A local church that we can fit into while here in Birmingham.
• For us as a couple.
• Time for personal devotional in a busy daily routine.