Week One.

Wow... so I am sitting here at my "designated internet time" and will try to cram all of last week into this update. I have so many things to tell you. First of all, thank you thank you thank you to everyone who has been praying for the reaction. It ended up getting to my hands and feet pretty bad by the middle of the week and now it has almost all cleared up...God is a great healer... thank you for going to Him in prayer. So here are some highlights from this past week:

- Meeting 16 other interns, from various colleges and walks of life. The only thing that we had in common at the beginning of the week was an Orphanage Outreach t-shirt and now I consider this group good friends. Some of them will be here for a month and others for two months. Just yesterday, Lauren came, who will be leaving the same day as I will :) She is a blessing!
- Being under the leadership at OO. John Hopkins, someone who has run summer camps in Colorado is leading the summer program. God is using Him in great ways to lead the interns in a Spirit-filled experience.
- Meeting the 20 boys at the orphanage. We are getting to know each boy fairly well. Each afternoon last week we had the chance to do an organized activity (relay races, capture the flag, get to know you interview, etc.) and then we also had free time to just get to know the boys one on one. One of the boys is named Robinson. He taught me how to play Mancala. Meliss would be so proud :).
- Working to get ready for the group of 50 high schoolers here this week. We had to make 50 beds with mosquito netting for the group that is here this week.
- We also toured and went to the beach on Friday and Saturday.

We have a busy week ahead in leading the high school team through VBS. I am in charge with two other interns of the English station :).. God is so good. There are so many other things to share, but my time is about out.
Thank you for the prayers.
Until next week.
Monica