Now I wait...

Training is over. It was a great 4 weeks, what a blessing and spiritually and mentally. I feel so energized and on fire, I'm so anxious to get to Guinea....but I have a whole month before I leave. So now I wait.....blah. I've still got a little bit of fundraising to do so I guess that's a good thing and I've gotta get my loans deferred....much prayer for that please. Anyway at training I learned so much about myself and about how to reach out to the unreached or any people for that matter. We talked about discipleship, worldview, spiritual matters, culture shock...everything. I think the biggest eye-opener for me was the days we talked about worldview and culture. Being a westerner living in the USA we forget that everyone doesn't see the world and life the same way we do...and a lot of times we fail to reach others and forge relationships because we fail to see things from their worldview. I think it hit home and everything made sense when we talked about how important it is to learn the culture and language and become part of the people and see things from their eyes......because only then can I really start to reach them based on their needs and show them the love of God in a way that they'll understand. I just hope that while I wait I won't forget all I learned over the last 4 weeks. I'm excited and can't wait to be among the Coleman family and the Susu people. Here's a picture of us 20 missionaries going out to all parts of the world: Waiting...kinda impatiently lol :) ~Alex