After the Freeze

Well, tonight is the big night. I will be seated in the colliseum at 7:30 with a thousand other students ready to walk across the stage. Graduation is finally here. I will take time to relax as Rolando and I make a road trip starting Monday. It should be quite fun.

Next semester I will stay here doing some teaching and translation work. During that time I will be seeking open doors to go serve the Lord abroad. I am looking for a team of people with whom to plant churches who are filled with the Spirit.

It has been bitterly cold here for the last few days. The temperature did not rise above 0°C for more than 60 hours. We spent a couple of nights with low temperatures of about -10°C. Now things have warmed up, and currently we are at 8°C. Most of the fall leaves lost their color during the cold spell, and things are as dry as they get. The current humidy is 15%. You cannot apply enough lotion to keep your skin for cracking and bleeding.

The sun has been a blessing today. Even though the temperature is fairly cool, that sun feels warm on our skin after the bitterly cold days behind us.

Ah, my friends Joel and Jessica have been preparing to go to China, and God has finally opened a door for them to go teach in Taiwan! It is a beautiful story.