Well, an update is finally here! We apologize that it has been soooo long since the last one. Our excuse is: internet service to our room has been down for a while, and it just became available again today. Not good enough? We just ask your foregiveness. The three of us have been doing wonderful. Classes are going well, and I (carson) will give you a rundown of what has been talked about in a little bit. Dakota is still having a blast with her new friends. Some pictures of the people in her life during this time will (hopefully) be posted with this. It just depends on how severe my computer illiteracy is.

The biggest news that you may want to hear is that we are going to Thailand for our outreach phase! The class is pumped. Specific tasks and evangelism fields are yet to be revealed, by God, to us. But at least we know the destination now. Most likely we will be in the northwest part where trips into Myanmar (Burma) will be possible and likely.

Okay, the topics we have covered in class: Hearing The Voice of God, Spiritual Warfare, and Lifestyle of Repentence. All three were phenomenal! Spiritual Warfare was presented by Dean Sherman, who has written a book with that same title. Did you know that spiritual warfare is going on right now where you are as you read this? It is everywhere all the time. During the lifestyle of repentence the speaker told us amazing true stories of his dad. Why did he do this? Because of all of the horrendous stuff that happened to him, he did not lose his faith in our Father. And the point being that we can see His faithfulness to us, and choose to live our lives to serve Him out of gratefulness for His always loving us and being with us. When we were talking about Hearing the Voice of God I (carson) found a new friend: the Holy Spirit! The Spirit was made so much more real and personal than I ever knew before. It's hard to describe the topic for this week, but we've only just begun. Probably by the next update I will be better able to share what it was about.

Dakota's friends make up a unique group of individuals. Carol is the lady who takes care of Dakota while we are in class. Desi is a student in another program here. She originally comes from Bulgaria. Petra is a worker on the Ropes Course here on base, and she was born in Romania and has lived in Germany for several years. Petra tells us that Dakota reminds her of one of her younger sisters. Leah is a girl from our class who we like to hang out with. One day at a park downtown Dakota had her first carousel ride. She really enjoyed that. One of her semidaily routines is to travel upstairs to Desi's room and waits for her to let her in. Once inside, Dakota climbs up on Desi's bed and eats dry cereal while Desi gets ready. It is very amusing. Dakota is almost like a little mascot running around here.