The time has finally come and I am now in Newton Aycliffe sitting in my new office. Of course I got the desk by the window because who could resist glancing out every now and then and seeing green grass and tall trees. It is such a drastic change to the Texas heat and dying grass.

My team and I have started planning for going into schools next week. This week we have meetings with head teachers to establish our schedules. We are so excited for what God is going to do this year. During training, they explained that in the british school system, teaching religion is a requirement. So who better to teach it than missionaries? I could not believe how open schools are to religion. I think about the states and how we pride ourselves on freedom and yet while in training I felt as if someone was going to slap my wrists if I said the word God in schools. It is different but it is a GOOD different.

My team is so great. I don't think I could have asked for a better one. We all get along great and although we are different we all compliment each other and so far are working together very well. I love that no matter how different we are we still have the same goal in mind and we are here for the same purpose. I enjoy getting to know them more and more each day and boy do we have fun!