Surviving Training

We have been in Wheaton for about 2 weeks now. It has been a lot of fun, but very busy. It is nice to get back to our college days (nostalgia-like), and show the kids where we went to school. Our first week (June 6-12) was PFO, or Pre-Field Orientation. This was a very valuable time of learning about transitions, the importance of perseverance, and working together with other team members. We are currently in the first week of a three week course on cross-cultural training. We are learning phonetics, our personal learning styles, and many other valuable tools that will equip us to learn Indonesian. We have been blessed to have access to all of Wheaton College's facilities, including their huge fitness center and Olympic-size pool. I have exercised more here than I have had time for back in Ohio. The kids are all learning along with us, except for Josiah. He is in a group called Third culture kids. He is learning and doing a lot of interesting things geared to his grade level. Ricky is with us in class and is catching on much faster than me in phonetics. We have also learned some introductory Korean and will be attending a Korean church on Sunday to practice. I hope I don't offend anyone.

This blogging thing is still pretty new to me, but some time soon I would like to get some pictures up. Maybe I can try that now!