These are my friends who work at the English center where I study. Recently, there's been a lot of sharing going around the center, and there's been some really good conversations. The first two from the left are really good at meeting with university students and talking with them about life. They're crazy, easy-going, and friendly. Right now they have a couple of appointments to meet with students and hang out.
These are a couple of my friends. Ian is a civil engineer, very talented. Ida is a fashion designer, also very talented. You remember the appointments my friends from the English center have? They're with these guys. These guys, who have heard story after story, but don't yet understand them. Recently, after telling Ian I would pray that he would get his first "big job," he did, a testimony to the one in whose name I pray. One day the girl was talking with a friend of hers and for the first time her friend explained the idea of prayer to her, and she was intrigued. She wants to talk about that topic again later.* * *
The two on the right have a standing appointment with house helpers every Wednesday. Together, they make Christmas decorations and learn new skills like sewing and cross stitch. These house helpers are usually low-educated women who grew up in villages. As they learn these new skills, they tell and discuss stories. In her personal time, one of the house helpers is learning stories that have a theme about the problem we have and how to fix it. Maybe she'll share those stories with the other women in the group--stories about disobedience, a brother's murder, a natural disaster, a son's escape from death, and even slavery.
