So aside from the incredible school stuff that we experience on a daily basis, we have also met some great people from all over the world. We had 2 couples from Australia (Geoff and Christine and Rob and Deb) and 1 couple from New Brunswick (Jon and Kathleen) join us for dinner last night. It was such a wonderful time to relax and get to know others from our own country but also from a country many, many miles away. It's wonderful to hear everyones story about how they found out about Bethel, what brought them here and what they had to go through to get here!
 We also went for coffee on Saturday morning with a young couple from Scotland (Phil and Louise) They had just bought a car and we're thrilled to find something that was reliable and came equipped with an engine. I guess they looked at some real lemmons! There are still some students looking for housing. Some either came here with no idea where they might live, or others got here and the housing they were going to live in was not exactly advertised 'correctly'.
  This week we go on a retreat to a neighboring community called Chico. We will be there from Thursday to Saturday. Apparently, the camp that we will be staying at used to be an old YWAM base. Bethel has divided us into 'Revival groups', each group is about 65 students. We will be going on the retreat with our revival group and our leaders. Looking forward to that!
  We had Dann Farrely speak this week about how Bethel got started, how he got started with Bethel and the 'ebbs and flows' that Bethel has gone through over the years. Amazing story delivered in the most hilarious way I have ever heard! We laughed so hard it was crazy! It was good to hear that the Bethel we are attending today, didn't always look like this. They had very humble beginnings and went through some very tough stuff over the years. Pastor Dann put his 'funny stamp' on the content so we didn't even notice he spoke for 2 1/2 hours! It is clear that the leading of the Holy Spirit here is paramount. So often we tend to run ahead of Him or don't consult Him at all. I have come to realize that without His presence we are really missing out. Our christian walk is so much more abundant and meaningful with Him, than without.
  I'll post more after our retreat. I'm sure there will be great things to share!