Hey everyone! The last couple of weeks since Somerset have been really busy, but I finally feel like I'm in the swing of things. We are actually following a set schedule for the most part. We have breakfast at 8am and on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays we have group discipleship from 9-12 and on Tuesday and Thursday we have small groups from 10-12. The group discipleship has a classroom setting a right now we're talking about the fundamentals of Christianity and we are each individually working on a statement of faith about God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit, The Bible, The church, and who we are as individual Christians. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be to write out my single page statement of faith. For example, Who is God? I've found it pretty easy to figure out what God does, but WHO is He and how do I write that in 2 or 3 sentences? During small group on Tuesdays and Thursdays we just talk about anything and everything. Sometimes we discuss what was said in group discipleship the day before, or we discuss some of the books that we are required to read, or we just talk about things that are happening in ministry. After lunch we have ministry form 1-5. My group and I pretty much have a set group of people that we visit all the time, although we did meet a new friend named Davison who is coming to Ithemba (my church) with us on Sunday. One of our friends, Regina had a house fire about a month ago and over the last few weeks we have been scrapping off burnt paint, priming, painting some of her walls, and hanging out with her kids. We've also been building relationships with one family who was good friends with the AIM team last year, I love them so much. It's been really fun getting to know everyone and I'm praying that our interaction with them and conversations with them are actually hitting home, it's hard to tell sometimes if anything is happening. But God's been teaching me that it's His job to change the heart, not mine, which is actually quite a load off the shoulders.

 The pastor of Ithemba, George and his wife Michelle's run a program here in JBay that we often work with called LXP (Leadership Experience) and this week their house got broken into and Michelle's laptop was stolen. On that computer was all of LXPs curriculum, all the information for next years applicants, and a lot of personal things such as all of their wedding pictures from last year. So pretty much, we're praying for a miracle and somehow Michelle gets her computer back. Feel free to join us. Thanks again for all your prayers. Alexis.