Hey all,

So another week on campus has come and gone and simply awesome! There are so many crazy things happening and God is simply working everything out perfectly! Our team is in the Architecture faculty at the University of Panama, its the national university and... they only pay 27.50 (!!!!) a semester for school.

The student faculty president, named Eric, accepted Christ on Tuesday and he is awesome! Well first it was crazy that it happened because he has every single connection and knows every person in the faculty and he is such a great guy! He has become such a friend and although my Spanish is so little and his English is little too, we have become good friends. And now onto my favorite story of the week..... and probably my favorite moment so far on this trip....

Last Thursday we did some talks on integrity in a couple of classes and I met a girl named Estefania, I also ran into her the next day at the cafeteria but we did not know if my team was going to be in the architecture faculty so we swapped contact information and left it at that. But (!!) my team is in the faculty and so I connected with her and her friends on Monday. My friend and sharing partner Heather shared with Estefania and her friend Ana the 4 Spiritual Laws and they both said that they would think about it which was really cool. Wednesday I ran into Estefania and she did not look like she was having a great day. I did not have time to talk but prayed for her.. then I find out she talked to Heather and asked if she could meet up with us on Thursday to talk. Thursday we talked and I was absolutely blown away, she told us that she wanted to know how to be close to Jesus and that she didnt want to live her life all by herself ever again. I was so choked up and teary that I could barely lead her through the sinners prayer, but we said it and in that moment I knew that I could go home happy. God had such a hand in working in her heart and drawing her to him it was so amazing to see!

In other amazing news...
1. We had our first weekly meeting today on campus with all the Panamanian students and it was packed out, which was amazing to see!
2. We saw the Panama canal Saturday and it was honestly smaller than I had imagined it!
3. We are heading into the rainforest tommorrow...
4. I went to an elemnetary school this morning to help with showing the Jesus film to some classes and the kids were so cute! I wanted to pack them all home with me, haha I talked a bit to them in Spanish and then they all decided I knew the language and started yelling at me all at once, I laughed so hard!
5. God is amazing!!

Love you all so much! Keep me in your thoughts and more importantly your prayers, I will see you all in a month or so... sorry this was so long!

Lins