Dream Life

That was the theme of The English Cafe tonight.  Great topic- mostly because of the great group we had tonight! 

We started off the evening with our own shopping competition- who could make the most money selling their wares and who could get the most products for the best price.  Each student had 27 "bucks" to spend at the 6 sellers (who were selling anything from homes to pets to cars to clothes to toys to food- you name it, it was for sale tonight!).  They had 8 minutes to work their bargaining skills.  How'd they do?  One person purchased 17 items and one seller made 54 bucks!  Okay...play money, but still lots of fun and with candy as a prize- there can be no losing!

 Katya and Dina bargin with Lynda for the best deals on cosmetics

 Mugi shopping in Anna's "store"

 Namor counting all the money he made in just 8 short minutes! 

After several more activities we ended our evening watching an interview with Blake Myocoskie who founded TOMS shoes and talking about his "dream" and his motivations.  If you're not familiar with his story- google it- great stuff! 

In other exciting news- we connected with some believers tonight that we've unknowingly crossed paths with over the past few months.  One of them attends the church we regularly attend, though she's been there when we've been out of town and vise-versa!  The other two students were at the church I attended with Lena on Sunday and they listened to her speak about Ghana!  What a small world! 



Please pray for English Cafe as we're talking about offering it possibly on two different nights (same theme) so that we can possibly connect with some more students who can only come on Tuesdays or only on Wednesdays.  Please pray that some will come to the birthday celebration in 2 weeks of the Great Commission Church (our CMA church plant) and that many will be part of our winter English Camp mid-January.  We have a great team coming from Alaska to help us- so please pray that God will begin preparing their hearts now and that we will have a great turnout! 

Tomorrow morning we drive Lena to the airport to fly back to Ekaterinburg :( !  We love you, Lena and it's been a pleasure having you!  Can't wait to hear of all the amazing things God's gonna do through you in Ghana!