Missions, Monkeys, and Mediocrity

John 9:4-5 reads:

"As long as it is day, we must do the work of Him who sent Me.  Night is coming, when no one can work.  While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

Working full-time is funny after being in college for four years and only having to do full-time work in the summers, when I saw the end clearly.  I always liked that, seeing the end.  It was nice in cross-country, and I think it's pretty nice in life.  Our Sabbath's coming, and it'll last a lot longer than the time when we're doing the work.  So here we are in Suriname, trying to do the work we've got while we're still around, because not only is Jesus the light of the world; he call's us the light of the world, too (Matthew 5).

Some updates that pertain to our work here:

• A monkey was playing on the power lines outside of school last week, and he received a physical and metaphorical shock.  We got to see the little beggar, and he was having a little trouble walking straight.  He also put the power out for the school that night, which happened to be "Meet The Teacher Night."  It had a dimly-lit, intimate atmosphere.
• We've learned all sorts of new recipes, from eggplant parmesan to chicken soup with rice, and it's been a real nice thing to be able to eat food that we find appealing to our taste.  The Indonesian food here is also quite delectable, and we'd love to introduce you when you come to visit.
• Youth Group starts up Friday night, so both of us will be helping out with that.  I guess that the youth group at Calvary Baptist in Dayton wasn't the stopping point.  Too bad Andrew Glines isn't here.

That's all for now.  We'd love some prayer about keeping hard at our job.  I, Conner, have figured out how to scrape by, due to some technical malfunctions, and I'd like not to be using my fall-back plans for everything.  We both have students who are struggling, as well as some who are excelling, so if you could pray that our teaching will be for everyone of them, that'd be great.