Finding our rhythm

Today was our 2nd full day of class and "Me Day," as Daniel put it. Evelyn began our morning with a walking devotional and we discovered this retreat center is bigger than we thought. In class, we shared the sermons and Bible studies we brought with us. We discovered we are not only educators but preachers, too. This established our personal context and our foundation. Tomorrow we go forth to explore the varied ethnicities we came together to study.

The afternoon was spent skype-ing with family, working on upcoming presentations and catching up. A group of us ventured forth from the security of the Centro Pastoral to walk down the street and explore a little of the area around us. Across the street is a small shop that sells the essentials - milk, bread, candy, and (most importantly) Diet Coke.

Dinnertime found us around another fire in the common room started by our resident miracle worker and fire woman, Susan. Everything is so damp here that it has been challenging to coax a fire out of the wood and matches left for us. Dinner and conversation by the fire is turning out to be a highlight of the day and almost 2 hours later some of us still find ourselves sitting in front of the flames. Out of the window of the common room we can see those city lights twinkling in the valley. We are most definitely seeing and hearing God in this place.