Hi.
I told you all that I would try to update regularly during the summer, and, though I don’t know that I’ll have anything at all interesting to say, I mean to be true to my word.
I’m currently in Southhaven, Mississippi at Pre-Field Orientation for NICS. I was supposed to attend last summer but was excused because of Belen’s Youth Mission Trip to Puerto Rico that I’d organized that was happening at the same time. So, though I’ve already spent some time in Brazil, I am now here preparing to go overseas. 
Things have actually been pretty good so far. There are near 230 participants here (speakers, advisors, and teachers-in-training all told). It has been really interesting to hear the stories of how people have made it this point and to hear about where they’re going. It is amazing how God has been working in so many lives in so many ways to get us all here together at this time.
My visit with my parents in Texas went well. They are finally settled into a small rental house of their own, and out of my aunt & uncle’s hair. Dad is enjoying his “new” new job, and they are both liking the small Texas town more and more as they feel more at home.
My first Greyhound bus experience went pretty smoothly between Wichita Falls and Memphis. I was advised by the ticket agent in Texas to change my late-night itinerary for an earlier one on Sunday–apparrently a ticket is no guarentee of a seat on Greyhound–but other than missing one connection in Dallas, the trip went smoothly.
I hope that you are all well.
With my prayers, Amy
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20