Through being with colleagues and the books I have been
reading, I have come up with some goals for these next four months on the
field, things I want to improve on, I figure if I put them in my newsletter,
you guys can help keep me accountable!
A forty hour language learning week- this doesn’t
necessarily mean out with people eight hours a day, it would include working on
listening to recordings or stories in Kon. As my director said- I can’t control
how quickly I learn the language, I can control the amount of time I spend
trying.
A constant and steady devotional time in the mornings before
running- I was so pumped about this whole running in the mornings thing, I was
putting my quiet time off until an undesignated time later in the day. But I
want to start setting my alarm and making time with God the priority.
Writing at least one French email a week- I have been
focused on Kon language learning and letting my French go, not good!! We do try
and watch one French film a week, and I want to read my Bible in French more
too.
Writing one family member an email a week- I think this
would be a good practice even if I were stateside, extended family is easy to
lose track of, but I would like to maintain those connections so that when I
come home I am not totally out of the loop.
So there we go! If I am at nothing, that is exactly what I will get!
