2/2 - Friday - 3 pm - Landers (aka middle of nowhere)

Just arrived. This is for the Truth in ACTION (TIA) team. They're all public schooled, and Andrew says some of them aren't saved! Wierd. [I later learned that while some of the students were not Christians when they joined TIA several months ago, all of them now have a personal relationship with Christ! Praise God!]

I didn't know there was any nowhere in California. But now I know there is. Imagine a scene from Arkansas or Kansas with prairie as far as you can see, replace the prairie with sand and low vegetation, add a house or two, and you have California nowhere.

We're staying at the Corralls'. Rebecca and Sarah are 18-year-old twins who were on CIA [the AIM team in Apple Valley] for a long time, up to a couple years ago, and went on the East Coast Mission Trip in 2005 with the Lyells, Amber, Kristina, etc. [friends from Branson]

Later - 9 pm

In the van on the way "home." Supposed to be doing schoolwork, but math is the only thing I'm not ahead in. Nope! May work on devo if I finish this entry before we get back.

Training TIA was interesting. Taught There is a God, What Would You Do for a King, Alcatraz. I have a lot to learn about doing the overall view on songs, even though that's probably the easiest part. Did the "put your finger on your nose if you're listening" thing for the first time. It really worked. I want to be careful not to use it too much, though.

Falling asleep in the van is becoming an issue. So is light. This is the second time we've done schoolwork in the dark. I'm fine, but the girls in the back seat can't see a thing. They're using a flashlight.

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