Hola mi familia y los amigos! Hello my family and friends!

Well I can’t even believe that it has been a month already and NO I did not drop of the face of the earth when I flew across the equator!! But to say the least there have been some serious ups and downs out here! Here is a little bit of an update to let you all know a little bit of what has been going on in my life…..
It has taken me a little while to get into routine out here but I finally have a little bit of stability. I had to move around like crazy in the beginning from missionary’s house to missionary’s house while I was looking for a place to stay but I have finally found one!
I am living with a wonderful family out here in Villarica! The Ocampo's have 3 children. Pauline 12, Cecilia 10 and Florencia 10. They are twins but they are DEFFINATELY not identical... in fact they are polar opposites! They also happen to have 8 dogs! 2 wiener dogs 3 puppies and 2 German Shepherds and one German shepherd puppy! The puppy is SO cute and her name is Hannah!( I am so honored that they allowed me to name this puppy!)
I am really fortunate to be living here as the family speaks relatively good English and they are really trying hard to help me with my Spanish! Pauline is a student of mine at CEI (the school where I work) and she is in 7th grade! She has the best English in the whole class but only because last year she was an exchange student in Illinois (a city close to Chicago) Also, Gloria (their mother) has been a huge help to me as she has really been showing me the ins and outs of life in Paraguay and has never once hesitated to include me. They are not a Christian family but rather extremely catholic and VERY religious... they are very well off so their role in the Catholic church has much more to do with status then with faith.
Pray for this family and for me to be a light and a witness while I am living here.
As for my job while I am here I am teaching English in an Elementary/ Jr. High and I teach grades 6,7 and 8.
I LOVE it so much but it is a challenge to say the least especially with the two older classes. In 7th grade class there are 14 girls and 3 boys and I can barely get the class quiet long enough to teach anything. In my grade 8 class I have 3 girls and 6 boys and they will never TALK... EVER! It is frustrating when you are trying to teach a LANGUAGE!
Thanks you all for your support and prayers in this adjustment time! ~Kristin

Paraguay Orientation:
My first month was a surprising challenge to me who by God’s design delights in serving others!
I am surrounded by such opulence that I was lulled into an apathetic state as to what my part in this mission was.
I am living with one of the wealthiest families in the city and many of my students are also very well off.
It was easy in Africa to see the needs and hopelessness of a nation and show those around me
the savior of all nations and share with them the Christ who has no borders.
I am living in such luxury I plead with you to pray for my clear direction from God in seeing what he wants me to do and how to show these people who seem to have everything that they have one need unmet ……...the need for Christ the Lord in their life!
Pray also that I will see clearly and avoid the deep waters that He has delivered me from………...

Prayer Requests
Please pray that my love for the Lord shines through my inadequacies in my teaching skills! :)
Pray for wisdom, knowledge and creativity of task within all of my teaching classes!
Pray for me to be a light and a witness to the Ocampo’s (the family I am living with) They have everything except Christ!
Pray for my part in what God wants to do through me within this community of extreme affluence!
Praise
Praising God for the safe arrival of my field support friend Melissa.
Many of you have been praying for this culture shock that took me by surprise …. And I am praising God for his deliverance in this situation!


My lifeline ……..
My Inspiration this Month

" He reached down from on high and took hold of me, he drew me out of deep waters"
Psalm 18 v16