Late Night Note :)

Just wanted to let everyone know that we are safely in Kocevje, and it is going so much better than any of us ever thought. We have connected so extremely well with our entire team here.  We are working with the pastor and his wife here, Toni and Matea, and Matea's cooking is fabulous! Homemade Slovenian food is certainly something I hope all of you have the chance to experience. The rest of our team consists of the three head teachers Dee, Carden, and Brian, all from the states.  Dee and Carden are a wonderful couple from California, both experienced in teaching but no absolutely no Slovenian.  Brian is from North Carolina, but both of his parents are Slovene, so he is a little rusty, but understands and speaks Slovene quite well.  He is my partner, and we are working with the least experienced group of adults. I had to start the class out by myself for the first part of the evening tonight, but it was actually not that scary and God is giving me strength for all that we are doing here. The students, all adults of various ages, are very receptive and excited to learn English. We just spent tonight getting to know them and going over basics, since we only had some of this afternoon to prepare and the first day is always fuzzy. After talking with Toni, we have also learned that if we had not come, they may not have been able to have this camp. He was kind of at the end of his rope with planning.  They have had many in the past, but this year was just very rough, and it was certainly divine intervention that all six of us made it here (I guess eight hours in an English airport wasn't so bad after all, haha).  Every one of us had traveling difficulties but God has provided and brought us all together, and what an incredible team. We clicked right off the bat and I was so encouraged by our interaction with Dee and Carden before the camp began.  Brian arrived late due to traveling circumstances, but he is wonderful as well and I feel so empowered working with this group.  I'll share more later on in the week, considering we do in fact have internet here, but I am just so excited about what will happen this week and wanted to share it. Thanks again for your prayers, for this is all not possible without it. I'll keep everyone posted!