Progress so far
Well, it's the end of a week and I feel I owe you guys some details or something though you never seem to complain whether or not I give them to you. In any case, I have had a really great week which ended with a really good time of Bible study last night. I don't know if I've already mentioned but our group is going through the book of Hebrews this year and I think it is definitely an exciting challenge.
Myself, I'm just going through the book of Joshua now since beginning from Genesis way too long ago- I did warn you that I was slow at this. I'm stuck on the passages where land is being distributed amongst the different tribes of Israel so I have found a book, surprisingly from my dad's shelf called "Understanding the Bible in 30 days", which I am convinced is quite a deceptive title but nonetheless it does have a helpful chapter of the geography of Bible places, etc. I hope I'm not boring you with these details but being a very slow learner, I find that having such background knowledge is really helpful for better understanding all the intricate details the Bible relates. I'm sure most of you reading this will be far more advanced in their knowledge and understanding of the Bible than me and if not, I would definitely encourage you to try and do the same in going through the entire Bible from cover to cover. I am almost ashamed to admit that I haven't it sooner. I wonder if I'm slower in understanding because I'm not very good in asking the right questions... which is probably what I love most about having Bible study in a group- other keener learners tend to ask questions that better stimulate my thinking... I wonder if you even know what I'm going on about.
Well, it is now past 1pm and my mum and I are going to call my dad in Japan since his phone has run out of battery. It doesn't feel like he has been away for as long as he has but we definitely do miss having him around. Then again, having him back would mean we'd all be twice as busy... not always a bad thing.
One prayer request that I have on my mind, is that I have a class test coming up on the 12th of November. I wouldn't normally have bugged you about such a small thing but my family and I are travelling up to Belfast over the weekend and I only arrive that Monday morning from Stanstead airport and then rush to school for my 1pm test. It happens to be one of my harder modules (the one with the Russian lecturer) and seeing that I'll be rushing from early in the morning to get to school, I'm not particularly looking forward to it. Please pray that I will be able to absorb and understand the material and that I won't be too lazy to pick it up and revise each moment that I can. Thanks for your ever faithful prayers.
