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Student Life Ministry in Brisbane, Australia with Amanda DeCesaro

Hi again! I'm pretty impressed with myself for how I have been able to keep up to date with many of my friends in Australia, still not as well as I wish. I just got news just before Easter that one of the international girls we met last year prayed to receive Christ, awesome! Hearing news like that makes my entire day, week, life (after all this is what life is all about). From what I have heard it sounds like the team at Griffith this year are doing great. The next upcoming event is a women's retreat, I can't wait to hear about that since the population of women in Student Life has always seemed to be small in proportion to men.


Grace (met last year) and Saetbyeol (new girl this year) at a trip to the beach
As for me and my twin sister, Dani, we have been at home for more than 4 months now seeing friends and family. It has been fun, frustrating, exciting, and boring, but hey that's life. One of the most exciting things was my month of TESOL. I took a certificate course for teaching English as a second language. There was six students including me in the course and our trainer was from the Ukraine. We all got along so great and became like family. I especially praise God for one girl named Ayano (yup, she is Japanese but grew up in Hong Kong). Ayano came to America as an international student, studying at UW Madison for a year (where she was involved with Campus Crusade) and then transferred to Moody Bible College in Chicago. We were like kindred spirits, finding that we were sisters on the first day of class. We had some opportunities to demonstrate our faith to our colleagues. Our course would not have been as exciting if we didn't have our practice class. We held free class for 2 hours everyday at DePaul University where students could practice their English and we could practice our teaching. There I also met some people that became friends, including some students from Korea and Turkey.


Ayano and me downtown Chicago
Now that I have a certificate I have also been looking for a job in Korea. I happened upon one that I really really want in Seoul called SEV. It has a camp atmosphere because students come for a week or two where they have simulation type classes and fun activities, it looks like fun for both students and teachers. I had a phone interview with the recruiter of the school, so I am praying that I will hear a more definite answer from him soon.
Students at SEV
Thank you for your prayers, please continue to pray for Student Life in Australia and for all the friends I left behind, that one day I will be able to see them again. I would also greatly appreciate prayer for my future job in Korea, hopefully at SEV.

Love, Manda

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