Hello from Orlando!!!!

Welcome to my blog about life as an intern at Wycliffe Bible Translators in Orlando, Florida. God has been so gracious to allow me to be a part of this incredible program! He has provided for me so far in many, many ways. He has given me two wonderful roommates, Erin (erinjheizelman.tumblr.com) and  Stella (steallaatwycliffe.tumblr.com) and two other team members, Jordan and Josiah. We all get along great and our staff has been incredible in their welcome and encouragement of us. They have never stopped reminding us that each of us is here for a reason, and that is a great encouragement to me! As supporters of me at this internship, you get the unique privilege of seeing behind-the-scenes of our experiences here in Orlando : )

I have now been at the Wycliffe Headquarters for a whole week! This past week has been our fun, crazy orientation week. Tomorrow we start our "real work" and I can't wait to get started! but for now, here's a sneak peak at what orientation week looked like :)

This is my bedroom that I share with one of my housemates, Erin. Stella lives just across the hall in her own room : )

Here's our kitchen.

living room.

bathroom complete with a palm tree shower curtain : )

the staff has been praying for us for months!

On Tuesday we did a "Race Around the Lake" where we faced off the staff in an intern vs. staff group of mini games. In this particular game we had to put together a Bible verse that was made out of linguistic symbols.

on Wednesday we had a scavenger hunt around Orlando and ended at Menchies, a frozen yogurt place.

on Thursday we had our first Faith and Culture class where we wrote down all of the countries the interns and staff have either lived in or visited. It was quite the list!

On Friday we drove to a ropes course about an hour and a half away and worked on some team building stuff and just getting to know each other more in an out-of-the-office setting. It was a super fun day!

So, the fun week is over and the work will begin tomorrow : )

I am pretty excited about getting to start some photography stuff but am a bit nervous too! I covet your prayers for a low-stress week and also about my finances (I still have about $1200 to go). Thank you for your on-going support of this summer! You all are fantastic!

In Christ,

Stephanie