New year resolutions??

The new year has arrived and well this is the time people normally set goals for the year and try and start new and a fresh. My time now is consumed with thinking about this new semester and what God is going to bring and what i will be putting into it. Right now i am rethinking my teachign and figuring where i can put more of my time as i am cutting back my hours of arabic and spending much more time involved in "something" ! I find myself wondering how the heck 4 months have passed so quickly and already being in the middle of january!

I think often times you can have so many dreams and desires when you go overseas but then you get overseas and it is completely different from anything i expected ( of course)! God has given me wonderful people whom i can relate and connect with that are from back home but also i have met some wnderful local friends! I find myself thinkingabout what i can do this year ..maybe...exercise more...spend more tmie studying. I guess no matter what i want to do i think i about a section of scripture i memorized for camp. ...let us fix our eyes on jesus the author and perfector of our faith who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scornign its shame and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God! This new year whatever goals i set i need to fix my eyes on Jesus! I am so thankful that whatever is going on here in Cairo or back home with family and friends- I know God is control! Praise The Lord for that!

This is a friend who was in Cairo for few days. Sarah and her husband are traveling around and we met up for a few hours!