I keep on moving with the lights on

We are the light of the world!

Hey Y'all! 

Okay so first things first - I honestly think the TMC (The Mosquito Community) have put a price on my foreign blood! They are relentless!

Onto the good stuff! I'm not going to talk about food too much this week but I will talk about one of the main differences between American and European/African food culture. If your childhood was anything like mine you were most certainly expected to finish everything on your plate (this is a good thing!) However you are NOT expected to finish what's on your plate here in the US......and this is why...

The burger was so big it came in a bowl!

On Wednesday we were given a team challenge. The challenge was to take $5 and make as much money as possible in 3 hrs. So we brainstormed and decided that the best thing would be to sell lemonade at the UTA Campus (University Texas Arlington). We went to the store and bought some powdered lemonade mix and cups for $4.81. 

It was really HOT outside but we found a nice spot in the shade to set up shop. We had just over an hour to sell the lemonade and we made $50 for our team :) that's a 900% increase!! My first ever lemonade stand experience was brilliant! 

On Friday we went to visit a high school called Eastern Hills in Fort Worth - one of the schools we will be working in this year. We met with the principal, Mr McCarty. He is a huge man!! Each of his arms are the size of my thigh!! He played American Football for one of the best college teams in Texas (TCU) and then coached teams before becoming a vice principle and now principal at Eastern Hills! He's really cool and supportive of us working in their school and prayed for us before we left. 

My Team - Jenoa, Jan-Niklas, Me, Lucas and Anna-Lena (from left to right)

The school has a bit of a rep for being a 'bad school' but I'm really excited to work there! It's been going since the 60s and some of the classrooms, bathrooms and lockers look like it BUT I know the kids there will really benefit from having us around. 

So if you like to pray - please pray that God will lead us to specific students for us to build relationships with. 

Lastly I'm really missing all my family and friends in London AND I'm also missing the small things like having a Tesco Express on every corner #missingthecitylife

Talk to y'all next week! 

Love you lots!