2 weeks and counting! (August Newsletter)

Praise & Prayer 1.) Praise that we are adequately funded to begin language school in just a few days! 2.) Please pray that we would say goodbye well - that we would process the full range of emotions that we are feeling. 3.) Please pray for our transition to the Latin culture - that we would humbly approach a new country and new people with teachable minds and hearts - that we would quickly and easily feel at home.   Monthly Support Level 77% Schedule 8/25 Flight to San Jose, Costa Rica 8/28-9/3 Orientation for Language School 9/4 1st Day of Class 10/1-10/5 Team Honduras Women's Retreat How to Give Online: Click Here By Check: Please be sure to put#11369 in the memo line Mission to the World P.O. Box 116284 Atlanta, GA 30368-6284 The Good News During our training in New York City, our 8 member team of missionaries put on a week-long English as a Second Language course.  As part of each day's class, we shared a Bible story to assist with listening comprehension.  The first day, Michelle introduced our Bible story, "we're going to listen to a story about Jesus.  Do you know who Jesus is?" "Jesus?"  Guo asked looking puzzled. She had never heard of Him. The next day, Adam read the parable of The Lost Son.  Guo listened intently trying to understand as many words as possible.  She understood enough.  At the moment when the father joyously welcomes home his rebellious son, Guo gasped, and put her hands over her heart as her eyes filled with tears. The story of God's restoration of sinful man is powerful - espeically when heard for the first time.  It was a joy and blessing for us to share it with Guo.  We pray that Guo will continue to hear this message and learn that through Jesus, she can have this same restoration with her Heavenly Father. In later discussions, Guo was very interested in visiting a church.  We helped to identify a couple in her area.  We also want to supply her with a Bible in Korean (the language in which she is most comfortable). ESL teachers and students (Guo is in front, wearing white). Step of Faith Flights to Costa Rica have been purchased!  We are not yet fully funded but are going to start language school with hopes of finishing our support raising efforts over the next few months.  As long as we reach 100% before finishing school, we can go straight to Honduras.  Otherwise we will have to return to the U.S. until we are fully funded. Language School School starts September 4!  We will attend classes at theSpanish Language Institutein San Jose, Costa Rica.  This is a school designed for missionaries so we will not only receive an education but a spiritual community as well.  Jacob will attend the pre-school, Rayitos de Sol on the same campus.  His first school experience will be in uniform and full-emersion Spanish!

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Hurricanes and Hurried Cains

Tropical storm Ernesto is predicted to hit Central America as a hurricane on Wednesday.  Please pray for our team in La Ceiba, on the northern coast of Honduras.

The Cains are predicted to hit Costa Rica in just 18 days to begin language school!  Please pray for our family as we make our final preparations and say goodbye.

A Day in The Life

So I am sure every one is wondering what a day in the life of the Cains looks like.  Well, I will enlighten you:

6-7AM: Boys wake up, get dressed, devotional
7:15 AM: Breakfast (COFFFFEEEE) and assemble diaper bag/backpacks for the day
8:00 AM: Leave the house, walk 15 minutes to the Subway station
8:15-9:15AM: Subway ride with one transfer about 1/4 of the way in
9:15-9:25AM: Walk to church offices to work on group assignment
12:30 PM: Lunch
1:30-1:45PM Walk to training center (another church/school)
2:00-5:30PM: Training; kids in nursery/kids program
5:30-5:45PM Walk to Subway station
5:45-6:45PM Subway ride with one transfer about 3/4 of the way home
6:45-7:00PM Walk "home"
7:00PM: Make and eat dinner
8:00-8:15PM: Baths, bedtime routine, boy in bed
8:15 til who knows when: Adam and Michelle do homework, readings, writing assignments, etc.
11:00PM: Go to bed

Wash, rinse, repeat

Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

It is our great joy to share with you that we will begin language school this fall!  On August 25^th the Cain Family will board a flight for San Jose, Costa Rica where we will attend the Spanish Language Institute.

This step of starting language school is somewhat premature since we are not yet fully funded (we’re at about 75% of our monthly need).  However, the financial support has come in quite quickly thus far.  The Lord has led many individuals to commit to sending us and providing a ministry to the people of Honduras.  For this provision we are extremely blessed and thankful.  We are confident that He will provide for the remainder of our need over the course of the next few months.  This will allow us to go straight to language school rather than return home to raise the remaining support.

Will you please pray for the emotional health of our family as we prepare to leave?

Will you please pray that we would be diligent in our language learning and in our support raising efforts?

-Adam

There Is No "I" In Team

Many of the assignments we are doing this month are performed as a team.  Our team is made up of 8 missionaries going to places all over the world – where we will all work with teams!  The team environment allows us to do more and do it better than we could as individuals.  The downside of a team is there will be times of conflict.  Team conflict is the #1 reason why missionaries leave the field early (yes, it beats out fatigue, danger, and being under-funded).  It is crucial that we are able to manage conflict with teammates appropriately.  Our class on Thursday covered this very topic.  We will try to apply this information as we work with our team in NYC and with our team in Honduras.

Will you please pray for our team of missionaries as we work together in Queens, NY?

Will you please pray for Team Honduras?  They are in the middle of a busy summer, hosting 16 short-term teams.

-Adam

Mom reflections

Excerpt from Michelle's journal from the day we flew to New York:

"You know that sick feeling you can’t really shake when you haven’t had enough sleep and you know you’ve got a long day ahead of you? Yeah, that happens a lot around here lately but that’s how the day we flew to New York began.  We woke up at 4:30 with the intention of leaving the guest house we're residing in at 5:00 to catch a 7:00AM flight.  Flight was delayed 45 minutes and the kids are already running on empty.  We permanently moved out of our house yesterday and everything feels disheveled at this point. When I focus on wearing my “Mom hat,” I sometimes wonder if we are putting our children through “too much.”  Too much change, too much instability, too much emotional stress at such a young age.  I try to rest in the fact that Adam and my calling is also our children’s calling.  The Lord is equipping us (and them) for every good work.  The Lord is not surprised by what we are going through as a family and He will not be surprised by what we experience on the field.  He ordained it.  Regardless of solid theological thought, my heart sometimes wanders from that and I question what we are doing.  This is one of those days.  There’s really no true clarity of thought. Just an ill feeling in my gut."

Excerpt from Michelle's journal the first day of training:

"His mercies are new every morning!  Great start of the day and good subway ride.  The boys had seamless drop-offs.  Everyone is happy.  It’s moments like these where we can look back on the last 10 months as an Ebenezer.  We’ll remember the Lord’s providence and sovereignty in getting us to the field.  We’ll remember how He cared for our children a midst the chaos."

Day Two

During our month in New York we will be doing ministry and attending services at Astoria Community Church.  Our main ministry project at Astoria is to plan, organize, advertise and lead a week-long, intensive ESL course.  Teaching English as a Second Language excites us for several reasons.  Michelle is excited to teach ESL because she is well trained and very experienced in ESL from her education and work as a Teacher of the Deaf.  Adam is excited to teach ESL because he is almost fluent in English himself.  Above all, we are excited because teaching ESL will be part of our ministry in Honduras.  This experience will directly relate to our future ministry.

Please pray that the Lord would bring 20-25 people to our course.

Please pray that we would connect with these people on a personal level.

- Adam