James Cuénod's Newsletter 2009-05-22

James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To those
interested who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. Grace to you and peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Hello all, time is really flying down here as exams encroach. I am happily
settling into my assigned church (Mountainview Baptist) and have joined a
Bible study. I am also helping out with the youth on Friday nights and,
obviously, attending the both (if possible) the morning and evening
services. So I really appreciate your prayers.

Greek has slowed down slightly and I feel like I've caught up although I'm
still working on understanding how the language works (but I don't suppose
I'll stop doing that anytime soon). Our exam timetable is out and so I'm
preparing to write exams on OT Introduction, Mark's Gospel, Hard Questions
and Philosophy. I fear that next term is going to be much busier than this
term.

Ministry week is also coming up. In case you don't know, ministry week is
a week in which all the students from GWC go to churches throughout
Southern Africa (some are going to Sudan and Namibia) to do ministry
there. The idea is that the hosting church does whatever they like with us
for that week. So, I'll be going to Bryanston methodist church and my
group will be doing a holiday club there.

Please pray once again that I would work hard for this term end so that I
would get my assignments in and that I would study effectively for the
exams. Also, pray that my group is prepared well for ministry week. Thank
you all for your support.

In Christ,
James Cuénod

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James, a bondslave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ

James Cuénod's Newsletter 2009-05-13

James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To those
interested who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. Grace to you and peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

It seems like I haven't sent out a newsletter for quite some time now. The
workload has picked up significantly, however, it is still doable. We've
all certainly settled back into the swing of things here. However, that's
not to say we aren't doing the usual college life stuff (or at least, what
I'm lead to believe is "college life stuff"). You may have known about
Moustache March when a number of the guys in who stay with me in res
(including myself) grew moustaches (and if you didn't before you do now).
Well, we are now well into Mohawk May and so most of us are clean shaven
again and, together with a few more recruits, we now have mohawks (I also
thought it was a type of Indian; turns out it's a hairstyle too).

Thank you for your prayers, I now have an assigned church; Mountainview
Baptist Church. I am grateful to have a base now more than anything else
and I think that there is a lot of potential for me to serve. The pastor,
Kevin Daines, seems to be quite keen to have me there as well which is
good. I will probably be helping them as they set up the AWANA programme
for their youth on Friday nights and I will probably also be joining them
for Bible Study on Wednesday evenings.

Lectures are going well. I was thinking the other day about the various
courses that we are doing and I realised that I don't actually dread doing
any of them. It is very amusing to see the completely different views that
we get presented during Old Testament Introduction and Biblical Theology;
it's gotten to a point where the lecturers will literally tell us the
opposite of what we have been taught in the other class. In Learning
Development (the bane of our existences) we are doing logic which is a
pleasant relief from the misery we've endured learning to quote sources
and write paragraphs.

I am really appreciating your prayers. Please pray that my walk with God
would strengthen and that my focus here would not be academic but that my
academics would be merely a side-effect.

In Christ,
James Cuénod

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James, a bondslave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ