to live is Christ and to die is gain

Hey everybody!
We've been VERY busy here at the base so I haven't had much extra time to write. And I've been sick the past couple days so all I could do was rest and pray. I'm still not feeling 100% so if you all wouldn't mind saying a prayer, it would be greatly appreciated.
Anyway, classes have been INTENSE lately. Last week we had the base director of Las Vegas come and speak on evangelism. But it wasn't the typical, in-your-face, I'm-gonna-scare-you-into-accepting-Christ kind of evangelism. We talked more about the great need for evangelism, especially in a part of the world called the 10/40 window. 10/40 stands for latitude lines on a globe. The area in between is called the 10/40 window. Basically, inside the window are all the poorest countries in the world, and the majority of people-groups with whom the gospel has not yet been shared. It is there that missionaries are most needed but out of all the missionaries in the world, only 4% work in the 10/40 window. After we heard that we were challenged to take up an oath to God that we go wherever He called us anytime, anywhere, even if it meant giving up everything. We had to really think about the decision and all that it entailed. We would have to give up our dream of marriage, possibly. Give up our house, friends, family, church...life to go wherever we were called. Some people couldn't do it then and there. I made the oath, knowing that fear would try to stand in my way if ever something like that did come into being. It was at that moment that I had a revelation of what giving up your life so that you can truly live really means. I saw it from the most extreme perspective and it finally made sense. It's scary, but beautiful at the same time. Talk about a life of adventure! Anyway, he also talked about different ways to evangelize that don't involve bashing somebody over the head with a Bible :)
On another note our outreach locations in December were announced, I'm going to Mexico City, Chiapas, and Oaxaca, all in Mexico. The other locations are Morocco and Haiti. We also picked our local weekend outreaches. I'm working with kids doing a VBS! I'm excited for it to start, which will be this weekend.
We're doing a ton of stuff around here! And it's all so great. I hope everyone back home is well!
Dios te bendiga!