Orientation Day 2

Today has been really great i have gotten to know the interns a lot better.  There are 6 different offices that the 30 interns will be split into: Uganda, Colorado Springs, Costa Rico, India, Canada, and Egypt.  It is neat to hear the stories on how people ended upmat EMI and their passion for the country they are going too. The people going to the Uganda office are Aaron, Erland, Jake and Kevin. 

We did a lot of engineering training today.  The most interesting thing i learned were the two basic structure construction practices in the developing world, confined masonry and concrete frame with infill.  The confined masonry method is when you build the concrete blocks up first and pour the beams and columns second.  The frame method is when the frame system is built first followed by the block walls.  The reason this is important is because a design needs to be altered depending on which method is used. The second part of the day we learned about personality types.  We took the Biblical Personality System (DISC).  I am a I.D.s.  Which is a persuader or reformer.

Yesterday God really challenged me in intercession.  Intercession is when you pray or intercede on someones behalf.  I knew what intercession was but i do not think that until yesterday I truly believed in the amazing power prayer has in our lives or really what intercession does.  So today I tried to pray more like 1 timothy 2:1, which includes intercession.  I know that God is going to do great things through these prayers.  I also know that as I go into Uganda having a more active prayer life will help me to stay connected to Jesus.

I hope everyone received the link to my blog, obviously if you are reading this you did.  Thank you in advance on walking with me through this amazing journey.