Update from Kristen Foster who is currently in training as she prepares to serve in Thailand for two years.

Hello all!!

This last week we finished the Second Language Acquisition Class which is fancy words for saying we learned techniques for learning another language.  I really enjoyed this class.  We got to spend time learning phonetics which is the study of how sounds are made.  This means I had the opportunity to try to make as many silly sounds as possible.  My favorite part of the class took place in the afternoons.  They brought in many different people who English is not their first language to teach us their original language.  My language helper was a lady named Lhen (pronounced like Lynn) who came from the Philippines two years ago.  She taught us Tagalog.  I attached a picture of my group and a video of us to this email.  In the video she is telling us a story and we are matching up our pictures with what is taking place in the story.

This week we will be starting Teams.  We will be learning how to effectively work and communicate with our teammates in a cross cultural setting.  This is very important because team conflict is the number 1 reason why missionaries come back from the field.

Please pray for:

— my teammates (Jen and Walker) and I during Teams. 

—energy

—and continual delight in the Lord

 Thanks for all your prayers and support. Please feel free to send me prayer requests or let me know of others ways I can be of help to you.

 Kristen Foster

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