MTI - LANGUAGE ACQUISITION TECHNIQUES

We began the summer by attending a two-week language acquisition course at Mission Training International located just north of Colorado Springs.  The course is designed to prepare us for language learning.  We definitely had a new experience learning how to make bilabial fricatives, glottal stops, and many new phonetic sounds not found in English.  Haven't worked with those lately have you?  :-)  Our perspective on language learning was broadened, and we returned home with a "toolbox" of activities to help us learn Spanish more quickly and with deeper comprehension.  We left with a sense of excitement about language learning

One of the most thrilling parts of the experience was meeting fellow missionaries going to all parts of the world.  Sometimes we feel hopeless and inadequate at reaching the world.  After hearing about ministries to Muslims, to tribes in remote areas, and to many other places, we came away excited by the mighty way God is working throughout the world.

(Thanks to Katie & Jonathan for the photos!)

Please pray with us as we begin our support team building in earnest.  We know God will provide, and we try not to worry too often about the task.  If all finances are in place by the end of the year, we hope to arrive in Costa Rica for language school in January 2011.