To all those who are loved by God and called to be saints:

It's been a while since my last post, I must apologize for such a gap in communication. The reason, mainly, behind such a break is because of the difficulty to express how God was growing me in DTS in such a public platform. This, along with the sporadic internet I have received in the course of outreach here in Bangladesh has led to the break from blogs. But God has blessed me with an internet cafe, so i hope to update you guys on everything that has happened on outreach.

Week 1:
We arrived in Dhaka after a long flight, and for the first few days, we had a lot of hospitable people making sure we had two huge plates of food at every meal. (Everyone here loves being hospitable). it was awesome being able to stay in the center of the city, but it was really crazy what a crowd a foreigner gathers for nothing! Everywhere I go, I have a mob of people collide to watch me. I have to be super careful not to smile at women though, or hold a door for them, or be generally nice, because its been claimed that I might wind up married... lol! The way women interact with men here is so messed up! I'm scared all the time for the girls on my team, as every man on the street creeps on them. But there is a lot of awesome opportunities here. The crowds we draw have been great ways of spreading the gospel, and practicing Bangla!
There is an amazing team here in Dhaka, Rachel and Will are a couple from America. He coached professional squash, and Rachel coordinates teams that come to Bangladesh. She has been a huge blessing! in every aspect of the trip she has had everything set up! She knows the ins and outs of outreach here, and blessed us immensely. Shaun and Dola opened up their home to us for worship and meetings and even a movie night! There mission here is centered on getting churches to pray for their immediate area. They hope to get every area of Bangladesh covered in prayer. We were fortunate enough to Go introduce a church to this concept with them! Gia, a contact in Dhaka, led us to a university, and while half of our team went to a refugee camp to teach kids, four of us went to the university with Gia. There, I played guitar to attract crowds, but out of the numerous people we conversed with, we had about five fruitful conversations. My leader Jonty was able to bring a guy to Christ after two days there, I shared my testimony to a guy who was curious about Christianity and get two girls to buy Kutless albums. (Christian Rock Band) Rachel was basically proposed to, and through that we shared a bit of the gospel to her suitor. And The other contacts, Ceelo and Katrina, Nubian and John led us about town on the weekends to church where we were able to share testimonies and one of my leaders gave a sermon.
One of my favorite parts of the week though, was the day off's surprise! On the day off we went to Old Dhaka where we visited the docks and the British house in which different rulers lived. After the tour of the historical house, someone approached me about my major. I said candidly "theology", and God did the rest. He was instantly fascinated, curious of why I would study the bible. He asked me to explain Jesus' gospel, so I explained the gospel in its entirety, and he was still curious, so I explained the Church, and he edged me on to explain the old testament, in which I explained the character of God, the conversation ended with me giving him a bible and praying for him.

Ill give another summary of a week next time I get internet,
 The grace of Christ Jesus be with your spirirt!