Almost Done!!!

Hello everyone!

This will be a short post, but I just wanted to express my excitement that we are so close to being finished with SBS!  We finished the Old Testament on Tuesday, which felt like such an accomplishment after covering so much text in 5 months!  We are now studying Matthew, the final book of the school.  It has been helpful so far to see the way saving this book for last helps tie in God's plan for all of history, and the way that Jesus is the fulfillment of his hope for restoration.

We are in the process of writing a final paper that summarizes just that: God's plan for humanity.  It has seemed overwhelming at times, for it covers all we have learned from Genesis to Revelation and is supposed to synthesize all that information into a big picture story.  However, we are both really enjoying it, as it is helping us to focus on the highlights of what we have studied this year.  It is amazing to see that we really have learned sooo much!  I am so much more aware of who God is and what that means for people.

We will turn in our paper this weekend, turn in our paper/assignment over the book of Matthew on Tuesday, take a final exam Wednesday morning, and then be done!!!!  We will celebrate with a lovely graduation dinner that they host for us at the Hilton in town, and then have graduation next Thursday, June 23.  Thanks so much for your prayers, love, and support over these past nine months.  We are very thankful for all of you, and we look forward to sharing what God has taught us with you all.

Love,  Erika