Friday Night Lights

This semester, Eric and I are hosting a Bible Study along with the rest of the American teachers. The Bible Study is on Tuesday nights at my house at 6pm. Each week the number of students who comes gets bigger. We are expecting close to thirty people at our house tomorrow.

Bible Study consists of hang out time, an episode of the TV show Friday Night Lights and discussion afterwards. We usually bring the school projector to my flat and watch the TV show on our wall. Sometimes we pop popcorn. Sometimes we drink tea or hot chocolate. The atmosphere is open and relaxed, and the teachers look forward to Tuesday nights as much as the students do.

So far, Tuesday night Bible Study has been challenging because religion has a negative connotation at EGT. Students are generally turned off by the words "Bible" and "study," and they come up with all kinds of crazy excuses to avoid saying "yes" to an invitation to come. All of this changed though when they found out that we would be watching an American TV show and that it would be at a teacher's house.

Our discussions are not very deep. Right now, Eric and I are focusing on developing the group's identity and purpose. We are hoping to foster a sense of trust in the group so that we can dig deeper into issues of life and faith. I am excited to say that the Holy Spirit is really working hard on Tuesday nights, and I can't wait to see where we are led.

Here's a picture of our group sans Rachel who was taking the photo. Notice that it's all girls and Eric.