The adventure begins... Really

Hello again friends and family,
          This time I'm on the other side of the world. I got to the airport in Minneapolis around 8:15 the morning of September 6th. I flew from Minneapolis, to Chicago, to Tokyo, then to Taipei which I arrived to at 9:30 in the evening of September 7th. When I arrived in the airport, I was greeted by a friend of mine from Taiwan that night and was picked up by some of the people who are on staff and a friend who is already in a different school here. I've only been here for about 3 days and I've experienced so much here already I figured I'd give you all an update.
          After arriving in Danshui after my 24 hour plane ride, I had a 45 minute van ride to the house I was to be staying at. Over the weekend and today I have experienced so much of Taiwan. I have been able to try multiple different Chinese foods, Dan Ping has been my favorite. Dan Ping is a popular breakfast food in Taiwan, which is basically a tortilla with egg inside, and the rest of what is inside varies based on the place you go, my favorite so far has been with little potato ole looking things inside and some Asian sauce on top. I've also been able to experience a couple of different markets where you will find shaved ice (a popular dessert food in Taiwan which is literally shavings of milk and water ice shaved very thin often served with ice cream and fruit,  people standing around stores yelling from microphones(this gets really annoying), food everywhere, and people are just as plentiful. I have spent a lot of time getting to know the people from the school here as well as a couple people I had met through correspondence with the school before coming here.
          Today school officially started, although we didn't really get through any material. Today was more of an introductory day to get to know the other students and to get to know the city of Danshui as well. Today God did some really cool things for me while we were having our base wide worship. I was in a room filled with the nations, there were people from, Canada, Mongolia, Taiwan, South Africa, Brazil, Taiwan, United States, Panama, Japan, as well as a host of other counties. One of the coolest things about the worship is we would sing a song, and we would sing a verse and a chorus in English, then go through the same verse and chorus in Chinese. I always think it is so awesome when I am able to recognize that God doesn't operate in my own little english box. He is the God of the nations and understands every single tongue that praises Him on the face of the planet, whether it is in English, Chinese, Swahili, or some tribal dialect that I have never heard of.
          The other thing I really saw God working in was a song I've heard and sung many times but I was really hit with a few lyrics to the song Love Came Down. There is a line in the song that says I sing out and remind my soul that I am yours, I am forever yours. As I often struggle with fear, God so comforted me with those words and all it took was me singing out and reminding my soul that I am forever His and there is nothing or no one that can snatch me from his hands. The rest of the day until now has mostly been orientation and over the next couple days we will be getting going with our classes. This week the topic is the father heart of God, something I am excited to learn more, not just in knowledge but experience.
          Prayer requests at this time. The biggest things I want to ask for prayer for is for unity within the group and that God would build a strong bond between all of the students and staff that are here in Taiwan for DTS. I could personally use prayer that I would really use this time wisely and to focus all of myself on Jesus while I am here. Also that I would not allow my pride to get in the way of what He wants to do in and through me and my schoolmates over the course of this next 5 months. Again, I hope to hear back from all of you and hear how all of your lives are going.  I'm super blessed to have every one of you in my life.

In His service
Travis