Safely Here

Hey all!
I am now in Willmar Minnesota. It's surprisingly cool here, getting down below 50 at times! The flight out was quick, and mostly uneventful; one lady held up security because she claimed to have "no liquids" but when they searched her bag she had a few bottles of water and soda and some yogurt. It was rather commical. I made it to Grandma's house fine, we relaxed and had dinner with my uncle and aunt. Tuesday I helped fix her canoe rack, cut down some small trees (more like weeds) fixed her push broom, and was generally useful. Then we drove to Willmar.
I have met a lot of people. My host family and home is very nice. Dale and Ann Anderson, with their son David and a dog. They've got ESPN on in the mornings and a nice comfortable bed for me to sleep on. Very nice family. My team is 13 people, half of which have a name starting with J. Dinner and orientation followed. We have a large packet of stuff. Rules govern everything from cell phones (do NOT bring then to the training site, do NOT use more then 15 min per day of training) to dating (do NOT date anyone with CTI, do NOT date anyone in the countries we visit) to language (clean and above reproach). All for good reasons, it can just seem pretty strict. Our typical day is get up early. My pickup time is around 7:30 am. Then we do private Bible study time 8:15 - 9 am, 9 - 9:30 worship and announcements, 9:30 - 11:45 REHEARSAL, 5 min break, 11:50 - 12:30 team prepared devotionals, 12:30 - 1 Lunch, 1 - 1:30 team bonding, "Afternoon activity" 1:30 - 2:20, Rehearsal 2:30 - 4:45, 15 min break, "evening activity" 5 - 6:30, 6:30 - 7 Supper (NOT dinner), 7 - 8:30 KP and leave or evening rehearsal, Lights out by 10:30ish. Some quick prayers : Bonding and team unity as we start spending so much time together, Strength for the long days. I need to get ready to walk out the door, peace and grace to you all.