This week has
been a bit of a blur. Days have begun to
run together, and I am appreciating the four letters TGIF. Z has been struggling a bit with being
apart from me most of the day, and I have a hard time with it as well. Thankfully, I have figured out how to get my
work duties done before he`s up from his nap most days, so that once he`s
awake, he and I have the rest of the day together. The weekends have become precious because I
can be with him more.
In class we
had a speaker who taught about hearing the voice of God. It was a good class, and we had lots of time
for discussion and prayer throughout the week.
I have realized that I have a passion for intercession, and I look
forward to the base-wide intercession mornings on Wed/Friday.
Dave and I did
not go on local outreach this Friday, which surprised me in some ways, because
I had felt that our time in the bar last Friday went so well. God spoke to my heart throughout the week
though, and I realized that I had been excited about that style of evangelism
because it worked for someone else, but not because I was truly passionate
about it. That is probably the thing
I`ve been struggling with the most: feeling like I`m still waiting to do what I
really want to be doing-working with orphans.
I hope that on our big Outreach that we will get to visit lots of
orphanages, but it sounds like we`ll be doing a lot of street evangelism... God
is going to have to work in my heart because that`s truly not a passion of
mine.
Team living is
going well. We seem to have ironed out a
few of the original challenges... either that or I`ve just started turning a
blind eye to them. Probably that. My attitude has changed though towards my
work duties (cleaning the Lodge where we all live), and on Friday I cleaned up
with a joyful heart and felt happy to serve my team in that way. What a shift from Monday where I basically grumbled
the whole time about messy slobs... God has changed my heart and given me love
for my teammates, praise the Lord!
For church today
we attended a Spanish-speaking congregation, which shares a campus with an English-speaking
church. The Sunday school is in English,
and is a wonderful program, so I am happy that Z can go to it! They send home papers to help us re-enforce
what he`s learned about, and I am shocked at how much of his lessons he
remembers! He really likes going to
Sunday school, and it makes me so proud to see him walk bravely into class
without a tear. We also loved the
Spanish service and were amazed at how much we understood! We really do love Latinos!
Well, please
keep praying for us to have unity as a team, unity in our marriage
(marriage-focused classes this week!), enough time with our son, and guidance
and peace about our future... and also, please pray that God will bless us with
another child... somehow I thought being busy would take my mind off of the
ache in my heart, but in so many ways it just makes my pain worse, because now
I`m not even with my one living child.
Please pray for my grieving heart in this matter.
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| Dave at work duty, with our team leader Jake in the background |
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| My cutie in the sand pile |
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| Can you guess where we`re going on Outreach??? |
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| Z and his bestie Kyla (he`s "helping" her do homework) |
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| Heaven and I during our very cold sunset swim |
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