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Dear Friends, Family… Supporters of all Kinds!
The time has just about arrived!!! I’m writing this letter 5 days before our departure to Papua New Guinea!!!. Every day I’m preparing myself a little bit more, and so is God.
All the little strange distractions that occur every day have been diligently keeping this idea of serving God in a remote place, at a safe, dreamlike distance. But now things are starting to feel real. With mosquito repellent, reef shoes, unscented shampoo/deodorant/ lotion (to keep the bugs away) , only skirts, only bright colored clothes (to keep the bugs away), flashlights, malaria tablets ( in case the bugs DO get me) sitting on my dresser , how can I help but realize that it’s true, I really am going on this trip. I wanted to say thank you to all of you who have helped me financially, and prayed for my team. It has been a blessing getting your letters and pictures. I’m writing you this letter to let you know that it’s not over yet. Strangely(or perhaps not), things have been going wrong at the last minute. One of our team member’s passports was somehow delivered to the wrong house and has gone missing. But we were able to raise the extra $500 needed to pay for a new one to be issued and walked through all the Visa stuff within 1 week. The company we hired has guaranteed to have the passport to us by Thursday (the day before we leave). PRAISE GOD!!! Another team member just lost a family member, someone else’s mother is going into the hospital for surgery the day we leave. I don’t think there’s anybody going on our trip that hasn’t been touched with some kind of stress, worry or pain. All these things are threats to our effectiveness on the battlefield, and I’ve been expecting them. Everything that has happened to us in our private lives has been so very subtle and random (in appearance). You’d think that being “ATTACKED BY SATAN”, would be a little more obvious or relevant to the tasks ahead. But he knows his stuff, and he’s trying to make sure that we don’t realize what he’s doing until it’s too late, until we’re too weak to fight. One of our leaders gave us a list of things that could ruin our testimonies during this trip, and among them were: gossip, uncooperativeness, bad attitude, complaining, selfishness, not focused on God. These are the things we are more susceptible to falling into. These are the things I’d like to ask you to keep praying about. In realizing how we are being attacked, I am encouraged personally, because it makes it only more clear to me that we are a threat to the kingdom of darkness… I’m so excited. I’m ready to go.
Here are a couple more things:
--Pray for our health, as this could prevent us from ever being able to have a testimony. Malaria, dengue fever and intestinal upsets are the more common risks.
--Pray for daily strength. There’s a 17- hour time change, and we’ll be doing construction, showing the “Jesus” film in villages, along with working with Jr. High kids during the second week …( they have way too much energy as it is! ).
--Pray for us on the 14th of July, when we begin our horrendously long journey (22 hours).
Thank you for your prayers.
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| so like, I don't have a job yet, but these people in my church hired me to babysit their little chihuahua for this next week. I have to sleep over at their house and basically just hang out as much as possible because the little pooch gets physically sick if she's away from people for too long. aww.. well.. i thought it was cute. this morning i went to this house to go meet the dog.
Bonita, they call her.
so there I was, I opend the door and she started barking but I couldn't see her. and then all at once.. there she was... all 2 pounds of her cowering in a dark corner, shaking from head to toe.
I understood at once... there would have to be a peace treaty.
so I negotiated with her in Spanish, because of course, all Chihuahuas are Mexican. I offered her food, sang her a song that went something like "Bonita, Chikita, Banana, Mama Sita, carnita, fajita,etc", and finally she accepted me as a "non-enemy", the hardest part is done.
I'll let you guys know the progression of this week. Apparently Bonita is used to sleeping in the same bed as her owners... hmm... we'll see, i'm not too against it, but i don't want to roll over and suffocate her in my sleep.
oh.. also i've figured out a pretty accurate description of what a dog smells like. -- an egg yolk that's starting to dry up. i'm not too fond of it.
k well. take care all of you.
hahaha, isn't that such a scary picture.
.. i told you guys i was gaining weight. | | |
| I think I'm doomed to never be able to drive. seriously, everything is going wrong to get this stupid drivers license. I'd so punch that lady in the FACE that tested me. anyway... I think everybody has this place in their body where stress builds up. me it's in my stomach and I just don't know how to get rid of the tumor. it builds up and exhausts me. what is stress? like.. lactic acid from holding my muscles too tight? If i were to stick a little vacuum into my belly button and suck out the acid, would I feel better? I dunno, maybe i'll try it some day and tell you guys about it. until then ill eat in an attempt to force the acid into a different area of my body. muahaha. if i'm friggin 300 pounds in a coulpe months, just know it's because of the stress. na... i'm not really stressed usually, my life doesn't really consist of many stressful things. although im sure that will change. anyway. take care everybody | | |
| Hey so I'd like to let everyone know,, i'm coming back to Xanga. I've been away for quite some time, and i'm going to try and keep it updated once again.
Trying to go back and say what all has happend is impossible. So let me just start from now. I'm staying in California for a while longer. I'm keeping the appartment once my parents leave and i'm gona find some room mates to share it with. Phil's moving to Pennsylvania with Dan Fisher.. or that's the plan... don't ask me any questions about that, I have no idea, phil never tells me ahead of time. I'm currently jobless... because I hated retail. socially I'm doing okay, there's a lot of characters i'll have to introduce you to. but not right now, because i'm determined to make this the most boring post ever. simply informative. believe me i'm hating writing it more than you're hating reading it. which is why i'm now stopping | | |
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