Time has been such an elusive thing over here. I know the days have gotten longer because the sun stays out for incredible amounts of the day. BUT I swear I run out of time to do anything and everything. Every time I call someone back I realize I still have yet to respond to at least 2 others! NOT that I’m asking people to stop calling/texting I want to talk to everyone, this is just a general service announcement that I know I haven’t called you back and I’m getting on it so so soon.
Things Left To Do Before July 3rd list:
– find out what day I’m actually leaving Texas and maybe buy a plane ticket or two
– or learn how to fly like superman
– write a support letter (oh I was supposed to have already done that? What would y’all think about me sending out post it notes? Really,really pretty post-it notes with drawings?)
– buy a new Bible. It’s a harder process than I anticipated, I’ve already returned 4 and keep coming back to my dilapidated-entire-books-of-the-Bible-falling-out Bible. Is it bad that I’m I can’t stop thinking of Corrie ten Boom when she talks about dividing the bible up between everyone in the concentration camp. (The Hiding Place) And now I’m thinking about Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail and she writes about how ” So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn’t it be the other way around?” Which now reminds me why I’m going on this Race.
– learn how not to be like the dog in Up! Squirrel….
– write a blog post on Corrie ten Boom, every last one of her quotes is on point and convicting https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/102203.Corrie_ten_Boom?page=1
“Dear Jesus…how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.”
? Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place
– track my Indian Visa
– call and text everyone back
– buy new shoes, the ones I have now look eerily like they were worn in red Georgia clay mud and barely survived to tell the tale of training camp.
– write blog post about training camp
– respond to group texts and remind my group that I do love them!
– tell the world about my new team Fearless Love (Inevitable Tears)
SURPRISE world! These five people are going to be my traveling buddies, ministry partners, bug killers, feedback sharers, new family, and Jesus’ hands and feet around the world. You should be able to look to the left on this page and see pictures of them and read their blogs. Spoiler Alert, they’re pretty amazing people so far and I have only known them for a week!
photo borrowed from Aleisa, i’m pretty sure this is the only picture where we’re all looking at the same place.
Now, I can’t stop thinking about Corrie ten Boom. I wish I had had the opportunity to meet with her. Her wisdom is so much Jesus common sense that it makes me wonder how I make it hard. In my head I have to have all the right words, I need to know certain phrases. When we already have all we need in Him. “It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.” -Corrie ten Boom
– write an actual to do list later seeing as I can’t concentrate well enough now to it now
“obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” Hebrews 11:8 This right here is why I love Abraham. This is also what I was originally going to write about today.
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Also i AM in the process of making my letters to send. (the document is open on my computer and I’m going to click over and finish after I finish this) Message me your address if you think I don’t have yours and you’d like to receive one! Seriously, thank you to everyone. I know I shouldn’t be surprised by how wonderful all the people I know are but I am continually. Thank You for sticking with a scatter- brained person like me. Once I find these missing hours I promise to be a much more sane individual!
p.s. if you can guess which Taylor Swift song I couldn’t stop singing while writing this there will be a prize. Clue: the actual meaning of the song has nothing to do with anything I’ve written. comment in the below section!
