7/21/09
I am so thankful that God created Colorado!! It is so beautiful here. I have had the joy and privilege to meet one of my teammates at training and be reacquainted with one of the families on my team here. The enthusiasm and encouragement I received from them was so wonderful. I began training on the 15th and have so far learned:
*Crisis Management
*Theology of Suffering
*Revisited Family/Single issues
*Personal Culture vs. Corporate or Communal Culture
*Ethics and Identity
and
*Beginning to learn skills on how to
train my mouth to make non English sounds.
The long and short of it is that I have been pretty busy and my brain is very tired.
I have 9 more days left before I return to Nebraska. I intend to continue to make the best of it. Please visit my prayer link to see what you can pray for.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
At the Center of the USA
March 20-22, 2009.
So for the last 2 years at least my friend Suzanne and I have been talking how we were going to get together since her move to Clay Center, KS. We finally made good on that discussion. It only takes me leaving to make it happen. Suzanne was a pivotal part on mym journey to get to China. When I went to China in 2001, she was one of the people who I went with. We, together with several other American's, went to a university and participated in a cultural exchange with Chinese College students. So, needless to say it was AWEsome to be with her, re-live some memories, meet her daughter, see the zoo!!!! and talk with her and Grant about my future plans. The joy of being a part of a faith family that is scattered through out the United States as well as the World is so real when I am constantly reconnecting with sisters broters.
I loved seeing the tiny zoo that is smaller than Lincoln's. One of the joys was seeing Tori point at each animal and say "cat" or "dog" and the other was the squirrel exhibit. :) see photo.
Flock of Sea Gulls
March 26th, 2009.
This lovely Thursday evening I got to have brownies and talk with Mike and Bekah, Kate and Ryan, and Keith and Karin about Asia and all 6 of them were so very excited for me. Lianna and Andrew were so adorable asking me about what kind of food I would eat. They also liked the terra cotta statues. It is so affirming and exhillarating to be discussing my plans with young families. Hopefully the heart of God will sprout in these young hearts through my words and their parents' teaching and example of obedience. Thank you!!!