Thank you all for your prayers and support- I could not have done it without you all
and thank you Kelsi and the Anderholms for helping me make this video : ) ENJOY
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Amazing Trip, Amazing Children, an Amazing God
I thought I would put up the video of my trip that I put together with some pictures
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
I'm Home... I'm Changed... God is the Same
so well as all of you or most of you know I am home now.. all safe and sound.. so the worrying can end and the joyful time of sharing stories and pictures can commence...
But before i share with you all what it's like to be home I would like to tell you about my final days in India, goodbyes, and my trip home... so sorry its gonna be a long one again : )
where I left off after that insanely long post (sorry about that) was Thursday morning...
so main things that happened after that were all the "lasts" of everything and some "first" surprisingly enough...
so on Friday night we went to Lynne's house for dinner.. and we road in an auto there.. It was a whole new perspective on the driving.. you were in the traffic it was not only scary heart and adrenalin pumping it felt like riding the tea cups at an amusement park... So fun...
We ate a great meal of rice and curry haha but it was with AMAZING chicken!!!
then i held little Hannah for 5 hrs in total that night.. she is so precious... and i was very very tired-- the kids had worn me out that day!!! It had been my last day at hostile 2 (HIV positive kids) : (
We stayed at their house till midnight and when we got back to the hostile the door was locked so we had to climb over the gate and jump down on the other side... it was comical... and we were all so tired everything was funny...
But i skipped telling u about my last day at hostile 2 duh.. sorry...
It was sad but good.. i think the kids tried not to think about it and the ones that were little didn’t even understand that it was my last day so they were oblivious... but it went great the kids has soo much fun and we made buckets into bongos and the girls danced it was great fun...
every day i was down there i received boat loads of cards for me and my family.. These kids are so precious... they love to give you anything they have.. even though they don’t have much...
some times they even make envelopes for the cards and glue them shut with cooked rice or old pieces of tape they found--- so the stickers gave them were the best!!! they loved them--- it was so cute when i showed them-- their jaws dropped and were like astonished-- so cute--
so i missed the bus leaving hostile to because the kids wouldn’t let me leave and I was trying to explain that i was coming on Saturday to say bye so they didn’t have to say bye right then...
so on Saturday i spent as much time as i could with the kids while still finishing all of tho bills--- but a little before midnight we finished ALL 3 yrs of bills in order hole punched in binders !!! i can’t believe we finished!!!!
so the goodbyes : (
w started at 2nd hostile with the HIV positive girls and boys... they all went in one room and sat on the floor -- i was able to talk to the whole group as a whole and tel them how wonderful the past 3 weeks had been and how much i was gonna miss them and how much they were loved--- they sang us songs and a few girls got up and sang "friend of god" to show Lynne the song i taught them-- they did a great job--- they also showed everyone their dance and the boys bongo performance on the buckets---
We all ate "egg buggies" they are a snack that consists of a boiled egg in a deep fried breading-- they weren’t half bad-- We also handed out American candy : ) they were most certainty not opposed
so the kids sang and i quietly goofed off with the little boys sitting right in front of me-- Deepak wouldn’t get off my lap -- he was all cuddly yet squirmy...
One of the things they do for goodbyes is give the people leaving these fresh flower garlands so Chinto gave me mine-- I think it weighed more then he did it was so cute--- and then they pray for you---
All of the kids extend their hands toward you while 2 older children pray for you--- and man do they pray-- they prayed for my ear and our travels and that God would keep us safe and a ton of other stuff but they were praying in Telagu so I didnt understand it all but you could still sense the power in it-- even with out a translation... God speaks all languages!!!
so after prayer it was time to leave they showered you in flower peddles ...they all crowded around and say goodbyes-- they were not letting me leave--
It was so hard to drive away but we had to go do the same thing at the other hostile with the HIV neg children---
It was basically the same ceremony at this hostile but all of the kids got in line as they left and did a more orderly good bye well the boys at least-- the girls did the crowding thing---
I have so many goodbye happy journey cards from all the boys and girls -- they are too sweet---
so after formal goodbyes We finished bills and hung out with the girls till it was bed time for them---
we went up stairs and did our laundry-- bucket washing-- a very very long process and then packed-- we got done with that around 1:30-2am ish and then we snacked and watched a box dvd set till around 4am when we had to leave for the airport--
so it was a smooth slick no real problems at the airport and even though our flight was canceled and we had to get a later one from Heathrow to Boston it all worked out and we made it safely home... It was so great to see mom and dad!!!! i missed them terribly : )
but man is it cold here--- i was shocked when we stepped outside.. and when we got to my grandparents house i was shocked again that there was snow... I think sub-consciencely I thought it was gonna be summer when i got home-- boy i was so wrong...
so since i have been home i have indulged in a wonderful chocolate cake from my grandma... thank you so much for that.... and i have enjoyed mashed potato and amazing meat : ) and i have been able to show my parents pictures and share stories it has been wonderful ... it has been great to see and catch up with people...
the time difference is still pain I am falling asleep writing this and I think I will go catch a few Z's when I am done typing this... But it is getting a tad better
I wanted to thank all of you who have prayed for my ear--- I had a doctor's appointment this morning and my left ear is still infected-- but i have been put on antibiotics that will clear and heal it all up --- so praise the Lord--
A few questions that people have been frequently asking me and I thought I would just share with you are:
What w
as the hardest thing for you while you were down there?
This would have to be when I would come to the realization that these kids have a terminal illness and unlike cancer and other life threatening illnesses Aids has no cure no Chance of survival it is just a waiting game-- and the life expectancy of some one who has had full blown aids is only at most 5 more yrs--- this was so hard to think about as you held a sleeping child that had full blown aids--
to think that this beautiful life your holding will never see adulthood... this was the hardest thing to swallow-- even with the experience i have had with sick children--
but as this is a depressing and git wrenching thing to have your mind dwell on it was also a motivation to make every moment you had with them count.. make every laugh every second you were with them one that could be impacting and a happy memory...
the second question I have been getting is
what is the biggest thing you learned down there:
this could be answered in so many ways with so many examples but one way of explaining it ties into how God helped me handle each day to day moment to moment situation... he showed me Philippians 1 :20. " I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body whether by life or death."
now you may be a tad confused how this ties in but it because a verse I looked to as my prayer.. AT the time i was also reading Ecclesiastes and God was just really penetrating me with the revelation that life in any for is meaning less with out the purpose and direction of God-- nothing we do has meaning or has standing lasting impact with out the will and power of God being its rudder and steering ... We are simply the tools and if we are not doing and fulfilling the hand of the maker what ever we spend our time toiling over will amount to nothing that will last...
not only was my perspective changed but I realized that I desire to live every moment boldly and courageously living out God's call on my life and his mighty purpose--- so that is the biggest things i learned ... through prayer the word trying failing and having God pick me up and tell me to try again I have seen some things I held in such high importance are simply meaningless--- Amen!!!
In conclusion to my trip Yes i will be returning to India .. no I am not sure when and how.. but I know i will... God is moving there in a mighty way but he is moving here as well.. I challenge all of you to take up the challenge i have placed on my self---" view the world that surrounds you as your mission field" God has placed you with the people and in the places you are in for a purpose and do not be ashamed but have courage and exalt Christ in your day to day life by living out His purpose...
Thank you all so much for you Support financially and even more so through you constant prayers an encouragement while i was down there-- we are the hands and feet and with out you my hand wouldn't have been able to reach those children so thank you...
For those wondering I have the next semester off from school since i have finished early and I am currently deciding what way the lord is leading me next and what school he is leading me to..
i am also in search of a job... So you all can keep these two things in prayer as I walk out the next few months of a new era of my life---
If any of you know of a job I am open and would greatly appreciate any suggestions or references... I know God has a plan and He will provide!! He always does...
Don't we serve a Great God!!!
thank you all again for your loving prayer and support.. You are the best!!!!
All My Love
Miss Amy : )
by the way i added a few photo's to past post to put some faces with some stories
But before i share with you all what it's like to be home I would like to tell you about my final days in India, goodbyes, and my trip home... so sorry its gonna be a long one again : )
where I left off after that insanely long post (sorry about that) was Thursday morning...
so main things that happened after that were all the "lasts" of everything and some "first" surprisingly enough...
so on Friday night we went to Lynne's house for dinner.. and we road in an auto there.. It was a whole new perspective on the driving.. you were in the traffic it was not only scary heart and adrenalin pumping it felt like riding the tea cups at an amusement park... So fun...
We ate a great meal of rice and curry haha but it was with AMAZING chicken!!!
then i held little Hannah for 5 hrs in total that night.. she is so precious... and i was very very tired-- the kids had worn me out that day!!! It had been my last day at hostile 2 (HIV positive kids) : (
We stayed at their house till midnight and when we got back to the hostile the door was locked so we had to climb over the gate and jump down on the other side... it was comical... and we were all so tired everything was funny...
But i skipped telling u about my last day at hostile 2 duh.. sorry...
It was sad but good.. i think the kids tried not to think about it and the ones that were little didn’t even understand that it was my last day so they were oblivious... but it went great the kids has soo much fun and we made buckets into bongos and the girls danced it was great fun...
every day i was down there i received boat loads of cards for me and my family.. These kids are so precious... they love to give you anything they have.. even though they don’t have much...
some times they even make envelopes for the cards and glue them shut with cooked rice or old pieces of tape they found--- so the stickers gave them were the best!!! they loved them--- it was so cute when i showed them-- their jaws dropped and were like astonished-- so cute--
so i missed the bus leaving hostile to because the kids wouldn’t let me leave and I was trying to explain that i was coming on Saturday to say bye so they didn’t have to say bye right then...
so on Saturday i spent as much time as i could with the kids while still finishing all of tho bills--- but a little before midnight we finished ALL 3 yrs of bills in order hole punched in binders !!! i can’t believe we finished!!!!
so the goodbyes : (
w started at 2nd hostile with the HIV positive girls and boys... they all went in one room and sat on the floor -- i was able to talk to the whole group as a whole and tel them how wonderful the past 3 weeks had been and how much i was gonna miss them and how much they were loved--- they sang us songs and a few girls got up and sang "friend of god" to show Lynne the song i taught them-- they did a great job--- they also showed everyone their dance and the boys bongo performance on the buckets---
We all ate "egg buggies" they are a snack that consists of a boiled egg in a deep fried breading-- they weren’t half bad-- We also handed out American candy : ) they were most certainty not opposed
so the kids sang and i quietly goofed off with the little boys sitting right in front of me-- Deepak wouldn’t get off my lap -- he was all cuddly yet squirmy...
One of the things they do for goodbyes is give the people leaving these fresh flower garlands so Chinto gave me mine-- I think it weighed more then he did it was so cute--- and then they pray for you---
All of the kids extend their hands toward you while 2 older children pray for you--- and man do they pray-- they prayed for my ear and our travels and that God would keep us safe and a ton of other stuff but they were praying in Telagu so I didnt understand it all but you could still sense the power in it-- even with out a translation... God speaks all languages!!!
so after prayer it was time to leave they showered you in flower peddles ...they all crowded around and say goodbyes-- they were not letting me leave--
It was so hard to drive away but we had to go do the same thing at the other hostile with the HIV neg children---
It was basically the same ceremony at this hostile but all of the kids got in line as they left and did a more orderly good bye well the boys at least-- the girls did the crowding thing---
I have so many goodbye happy journey cards from all the boys and girls -- they are too sweet---
so after formal goodbyes We finished bills and hung out with the girls till it was bed time for them---
we went up stairs and did our laundry-- bucket washing-- a very very long process and then packed-- we got done with that around 1:30-2am ish and then we snacked and watched a box dvd set till around 4am when we had to leave for the airport--
so it was a smooth slick no real problems at the airport and even though our flight was canceled and we had to get a later one from Heathrow to Boston it all worked out and we made it safely home... It was so great to see mom and dad!!!! i missed them terribly : )
but man is it cold here--- i was shocked when we stepped outside.. and when we got to my grandparents house i was shocked again that there was snow... I think sub-consciencely I thought it was gonna be summer when i got home-- boy i was so wrong...
so since i have been home i have indulged in a wonderful chocolate cake from my grandma... thank you so much for that.... and i have enjoyed mashed potato and amazing meat : ) and i have been able to show my parents pictures and share stories it has been wonderful ... it has been great to see and catch up with people...
the time difference is still pain I am falling asleep writing this and I think I will go catch a few Z's when I am done typing this... But it is getting a tad better
I wanted to thank all of you who have prayed for my ear--- I had a doctor's appointment this morning and my left ear is still infected-- but i have been put on antibiotics that will clear and heal it all up --- so praise the Lord--
A few questions that people have been frequently asking me and I thought I would just share with you are:
What w
as the hardest thing for you while you were down there?This would have to be when I would come to the realization that these kids have a terminal illness and unlike cancer and other life threatening illnesses Aids has no cure no Chance of survival it is just a waiting game-- and the life expectancy of some one who has had full blown aids is only at most 5 more yrs--- this was so hard to think about as you held a sleeping child that had full blown aids--
to think that this beautiful life your holding will never see adulthood... this was the hardest thing to swallow-- even with the experience i have had with sick children--
but as this is a depressing and git wrenching thing to have your mind dwell on it was also a motivation to make every moment you had with them count.. make every laugh every second you were with them one that could be impacting and a happy memory...
the second question I have been getting is
what is the biggest thing you learned down there:
this could be answered in so many ways with so many examples but one way of explaining it ties into how God helped me handle each day to day moment to moment situation... he showed me Philippians 1 :20. " I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body whether by life or death."
now you may be a tad confused how this ties in but it because a verse I looked to as my prayer.. AT the time i was also reading Ecclesiastes and God was just really penetrating me with the revelation that life in any for is meaning less with out the purpose and direction of God-- nothing we do has meaning or has standing lasting impact with out the will and power of God being its rudder and steering ... We are simply the tools and if we are not doing and fulfilling the hand of the maker what ever we spend our time toiling over will amount to nothing that will last...
not only was my perspective changed but I realized that I desire to live every moment boldly and courageously living out God's call on my life and his mighty purpose--- so that is the biggest things i learned ... through prayer the word trying failing and having God pick me up and tell me to try again I have seen some things I held in such high importance are simply meaningless--- Amen!!!
In conclusion to my trip Yes i will be returning to India .. no I am not sure when and how.. but I know i will... God is moving there in a mighty way but he is moving here as well.. I challenge all of you to take up the challenge i have placed on my self---" view the world that surrounds you as your mission field" God has placed you with the people and in the places you are in for a purpose and do not be ashamed but have courage and exalt Christ in your day to day life by living out His purpose...
Thank you all so much for you Support financially and even more so through you constant prayers an encouragement while i was down there-- we are the hands and feet and with out you my hand wouldn't have been able to reach those children so thank you...
For those wondering I have the next semester off from school since i have finished early and I am currently deciding what way the lord is leading me next and what school he is leading me to..
i am also in search of a job... So you all can keep these two things in prayer as I walk out the next few months of a new era of my life---
If any of you know of a job I am open and would greatly appreciate any suggestions or references... I know God has a plan and He will provide!! He always does...
Don't we serve a Great God!!!
thank you all again for your loving prayer and support.. You are the best!!!!
All My Love
Miss Amy : )
by the way i added a few photo's to past post to put some faces with some stories
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tears turn to Laughter = God is good
Ok so I am Super sorry it has been so long since i have wrote all of you.. 7 days wow nelly thats quite a chunk of time.. so I guess I will fill u in on what is happening on the other side of the world.. litteraly.. Well for starters it is quite warm.. I hear it is a tad chilly in your neck of the woods.. but here it is cool at nights arounf the mid to upper 60s and it can hit 90 in the day time-- but I promise I am not bragging-- Sweaty children are oh so fun to cuddle.. :)ok so saterday was kinda un eventfull we helped Lynne out alot and got a ton of work done for her so she was happy... anywhosyon sunday one of the volunteer's grandmother came to India.. she was such a funny and great lady... so me and the two other volunteers went with the grandmother into the old city... t was crazy fun... it is like walking in NY city but with twice as many people and you are like a celebrity... We were the only white people... there were a solid 20 or so people who followed us around for about an hour just taking pictures of us on there camera phones.. It was sooo weird.. The high light and i mean HIGH LIGHT of the day was DINNER... we went to this 5 star hotel next to the airport called Novatel or sumthin like that anyway.. we went to an all u can eat buffet.... but it was AMAZING food and AMAZING dessert i cant even begin to describe it.. I have never eaten so much in my like-- we skipped breakfast and held out till we ate a late lunch there and then we didnt eat supper ... we were still full....I ate buffillo but it was sooo good.. there were like 18 different types of bread-- AMAZINGso we ate then we came back to the hostile and on monday was this volunteer Dan's last night here.. so we went around to all the hostiles and they sang him songs and gave him a huge real flower garland thing around his neck.. he gave them all twizlers.. it was so cute 1/2 of them didnt know what to do with them :)
then the coolest thing about the goodbyes was that 2 children from each of the 4 hostiles prayed for him in telegu (there native language)
but they really prayed it was like a half hr for 4 of them to pray it was incredable and all of the children extended there hands toward Dan and the ones who were close layed hands over him.. they prayed for his protection in flight travel and while he is gone and for school and for his health and so much more-- that is the gist i got from what i could understand--- it almost brought tears to my eyes to be able to see these children pray their heart out----
so we saidf bye to dan when his taxi came around 11pm after hanging out with him and lynne and rutnam all evening....
So i brought stickers and paper to the children at hostile 2 this week and they went crazy it was like kids on christmas morning who have never had a christmas before-- there faces were in awe at all th colors of paper--- suprizingly they LOVE to write in tons of colors (with the new colored pencils) on white paper -- they thought the rainbow look was the coolest thing---- AND THE STICKERS they LOVE them--- I gave them roughly 4000 stickers and a packet of constructionpaper and one of white and the have used almost all of it... they have made sooo many cards and they are so happy--
such a simple thing makes these kids week...
ok so yesterday (for me wed) i was at hostile 2 and i taught them all how to sing (I am a friend of God)--- they scream it it is soooo cool and they want to just keep singing and singing--- pray i dont loose my voice lol-- but it is wonderful--- some days i sing for 3 hrs or 4 straight with the kids-- they love it.... and I do too
ohh yesterday the children at hostile 2 were given hard carmel type of candy like wearthers.. anyway this little boy around 3 (way to young to be sucking on this candy) was eating one and he choked Shella (a women who is volunteering here while her husband is on a business trip) was in the room with me and she screamed "he is choking" we both rushed toward him she was alot closer and grabbed him and gave him the himlick -- he puked all over the floor and there in the center of the mess was the piece of candy--- PRAISE THE LORD!!!
not even 10minutes later the mess was cleaned up and he was laughing and playing again....
AGAPE got two new girls this week .. they are sisters ages 4 and 5-- so cute!!!
they came on monday and one of them had a stunned look on her face all evening and didnt say anything the other (5yr old) screamed no stop for hours by the time that they were doing the goodbye for dan the two girls were sitting on a platform dead quiet and not wantin g anyone to touch them...
(the girl on the left in the green is the one who cried straight all evening)
(this is the same little girl a few days later)
I have never heard such a beautiful laugh it is the most amazing thing to hear---- now 4 days later they both scream and laugh and talk oh so loud and run around when i see them --- they are little bundles of joy and have so much energy-- it is amazing how they turned the corner so quick and didnt wake up the next morning and go back to square one---
I love hearing her laugh as i am in a different room-- I cant help but smile--- LOVE TRANSENDS ANY LANGUAGE BARRIER!!!!
soo God is good---
as for my health as i know you all have been praying-- my hearing is sooooo much better almost normal-- my ear goes through spouts of poping and pain so that can still be prayed for as a flight home is in my near future :(
but nothing is coming out YEAH!!!!!! im not loosing any more of my brains!! haha
but i have some not so great news i had coffee for the first time 2day!!! man i missed it but there was not cream or sugar and it was so bitter but i just wanted it so bad so i drank it anyway... not a good choice-- it hit my stomach like a rock more like a cruse missle full of rocks anyway my stomach is killing me--- not this is pain i kno haha-- but anyway i am hoping by the time you are reading this -- I feel better but as for now i think i might skip out of chicken curry and rice 2night-- the chicken is not really chicken i swear haha ---
so that is a prayer request----
another of mine is for my two roommates they are both 18 and college student one flies home with me and the other comes home in april anyway they are both not saved-- when we have talked about faith they were like "well its for sum people just not me.. i guess there might be a god.. but i dont know" so you can be praying for them-- that god can soften their hearts and their minds to see his face and really encounter their maker!!!-- they are fantastic girls and I have shared very openly with them and me and dan have also had conversations regarding faith and christ infront of them so you can be praying that a seed is planted and it can be watered ....
speacking of seeds well not really seeds but my mom e-mailed me and asked if i had gotten lice yet--- considering every child here has lice it was expected with my long hair--- but up until this morning i was lice free everytime i combed my hair with a lice comb--- but this faithful morning i found one little bugger-- only one on my whole head and he was a small one but still -- he was there-- so I speak against lice in the name and power of jesus christ and also for healing for my stomach and complete and total restaration of my ear--- and i know those reading will agree with me so 2and many more are gathered--- even if it is via internet and differewnt time zones-- GOD IS GOOD-- IN EVERY TIME ZONE haha lol
ok so last night i got a bit of a suprize lynne and rutnam's two adopted sons came for a sleepover.. they are both roughly 18months old... james screamed from the time he got here till he went to bed at 9:15pm and luke was so cute and just terrorized our room :) so I learned what it is like to have a baby who doesnt sleep through the night--- James slept the whole night-- while luke woke me up around 6 times and he cried and cried and i had to put him back to sleep--- but they were both really cute in the morning but boy was i tired----
so this morning a girl (meena) form hostile 3 around 14yrs old gave me a card inside she had writed out her faith and professed how salvation in chirst changes your life it was beautiful and brought tears to my eyes as i read it ... it has been so cool being able to talk about my faith and how important it is to me witht the older girls here-- we are having like real conversations about real stuff not just bible stories but life application-- so it was wonderful that she put forthe the effort to write it all out and give it to me-- the card also thanked me for coming to india and her wishes for me to return--- man i love these kids!!!!!
on a more gooffy note yesterday i did alot of runnign around and a human jungle gym with the boys at hostile 2---
they were doing forward rolls over my sholder and i would catch ther head and lead them to the ground-- all the while i was teching them and they were singing along to Every Move I Make.... talk about exausting but they loved it!!!! and i had a blast!!!!
God is great all the time even when we dont feel him close close he is there you just have to believe--- cause he is there !!!!
we went out to a village with lynne and rutnam and it was sooo cool to see how 90% of the indian population lives-- they are little sad looking shacks of houses -- and buffillo everywhere and is smess awful and it is sooo smoky... we went out to the fields where they grow rice-- beautiful-- and all the gream fields ... such a contrast to the big city--- it was amazing---
we went on side roads where we go out and walked and saw the sun set--- so beautiful--- the sun is HUGE here and it is like a huge fire ball-- so awsome -- talk about gods might manifested in his creation----
just to put a picture in you mind we were standing on a bridge and rutnam mentioned after i asked if he wanted to go for a swim that "the water is all full of sewage" ewwww-- it smelled like it--- anyway we walked a few yards down and there were people bathing in the water and down a bit there was a man washing his cow in the water EWWWWW---nasty-- so cleanliness is not india's storng point!!
but even so dirt dusty smelly and poverty stricken I love it here... i miss you all but to be honest i really wish i could stay longer-- 3 weeks is just way to short!!!--- two girls have aready cried cause i am leaving on sunday :(
so i dont know when i'll get a chance to write agin but as for now i'm gonna say Good night from india where it is 66 degrees :) I'll send some your way!!!!
i love you all God bless and thank you for your prayers they are heard and felt here !!!!
All my love
ME
then the coolest thing about the goodbyes was that 2 children from each of the 4 hostiles prayed for him in telegu (there native language)
but they really prayed it was like a half hr for 4 of them to pray it was incredable and all of the children extended there hands toward Dan and the ones who were close layed hands over him.. they prayed for his protection in flight travel and while he is gone and for school and for his health and so much more-- that is the gist i got from what i could understand--- it almost brought tears to my eyes to be able to see these children pray their heart out----
so we saidf bye to dan when his taxi came around 11pm after hanging out with him and lynne and rutnam all evening....
So i brought stickers and paper to the children at hostile 2 this week and they went crazy it was like kids on christmas morning who have never had a christmas before-- there faces were in awe at all th colors of paper--- suprizingly they LOVE to write in tons of colors (with the new colored pencils) on white paper -- they thought the rainbow look was the coolest thing---- AND THE STICKERS they LOVE them--- I gave them roughly 4000 stickers and a packet of constructionpaper and one of white and the have used almost all of it... they have made sooo many cards and they are so happy--
such a simple thing makes these kids week...
ok so yesterday (for me wed) i was at hostile 2 and i taught them all how to sing (I am a friend of God)--- they scream it it is soooo cool and they want to just keep singing and singing--- pray i dont loose my voice lol-- but it is wonderful--- some days i sing for 3 hrs or 4 straight with the kids-- they love it.... and I do too
ohh yesterday the children at hostile 2 were given hard carmel type of candy like wearthers.. anyway this little boy around 3 (way to young to be sucking on this candy) was eating one and he choked Shella (a women who is volunteering here while her husband is on a business trip) was in the room with me and she screamed "he is choking" we both rushed toward him she was alot closer and grabbed him and gave him the himlick -- he puked all over the floor and there in the center of the mess was the piece of candy--- PRAISE THE LORD!!!
not even 10minutes later the mess was cleaned up and he was laughing and playing again....
AGAPE got two new girls this week .. they are sisters ages 4 and 5-- so cute!!!
they came on monday and one of them had a stunned look on her face all evening and didnt say anything the other (5yr old) screamed no stop for hours by the time that they were doing the goodbye for dan the two girls were sitting on a platform dead quiet and not wantin g anyone to touch them...
(the girl on the left in the green is the one who cried straight all evening)
so the other people were all engaged in the goodbye to dan but I went over and sat next to the younger girl i slowly inched closser and tickled her foot and slowly got her to smile and open up a bit... arounf an 1/3 hr later a few smiles later i got her to agree to sit on my lap... now i was on to the older one (the one who cryed and scremed all night) so i tried to touch her but that wigged her out so i just tapped out the beat to the song the kids were singing on the platform we were sitting on so she would hear the sound and feel it... (both girls speack no english so they would have no understanding when I would say "you are ok"ect) so slowly she didnt get the horified face when i got closer so i attempted to touch her hand --- on her wrist was a bracelet that had bells attached i rang the bells and she smiled (success!!!) slowly the bells lead to tickling and blowing air on her face and tickling her with my hair ect.. the flash of my camera was intreaging to so after 2 hrs she too came and sat on my lap.. a girl who started of silent with puffy and tearstained eyes form hou
rs of crying was now giggling so loud that lynne turned around and said shhh (cause the children were singing) PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!
rs of crying was now giggling so loud that lynne turned around and said shhh (cause the children were singing) PRAISE THE LORD!!!!! (this is the same little girl a few days later)
I have never heard such a beautiful laugh it is the most amazing thing to hear---- now 4 days later they both scream and laugh and talk oh so loud and run around when i see them --- they are little bundles of joy and have so much energy-- it is amazing how they turned the corner so quick and didnt wake up the next morning and go back to square one---
I love hearing her laugh as i am in a different room-- I cant help but smile--- LOVE TRANSENDS ANY LANGUAGE BARRIER!!!!
soo God is good---
as for my health as i know you all have been praying-- my hearing is sooooo much better almost normal-- my ear goes through spouts of poping and pain so that can still be prayed for as a flight home is in my near future :(
but nothing is coming out YEAH!!!!!! im not loosing any more of my brains!! haha
but i have some not so great news i had coffee for the first time 2day!!! man i missed it but there was not cream or sugar and it was so bitter but i just wanted it so bad so i drank it anyway... not a good choice-- it hit my stomach like a rock more like a cruse missle full of rocks anyway my stomach is killing me--- not this is pain i kno haha-- but anyway i am hoping by the time you are reading this -- I feel better but as for now i think i might skip out of chicken curry and rice 2night-- the chicken is not really chicken i swear haha ---
so that is a prayer request----
another of mine is for my two roommates they are both 18 and college student one flies home with me and the other comes home in april anyway they are both not saved-- when we have talked about faith they were like "well its for sum people just not me.. i guess there might be a god.. but i dont know" so you can be praying for them-- that god can soften their hearts and their minds to see his face and really encounter their maker!!!-- they are fantastic girls and I have shared very openly with them and me and dan have also had conversations regarding faith and christ infront of them so you can be praying that a seed is planted and it can be watered ....
speacking of seeds well not really seeds but my mom e-mailed me and asked if i had gotten lice yet--- considering every child here has lice it was expected with my long hair--- but up until this morning i was lice free everytime i combed my hair with a lice comb--- but this faithful morning i found one little bugger-- only one on my whole head and he was a small one but still -- he was there-- so I speak against lice in the name and power of jesus christ and also for healing for my stomach and complete and total restaration of my ear--- and i know those reading will agree with me so 2and many more are gathered--- even if it is via internet and differewnt time zones-- GOD IS GOOD-- IN EVERY TIME ZONE haha lol
ok so last night i got a bit of a suprize lynne and rutnam's two adopted sons came for a sleepover.. they are both roughly 18months old... james screamed from the time he got here till he went to bed at 9:15pm and luke was so cute and just terrorized our room :) so I learned what it is like to have a baby who doesnt sleep through the night--- James slept the whole night-- while luke woke me up around 6 times and he cried and cried and i had to put him back to sleep--- but they were both really cute in the morning but boy was i tired----
so this morning a girl (meena) form hostile 3 around 14yrs old gave me a card inside she had writed out her faith and professed how salvation in chirst changes your life it was beautiful and brought tears to my eyes as i read it ... it has been so cool being able to talk about my faith and how important it is to me witht the older girls here-- we are having like real conversations about real stuff not just bible stories but life application-- so it was wonderful that she put forthe the effort to write it all out and give it to me-- the card also thanked me for coming to india and her wishes for me to return--- man i love these kids!!!!!
on a more gooffy note yesterday i did alot of runnign around and a human jungle gym with the boys at hostile 2---
they were doing forward rolls over my sholder and i would catch ther head and lead them to the ground-- all the while i was teching them and they were singing along to Every Move I Make.... talk about exausting but they loved it!!!! and i had a blast!!!!God is great all the time even when we dont feel him close close he is there you just have to believe--- cause he is there !!!!
we went out to a village with lynne and rutnam and it was sooo cool to see how 90% of the indian population lives-- they are little sad looking shacks of houses -- and buffillo everywhere and is smess awful and it is sooo smoky... we went out to the fields where they grow rice-- beautiful-- and all the gream fields ... such a contrast to the big city--- it was amazing---
we went on side roads where we go out and walked and saw the sun set--- so beautiful--- the sun is HUGE here and it is like a huge fire ball-- so awsome -- talk about gods might manifested in his creation----
just to put a picture in you mind we were standing on a bridge and rutnam mentioned after i asked if he wanted to go for a swim that "the water is all full of sewage" ewwww-- it smelled like it--- anyway we walked a few yards down and there were people bathing in the water and down a bit there was a man washing his cow in the water EWWWWW---nasty-- so cleanliness is not india's storng point!!
but even so dirt dusty smelly and poverty stricken I love it here... i miss you all but to be honest i really wish i could stay longer-- 3 weeks is just way to short!!!--- two girls have aready cried cause i am leaving on sunday :(
so i dont know when i'll get a chance to write agin but as for now i'm gonna say Good night from india where it is 66 degrees :) I'll send some your way!!!!
i love you all God bless and thank you for your prayers they are heard and felt here !!!!
All my love
ME
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Out of my comfot zone yet at total peace
hey hey hey
greetings from the other side of the world.. It is dinner time here which would make it very early in the morning there.. so wake up people!!!
Actually I am quite tired myself but I get to go to bed soon YEAH!! after some more rice and oh so delicious curry....
On a food note I had the first curry i could not bring myself to eat today for lunch.. so I ate plain white rice and a pop tart-- not so filling alot of carbs--- Oh the type of curry was eggplant-- but in my mind and mouth it looked and tasted like slimy purple leaches with pooy water sauce-- not my favorite by any stretch of the imagination--
But as a Fallow up food note (just for u dad love u bunches) last night we had the pleasure of eating at lynne and rutman's house ... we had rice (but it was yummy rice with flavor) and curry but it was potatoes and cauliflower it was fabulous-- the potatoes changed my life-- well they put me in a great mood... and guess what ... I used a fork!! what a luxury... It actually felt funny but it was nice not to have my hands all messy and we had strawberries and icecream for dessert yummy i ate the strawberries and tried the icecream but opted out of eating all of it (I didnt want to upset my tummy it was very creamy) so Dan agreed that he would sacrifice himself and eat what i didnt finish.. what a guy...
Last night we also watched a Hindi film with lynne and rutnam it was called "jab we met" which really means where or when we met.. it was like a romantic comedy but they would break out in song and it was near 3hrs long and there was some super corny image effects and lines-- super funny..
One of my favorite things about going to lynnes house is being able to hold the baby baby--- she has not yet been named so for now we call her lulu or Jakie Chan or various other names till lynne picks one she sees fitting... anyway moving forward.. this baby is soooooo super beautiful she is 3 months old almost 4 and she is the size of an infant just a tad long... her hand just is able to wrap her fingers around my finger-- she is beautiful and i love holding her little little little body-- soo cute...
so besides the movie and the amazing potatoes the past few days has had some other new things.. we went to the market talk about HUGE-- it was so funn but scary to walk on the street-- lets just say pedestrians dont have the right of way in india-- they r more like coins in a super mario game.....
And today we brought some of the special (HIV positive children) to the hospital to have a check up and get more meds... only the children who came to agape with full blown aids go on this trip... it is so sad and hard to think that these kids have a life expectancy of 5 more yrs.. But by the power and grace of the Almighty it will be alot more...
So this was a huge hospital but way different then ones in the US.. for starters when the kids had to go to the bathroom we fallowed the signs to toilets and it led outside.. yes outside to the back of the hospital where they threw trash and people were just going where they pleased... this custom of India i still dont understand.. the road sidewalk alleyway everything is a bathroom...
after the children had their checkups we walked around the hospital with a man from agape .. it was interesting to see all the wards and compare it to the US.. first off there is no such thing as privacy or personal rooms or records.. people read over your shoulder as you order prescriptions and the inpatient rooms are a huge room with around 20beds -- every one of them filled right next to one another--- boy are we blessed to live in America---
I found myself praying for every person i saw as i passed them or passed a room of patients-- I have always been a person to quickly pray over someone but ever since being in India it is an instantaneous reaction to just pray in my head as i pass a room of patients--- I know God has a mighty plan and I love seeing him unfold it...
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ne of the most stressful parts of the day involved a little boy form Hostile 1 (HIV negative) he has tinny little bumps on his face and so they have been bringing him to the hospital for check ups as well... what he has is very common among HIV positive patients so they suggested that he be re-checked for HIV...
we all waited in the bus.. well it is an old ambulance they converted into a bus... we waited 2 hrs to get the results-- it was so hot.. we all fell asleep on one another... I awoke to sweaty children flopped all over my but they were so cute...
But the wait was finally over and there is a happy praise report at the end-- the little boy test results came back negative!!! praise the lord!!!!--- if they had been positive he would have had to change hostiles which would have taken him away from living with his younger brother .. so God is Good and soo faithful!!!!
One thing about being in India that has been so awesome, is the amount of time i have been able to dig into the word... I have made time every morning and night and during my down time my two roommates (unbelievers-- there is another prayer request... that there hearts and eyes would open to the glory and awesomeness of god) anyway with the down time they r big readers so I get to dig in then and I have also utilized our balcony and gone out there to read when it insnt swarmed by little children---
IF any of you are wondering i have been digging into Ecclesiastes and Hebrews and it is super cool to not just read and get the gist but to go back after reading the whole book and pick the chapters apart and really pray about what God wants to reveal through his word--- He is a pretty cool guy-- Just thought I'd let u kno... so that has been awesome---
from my balcony you get an areal shot of what is around the hostile and right next door is a road side slum-- the sight of children with no pants or no clothes on the street is becoming the norm... to put an image in ur mind these houses are the size of a 2-4 person tent and they are made of either tarps palm tree branches or sheets of recycles metal put together in a lean-to fashion... it in some intense poverty... and there is thrash everywhere... just like everywhere is a bathroom everywhere is a dump or trash bin as well...
even with the trash is everywhere.. India is still so so beautiful.. and the people are so beautiful.. the children's smiles just light up the room and all they want is to be wanted..
it has been so cool to be used by God in ways I never would have imagined.. some of the things that have happened i would have never even thought i would walk into or be able to do a month ago.. just yesterday i was at hostile one and a little boy had a fever i held him for 4 hrs-- God was most defiantly strengthening my back-- but he just wanted to be held and loved and I was able to do that-- along with get him meds--- I have never felt a childs skin so hott--- But that wasnt the most challenging and having to leave my ownself and own personal comfort levels of cleanliness thing of the day... towards the end of my time at hostile one Deepak a small boy's stomach really hurt.. he was crying and was trying to have me help him but i didnt know what to do but pray so he went down to the bathroom and i fallowed him.. the bathroom he went to was the same on i watched boys pee through the doorway(not even in the hole or near it .. just in the vicinity of the room) his went in and stood there screaming and crying .. he motioned for me to come over so i went in (against everything in me that would have in all other situations stayed far far away form this bathroom) but in that moment all i saw were his tiny hands stretched up at me as he cried in pain.. so i went in and squatted infront
of him and just wrapped my arms around him as he tried to go to the bathroom... it was all i could do-- hold hima n talk to hima nd try to calm him down and bring him some essence of peace... I have no idea how long it took but finally he was done and had stopped crying and was just holding onto me.. I cleaned him up (the american way : ) ) and put new pants on him...
It is so hard to see those kids in pain tehy are already HIV positive and then for them to experience other pain is just unbearable to watch-- so helpless-- But God is good and i am so glad i was able to be there for him yesterday--- I saw him today- he is one of the children who went to the hospital so his stomach is not bothering him today at all and he actually fell asleep cuddling with me today on the bus so praise the lord-- I love this kid he is one of my boys!!! so cute
anyway this has been a long long update but alas it is time for more rice and curry so enjoy your breakfast everyone-- or whatever time u end up reading this and know that your prayers and all your support is very very much appreciated and felt---
continue to pray that my ear clears I can still not hear anything out of it and this is a major inconvenience and it is still painful-- But We serve a GREAT GOD AMEN
LOVE YOU ALL god bless
greetings from the other side of the world.. It is dinner time here which would make it very early in the morning there.. so wake up people!!!
Actually I am quite tired myself but I get to go to bed soon YEAH!! after some more rice and oh so delicious curry....
On a food note I had the first curry i could not bring myself to eat today for lunch.. so I ate plain white rice and a pop tart-- not so filling alot of carbs--- Oh the type of curry was eggplant-- but in my mind and mouth it looked and tasted like slimy purple leaches with pooy water sauce-- not my favorite by any stretch of the imagination--
But as a Fallow up food note (just for u dad love u bunches) last night we had the pleasure of eating at lynne and rutman's house ... we had rice (but it was yummy rice with flavor) and curry but it was potatoes and cauliflower it was fabulous-- the potatoes changed my life-- well they put me in a great mood... and guess what ... I used a fork!! what a luxury... It actually felt funny but it was nice not to have my hands all messy and we had strawberries and icecream for dessert yummy i ate the strawberries and tried the icecream but opted out of eating all of it (I didnt want to upset my tummy it was very creamy) so Dan agreed that he would sacrifice himself and eat what i didnt finish.. what a guy...
Last night we also watched a Hindi film with lynne and rutnam it was called "jab we met" which really means where or when we met.. it was like a romantic comedy but they would break out in song and it was near 3hrs long and there was some super corny image effects and lines-- super funny..
One of my favorite things about going to lynnes house is being able to hold the baby baby--- she has not yet been named so for now we call her lulu or Jakie Chan or various other names till lynne picks one she sees fitting... anyway moving forward.. this baby is soooooo super beautiful she is 3 months old almost 4 and she is the size of an infant just a tad long... her hand just is able to wrap her fingers around my finger-- she is beautiful and i love holding her little little little body-- soo cute...
so besides the movie and the amazing potatoes the past few days has had some other new things.. we went to the market talk about HUGE-- it was so funn but scary to walk on the street-- lets just say pedestrians dont have the right of way in india-- they r more like coins in a super mario game.....
And today we brought some of the special (HIV positive children) to the hospital to have a check up and get more meds... only the children who came to agape with full blown aids go on this trip... it is so sad and hard to think that these kids have a life expectancy of 5 more yrs.. But by the power and grace of the Almighty it will be alot more...
So this was a huge hospital but way different then ones in the US.. for starters when the kids had to go to the bathroom we fallowed the signs to toilets and it led outside.. yes outside to the back of the hospital where they threw trash and people were just going where they pleased... this custom of India i still dont understand.. the road sidewalk alleyway everything is a bathroom...
after the children had their checkups we walked around the hospital with a man from agape .. it was interesting to see all the wards and compare it to the US.. first off there is no such thing as privacy or personal rooms or records.. people read over your shoulder as you order prescriptions and the inpatient rooms are a huge room with around 20beds -- every one of them filled right next to one another--- boy are we blessed to live in America---
I found myself praying for every person i saw as i passed them or passed a room of patients-- I have always been a person to quickly pray over someone but ever since being in India it is an instantaneous reaction to just pray in my head as i pass a room of patients--- I know God has a mighty plan and I love seeing him unfold it...
O
ne of the most stressful parts of the day involved a little boy form Hostile 1 (HIV negative) he has tinny little bumps on his face and so they have been bringing him to the hospital for check ups as well... what he has is very common among HIV positive patients so they suggested that he be re-checked for HIV...we all waited in the bus.. well it is an old ambulance they converted into a bus... we waited 2 hrs to get the results-- it was so hot.. we all fell asleep on one another... I awoke to sweaty children flopped all over my but they were so cute...
But the wait was finally over and there is a happy praise report at the end-- the little boy test results came back negative!!! praise the lord!!!!--- if they had been positive he would have had to change hostiles which would have taken him away from living with his younger brother .. so God is Good and soo faithful!!!!
One thing about being in India that has been so awesome, is the amount of time i have been able to dig into the word... I have made time every morning and night and during my down time my two roommates (unbelievers-- there is another prayer request... that there hearts and eyes would open to the glory and awesomeness of god) anyway with the down time they r big readers so I get to dig in then and I have also utilized our balcony and gone out there to read when it insnt swarmed by little children---
IF any of you are wondering i have been digging into Ecclesiastes and Hebrews and it is super cool to not just read and get the gist but to go back after reading the whole book and pick the chapters apart and really pray about what God wants to reveal through his word--- He is a pretty cool guy-- Just thought I'd let u kno... so that has been awesome---
from my balcony you get an areal shot of what is around the hostile and right next door is a road side slum-- the sight of children with no pants or no clothes on the street is becoming the norm... to put an image in ur mind these houses are the size of a 2-4 person tent and they are made of either tarps palm tree branches or sheets of recycles metal put together in a lean-to fashion... it in some intense poverty... and there is thrash everywhere... just like everywhere is a bathroom everywhere is a dump or trash bin as well...
even with the trash is everywhere.. India is still so so beautiful.. and the people are so beautiful.. the children's smiles just light up the room and all they want is to be wanted..
it has been so cool to be used by God in ways I never would have imagined.. some of the things that have happened i would have never even thought i would walk into or be able to do a month ago.. just yesterday i was at hostile one and a little boy had a fever i held him for 4 hrs-- God was most defiantly strengthening my back-- but he just wanted to be held and loved and I was able to do that-- along with get him meds--- I have never felt a childs skin so hott--- But that wasnt the most challenging and having to leave my ownself and own personal comfort levels of cleanliness thing of the day... towards the end of my time at hostile one Deepak a small boy's stomach really hurt.. he was crying and was trying to have me help him but i didnt know what to do but pray so he went down to the bathroom and i fallowed him.. the bathroom he went to was the same on i watched boys pee through the doorway(not even in the hole or near it .. just in the vicinity of the room) his went in and stood there screaming and crying .. he motioned for me to come over so i went in (against everything in me that would have in all other situations stayed far far away form this bathroom) but in that moment all i saw were his tiny hands stretched up at me as he cried in pain.. so i went in and squatted infront
of him and just wrapped my arms around him as he tried to go to the bathroom... it was all i could do-- hold hima n talk to hima nd try to calm him down and bring him some essence of peace... I have no idea how long it took but finally he was done and had stopped crying and was just holding onto me.. I cleaned him up (the american way : ) ) and put new pants on him...It is so hard to see those kids in pain tehy are already HIV positive and then for them to experience other pain is just unbearable to watch-- so helpless-- But God is good and i am so glad i was able to be there for him yesterday--- I saw him today- he is one of the children who went to the hospital so his stomach is not bothering him today at all and he actually fell asleep cuddling with me today on the bus so praise the lord-- I love this kid he is one of my boys!!! so cute
anyway this has been a long long update but alas it is time for more rice and curry so enjoy your breakfast everyone-- or whatever time u end up reading this and know that your prayers and all your support is very very much appreciated and felt---
continue to pray that my ear clears I can still not hear anything out of it and this is a major inconvenience and it is still painful-- But We serve a GREAT GOD AMEN
LOVE YOU ALL god bless
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
God's Healing Power is ALIVE!!!
ok so i only have a second like less then a second but i just wanted to let all you faithful prayer warriors know that God has been faithful and while on pain killers and a boatload of meds my ear is more annoying then painful when the pain killers wear off then it hurts but i try my best to avoid those times...
I continue to wake up during the night because of pain but i in turn take the meds and go back to sleep...
but i wanted to let you all know a super cool thing that has happened besides what i have been doing.. which i will fill you all in on later... but the other night the girls were dancing and singing for me after diner and a girl in the corner was crying so i asked of th girls to bring her to me because i was in the middle of getting my hair braided for the 500th time... and the girls asked her what was wrong and she said that her stomach really hurt--- so i held her as she cried and rubbed her back as i prayed for her in the spirit--- she fell asleep on my chest and after i finished praying she woke up and i asked her how she was feeling and she said she felt all better and felt no pain in her stomach AMEN!!!!! i was through the roof WHAT AN AWESOME GOD WE SERVE!!!! it ws such a cool thing to be able to witness and have god use my laying on of hands to bring His healing power ... man is God great.. ok well i need to go eat more rice and curry yeah!!! God bless all of you and thank you for your prayers they are felt and appreciated....
just to let you kno i am spending tomaro with the HIV positive children i am very excited to be able to show then unconditional love they thrive on it it is truly amazing!!!
god bless
I continue to wake up during the night because of pain but i in turn take the meds and go back to sleep...
but i wanted to let you all know a super cool thing that has happened besides what i have been doing.. which i will fill you all in on later... but the other night the girls were dancing and singing for me after diner and a girl in the corner was crying so i asked of th girls to bring her to me because i was in the middle of getting my hair braided for the 500th time... and the girls asked her what was wrong and she said that her stomach really hurt--- so i held her as she cried and rubbed her back as i prayed for her in the spirit--- she fell asleep on my chest and after i finished praying she woke up and i asked her how she was feeling and she said she felt all better and felt no pain in her stomach AMEN!!!!! i was through the roof WHAT AN AWESOME GOD WE SERVE!!!! it ws such a cool thing to be able to witness and have god use my laying on of hands to bring His healing power ... man is God great.. ok well i need to go eat more rice and curry yeah!!! God bless all of you and thank you for your prayers they are felt and appreciated....
just to let you kno i am spending tomaro with the HIV positive children i am very excited to be able to show then unconditional love they thrive on it it is truly amazing!!!
god bless
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The first week
Since I dont have alot of opportunity to right to all of you i will sum the past few days up very quickly:
we filled ALL of the bills and recipe for agape -- so much wk but lynne was soooo thank full then we went to the school and organized the whole office and the entire store room soooo much junk but we laughed our way through the mouse pooo ewwww===
we also organised and cleaned every nook and cranny of the playroom at the HIV positive hostile-- it was like huge piles of toys and junk and dirt and gross un-identifiable and now it is all clean and everything is sorted in containers and looks fantastic!!!
so the past few days have been all work but also some play-- i continue to love hangin with the kids they r soo beautful and love just to be near you--- they just want to touch you and have you smile at them--
monday wed and friday from before 8 am till after 5pm i will be at the HIV positive hostile playing and helping out with the boys and girls there-- so a clean play room is a super blessing to me YEAH!!! i am soooo excited to be able to play with those kids even tho it will be very tiring-- especially since they r not sanitary at alll... they go to the bathroom and then run and hug you... soo I am very happy when bath time comes and they all comeback all clean well sort of .... as clean as Indian Children can get....
on a health note:well the good news is that i am not in excruciating pain right now.. praise God.... but i am on alot of medication from the doctor here including my antibiotic from the US... yesterday and last night were very hard and very painful so please be praying that I dont have to go through that again and that it gets better from here on out... right now my left ear is my biggest concern it is completely blocked and i cant hear anything out of it.. on a gross not dont read if you get queasy watery orangish liquid leaks out constantly--- this is not only painful but very obnoxious and it seem like it is never going to stop---- so please be praying---
I was able to sleep in because it was sunday and it was our day off so i slept on and off through lunch-- so i havnt had rice and curry all day-- but dinner is in 20min sooo i will get to eat with my fingers and enjoy some more white rice and very very very spicy curry--
I am hoping to be able to get a good night of sleep tonight and I pray that i will be up for a day at the HIV positive hostile tomorrow-- please be praying for my strength and pain level as I want to be able to bless these children and not be distracted by my physical weakness.... But we serve a sovereign god and he is GREAT all the time---
one blessing that has come out of being sick and forced to take it easy is i have had so much time to really dig into the word and just spend some quality time with my awesome creator.. this has been a blessing and a real strengthener in my time of weakness..
please keep these children's hearts in prayer and be praying that i will be able to break down barriers that have been put up by being rejected--- and penetrate them with Christ love!!!
I love you alll and will try to keep you updated as much as i can-- I know for sure i have time on sundays but am not positive about other times
thank you all again for your prayers regarding my ears and health
we filled ALL of the bills and recipe for agape -- so much wk but lynne was soooo thank full then we went to the school and organized the whole office and the entire store room soooo much junk but we laughed our way through the mouse pooo ewwww===
we also organised and cleaned every nook and cranny of the playroom at the HIV positive hostile-- it was like huge piles of toys and junk and dirt and gross un-identifiable and now it is all clean and everything is sorted in containers and looks fantastic!!!
so the past few days have been all work but also some play-- i continue to love hangin with the kids they r soo beautful and love just to be near you--- they just want to touch you and have you smile at them--
monday wed and friday from before 8 am till after 5pm i will be at the HIV positive hostile playing and helping out with the boys and girls there-- so a clean play room is a super blessing to me YEAH!!! i am soooo excited to be able to play with those kids even tho it will be very tiring-- especially since they r not sanitary at alll... they go to the bathroom and then run and hug you... soo I am very happy when bath time comes and they all comeback all clean well sort of .... as clean as Indian Children can get....
on a health note:well the good news is that i am not in excruciating pain right now.. praise God.... but i am on alot of medication from the doctor here including my antibiotic from the US... yesterday and last night were very hard and very painful so please be praying that I dont have to go through that again and that it gets better from here on out... right now my left ear is my biggest concern it is completely blocked and i cant hear anything out of it.. on a gross not dont read if you get queasy watery orangish liquid leaks out constantly--- this is not only painful but very obnoxious and it seem like it is never going to stop---- so please be praying---
I was able to sleep in because it was sunday and it was our day off so i slept on and off through lunch-- so i havnt had rice and curry all day-- but dinner is in 20min sooo i will get to eat with my fingers and enjoy some more white rice and very very very spicy curry--
I am hoping to be able to get a good night of sleep tonight and I pray that i will be up for a day at the HIV positive hostile tomorrow-- please be praying for my strength and pain level as I want to be able to bless these children and not be distracted by my physical weakness.... But we serve a sovereign god and he is GREAT all the time---
one blessing that has come out of being sick and forced to take it easy is i have had so much time to really dig into the word and just spend some quality time with my awesome creator.. this has been a blessing and a real strengthener in my time of weakness..
please keep these children's hearts in prayer and be praying that i will be able to break down barriers that have been put up by being rejected--- and penetrate them with Christ love!!!
I love you alll and will try to keep you updated as much as i can-- I know for sure i have time on sundays but am not positive about other times
thank you all again for your prayers regarding my ears and health
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
computer problems
Hey everyone-- I am finally here!!!
I'm sorry it has taken so long to write.. but I wrote all about the flight and my first day here but my personal computer is not working.. the screen is blinking on and off and the coloring is all messed up... the flight attendant threw my bag and i think it might have caused allot of damage.. my lap top was in my carry on so i have to write fast because Lynne needs the computer.. when i have time i will writ more on Agape's computer.....
the flight was great with no problems
once here the kids are amazing fabulous wonderful there are no word to describe.. all they want is to be loved and to touch you.. i think my hair was braided 12 times yesterday... they are so beautiful.... but i really have to go.. i love you all and will write when i can...
god bless you all and thank you
please be praying for my computer and Internet connection..
I'm sorry it has taken so long to write.. but I wrote all about the flight and my first day here but my personal computer is not working.. the screen is blinking on and off and the coloring is all messed up... the flight attendant threw my bag and i think it might have caused allot of damage.. my lap top was in my carry on so i have to write fast because Lynne needs the computer.. when i have time i will writ more on Agape's computer.....
the flight was great with no problems
once here the kids are amazing fabulous wonderful there are no word to describe.. all they want is to be loved and to touch you.. i think my hair was braided 12 times yesterday... they are so beautiful.... but i really have to go.. i love you all and will write when i can...
god bless you all and thank you
please be praying for my computer and Internet connection..
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