Today has been a good day. I woke up and had a breakfast of eggs, bacon and an oatmeal muffin. Soon after the team left to go to the market and a pool called Banana Bank. I decided to stay home again so that I could work on my ILC course. Once I was alone (well except for Cory our kitten) I took a shower. After that I set up my laptop on the desk with Cory fast asleep on the mat. After a little while of working I went on msn. Soon after, Steve comes online. I had not talked to him on msn since last Friday. I hadn't received an e-mail from him since Sunday. I hadn't talked to him on the phone since not last sunday but the sunday before that. Let's just say I was a little more than happy to chat with him.
I talked with Steve on msn with our headsets till lunch time at 12:30 for me. Then we both decided that eating lunch was important, so we disconnected the convo and both made lunch. After lunch I continued to talk to Steve while I worked on my correspondents. Eventually he got bored of doing absolutely nothing, and began to work on his homework. Soon after that I finished my Key Question #5. With Steve's encouragement, I decided not to do the Unit Key Question and to instead type out the journals I wrote during my week in Mennonite land. Too bad by that time it was dinner time for Steven and he had to go. Well life goes on, and I continued to work diligently on my journals because Steve really wanted to read them.
When I was close to finishing my journal Nathan walks in the door. But where is everyone else, I asked. He told me that they had stayed at the pool but he wanted to go home to do some things. I got to see pictures of the pool they went to, it was really nice. And they didn't even have to wear one pieces. So basically, we are for sure going back there. Then Nathan noticed that the water pressure was really low in the house and he suggested we go for a walk to the water tower thinger to flick the switch which will suck water from the river for the whole camp. On our way there we noticed Ellis was doing exactly what we were planning to do, so instead we went to talk to Kathy in the kitchen. We asked her about our letters that we had given her to send out to our special friends in Canada (Steve and Tori). She told us that it takes 2-3 weeks for them to arrive, but she did put them in the mail a little while ago. I am really excited for Steve to receive his letter.
Anyways, well we ended up walking with Kathy towards her house where I got to talking about the arrangements that needed to be made for my family who are coming down on sunday for 2 weeks. We figured out that they are going to stay here with us on the YWAM base. Larry will probably help out with the vehicles that need fixing, my mom will sew curtains for the houses, and Angie will find something to do. I am so excited to see them.
Well anyways, later on this night at 7:30pm we had devotions. That was pretty fun. But the part that I really liked the best was when Mr. K's wife spoke. She has been here with us for a week now and she just had a few words of encouragement for us. She said to us that while she was praying she was really thinking of us. Some of us had really difficult weeks, some had really good weeks. I really like these verses she found in the Message Bible. I want to type them out, but they are a little long, so these are the ones she picked out James 1, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, and 1 Peter 3:7-10.
One thing I took from what she said was that God gives us enough strength for each day. So we have to ask for it every day. But I really like these verses, so I will just skim them for the parts I really liked. From James 1: “Consider it a sheer gift friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith life is forced to open and show its true colours. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. If you don't know what you're doing pray to God. He loves to help.” From 2 Corinthians 12:7-10: “My grace is enough, it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Life isn't always pleasant, but it is for your own good. Whatever you are going through, let God's strength hold you up. There may be things for you to learn, things for you to do, ways you can be an example to others as you let God strengthen you in your weakness. Don't worry about the next day. Ask God to give you the strength for the next day. Ask God to give you the strength for this day. Let him show you that He is a faithful God, and you can trust Him.” I confess that was the whole verse and so is this: 1 Peter 3:7-10. “Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble.... Bless—that's your job, to bless. You'll be a blessing and also get a blessing.”
After devos I found Meg on the porch and after a little bit of chatting, I found myself standing ankle deep in our pool filling up. Meg, Stan, Nathaniel and I were just splashing a little bit in the pool, when after we shook hands not to I might add, splashed me a little too much. So I got him back. It became a huge thing and I got soaked. But I took Meg down with me. I took one hose and just soaked her head to toe. Then Nathaniel and Stan just soaked up with the hose, so we decided to just go for a swim, in our clothes I might add. It was soo fun. I loved it. Meg and I just totally cooled down. The water could barely cover my whole body and yet I was sliding around, and just having so much fun. In general, this has just been such a good day. And I am truly thankful.
- Pray for strength to endure the tests and challenges
- Pray that these challenges would help me mature and develop, without deficiency
- Pray for guidance, I do not know what I am doing, I do not know where I am going
- Pray that I would learn what I need to learn, do the things I need to do, be the example I need to be
- Pray that I would be agreeable, sympathetic, loving, compassionate, humble and to be a blessing as I am blessed
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