'tis thursday

• "keep calm and carry on"
• crew mail came!!
• everyday that goes by gets us one day closer to when the container will arrive
• scalloped potatoes (the galley did those up right!!!)
• "...i concentrate on doing exactly what You say."  Psalm 119:112 (ish)(the message)
• nick's white Mercy Ships shirt...i think he looks particularly smashing in it
• the mouse i keep seeing on the wall out of the corner of my eye is a magnet...very thankful that there are no mice on the ship (at least not that i know of)(if anyone knows differently, i'd rather not know)
• dara brought (and shared!) chocolate chip cookies to Treat Tuesday
• the ability to get clean (i'll never stop being thankful!)
• THE CONTAINER ARRIVED
• Dr. Trapnell's help carrying boxes down from Deck 8
• "i'm home! i'm home! i'm home with my legos!"  - eli
• unpacking boxes and finding fun magnets that i forgot about!
• really good trail mix
• emma's peacefulness about going into her class
• the girls' quilts!! 
• "waiting before working - demonstration of trust that weakens principalities & powers of darkness."  - jesus calling.
• "steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God provisions." Luke 12:31 (ish)(the message)
• our very own carpet sweeper (i think it gets the "best purchase before we came to guinea" award)
• the moment when i saw this:

one of the pallets with some of our stuff on it.  i didn't realize how excited i would be to see eli's legos.  God answered our little boy's prayers!!!!