thanks & praise
- free dental work (God continues to provide!)
- goldfish crackers
- doing laps on deck 8 with dara
- hearing "Your love never fails, it never gives up, it never runs out on me" FOUR times in about 12 hours (and 2 more times this morning)
- i got to use our letter opener (read between the lines: we got mail :))(and i just like using the letter opener!)
- getting to go to Coyah for the day/night
- worshipping in God's creation
- walking in the creek
- sitting with my feet in the creek
- sitting with a friend and having a conversation in the creek (thankful for the friend & the conversation)
- the sound of the water running over the rocks
- successfully using my camera to record (hopefully it loaded correctly and you can listen, too!)
- dragon flies the same color as my foxy green chacos
- campfire, smores & conversation
- uni-ball vision micro waterproof/fadeproof pen
- being prayed over (a group listening to God on my behalf)
- the willingness of others to be a blessing
- the way the ship smelled when we got back on sunday
- getting to see pictures from molly's baby shower
- discovering christmas presents that hadn't been opened yet (thanks, aunt amy!)
- songs that just don't seem to get old
- seeing life through the photographic lens of a 3 year old
- making nick laugh
- eli's cleverness
- when a word, phrase, concept, verse repeats itself over and over
- the generosity and thoughtfulness of the joyful noise sunday school class at Wynnton UMC
- the way crosspointe consistently asks how they can be praying for us
- stickers for the kids from amy taylor
- a very generous offer
- seeds that produce flowers
- a windowsill to put a cup with a seed on
- that the fire doors on the ship are usually open (when they are closed the place seems alot less "friendly" - more closed off -literally- and those doors are tricky to open...especially if you're trying to carry a tray of food!)
- skittles riddles (wondering if that's a mess up that has become a money maker)
- breakthrough for a dear friend of our family
- aboubacar was WALKING down the hallway. HALLELUJAH!!!!
