(special deliveries)

thought it might be a fun little experiment to show the packages God put my gifts in/delivered them to me through this week (that's what's in the parentheses)

• great steak & exceptional cinnamon rolls (galley team)
• when God sends just the thing you need -- in this case, a sturdy envelope to mail a piece of artwork (beth)
• successful sweet tea making (coached by tierrah)

• the way God has used LuWanna here on the ship (obviously, LuWanna)
• the life and impact of Nelson Mandella (Nelson Mandella...ok...this experiment may not work)
• a book of poetry that i could've written - if only i could write poetry!  poems that i "get" (anonymous donor to the library)
• parties that come together peacefully, easily & inexpensively (hannah, stephanie, erin, catharine)
• grand mix of productive and lazy (brought to you by the letter "R" and the day "Saturday")
• God's faithfulness in the laundry room continues 
• the limerick mr. josh wrote for emma's birthday (mr. josh)
• nice Georgia dinner (fellow Georgians on the ship!)

• teeth cleaning appointment is over (leslie for the booking, lisa for the cleaning)
• sitting still 
• ballet "performance" to the song "come and worship" - absolutely beautiful. (mrs. gretchen, caroline & the rest of the girls that danced)
• my worth is not in my ability to make magazine worthy cakes/cupcakes (terribly runny icing on emma's cake)
• hearing whispers in the hallway as wonderful ones put up special decorations for emma's birthday (KJ and sarah)
• nick's willingness to be our AV guy (nick)
• cabin inspections happened on a day when things were relatively neat (marilyn & katie)
• emma's life (emma?)

• laughing at "Mr. S's" story time abilities (steve schwind)
• "the man with the cat" christmas picture (that whole crowd of awesome people)
• dinner with miss catharine (catharine, carnivore staff)
• suzanne's beautiful christmas card (suzanne, janice - for having photoshop on this computer and sharing it with us)
• new commission charts (dave ramsey...nick...cash kids...reception for laminating it!)

• fresh ink for the library stamp (whoever ordered it way back when? robin? carol?)
• sweet time of late night note writing 
• fun "chalkboard christmas pictures" (google)