thursday worship.
- "feel the relief of being totally open and authentic with me." - jesus calling
- friends who are comfortable enough to just walk right in and sit on the couch
- october 17th (it's my 2nd favorite date...nothing in particular happens on that date. i just like october and the number 17....)
- beautiful paintings
- "sleep in saturday"
- tasty ham sandwich
- listening to girls come up with ways to stop ebola while they are playing
- postcards from all over (mainly thanks to mr. jay, team marquez and there's even one from miss carey!)
- popcorn from the cafe
- "...far more interesting things to do with out lives..." (than compare ourselves with others) Gal 5:26
- God's kindness in the midst of mess (see previous blog post)
- it's nice to crave something healthy for a change
- knowing our captain and officers are doing all that they can to find us the smoothest route possible
- martha's faithful service and smiles in the dining room
- marta's friendliness
- being clean and having clean clothes to put on
- timely words from an andrea who shall remain anonymous
- laughing with lisa (and the way she handles difficult situations)
- surprising people (and making them laugh) with random song lyrics that they think i would never know (for example: "...it wasn't me...she even caught me on camera...")(i like keeping myself out of boxes...)
- pitch perfect version of "just the way you are"
- ally's intentional way of checking in on us and making sure the kids are (and i am) ok.
- thoughts about what will be waiting on the dock when we arrive in madagascar
