- harmonizing with the "ohms"
- listening to an incredible sermon from Louie Giglio/Passion City Church: fear must fall
- good advice that i wish the world would heed:
- apricot bars (and rachel g. shared the recipe)
- one last treat shared with krissy - a daim bar!
- another piece of luggage loaded up and heading to the States with a generous crew member
- miranda party in the queen's lounge
- the little bit of time and effort that rach put in to create a memory for a room full of people.
- the colors of the sea and sky as the storm came in this morning
- the opportunity to help
- knowing that someone finally feels heard
- laurin's willingness to give us a deck 1 to funnel tour - making a mercy ship dream of mine come true!
- crew mail box from erin!
- amazing news on mother's day and an absolutely wonderful christmas card in May.
- african fabric bunting...and the generosity of the friend that made it possible.
- epic saturday - slept until nearly the afternoon, didn't get out of my pjs and didn't leave the cabin ALLLL day.
- our stamps arrived
- all things amy
- new day, new mercies
- successful cabin sale (nothing came back into the cabin...)
- dreaming of eating at the picnic table
- nick's willingness to help the girls with planing and carrying out mother's day festivities
- sweet and thoughtful words, deeds and food, including a fondant bear (not pictured :)) (the dry gin bottle is full of peanuts. promise.)
- usps finally came through and the piece of luggage finally made it
- jamie's help to print the banners
- early morning messaging that makes me laugh
- my unstoppable friend in cameroon
- irish whistles and harmonicas being played in 6318
- story upon story of God's great faithfulness
- "fresh new" smell (created by the new bed that we weren't expecting)
- emma's field trip to see what the supply department does (she's the blue-hatted one looking at the tomatoes)
- talking to beth on the phone
- celebrating shea
- that molly remembers (and how that reminds me that God remembers)
- johnson's kindness to bring a pizza by
- nice time at grand popo
- a sister i love thinking about while i'm at the beach (and any other time, too!)
- beautiful and pretty much deserted beach to walk on
- eli's help with the powerpoint for sunday night
- cokes, ice, lime
- good reading and listening materials
- when a good song gets stuck in my head
- jamie & lee anne's kindness to organize a goodbye party
- the phenomenal job tom did sharing last thursday night
- "Faith is strong." - Nat Geo "Surgery Ship" episode 6
- shared lunch and fellowship in the barki cabin
- getting to have a real dutch apple pie!
- coffee with moriah - so refreshing
- how happy emma was after time with moriah and monica
- "Colors of Benin" AFM Fashion Show
- steps forward for the edfeldts in their adoption process
- 2 for the price of 1 benin field service t-shirts
- kelsey's willingness to take a bag back to columbus for us
- the new-to-me emoji shared by KJ...oh the joy.
- toni's willingness to work so hard to get our missing package delivered
- packing up the dreams God's planted
- celebrating 15 years of being married to my favorite person on the planet
- sparkling apple juice in fancy glasses
- cinnamon rolls that are cooked to perfection (slightly not done!)
- jeans from the boutique that fit perfectly
- andrea's passionate and raw honesty
- raising our ebenezer
- "...the most important thing God could give them...to know Him better." - Tim Keller "Prayer"
- date night childcare always works out
- help for smelly clothes (thanks to whoever put this outside of our cabin!)
- solomon's help cutting out paper rocks for ebeneezer activity
- kind, kind email from emelia
- friday evening frisbee
- they know our order at shamiana
- the box michelle murrey sent...thoughtful generosity = beautiful
- chocolate from lisa svatek
- looking through pictures on the share drive...remembering God's faithfulness in benin
- eli's help with the powerpoint
- transition ladders & an expert in transition on the ship
- that life is about more than packages/luggage making it where they are supposed to go.
- real mail from kirsten murphy
- those who are up before the sun serving (and who happen to be excellent public speakers. wow, tom, wow.)
