Tuesday, September 10, 2013
a broke "fivala"
about a month ago, I got in a cleaning out, organize, conviction on how much stuff we have mode... sometime those things are not good..... I tend to have lots of patience till we have an overflowing amount of stuff... Having just got back from East Asia I was reminded in the out skirts of town that people NOTHING!! and guess what? there kiddos are just fine! so anyway.. I had cleaned out the closets in our house to give to friends that are adopting (have the stuff made it to there house?? not yet!!!) I looked at the clock and it was about 4 and I realized I had not spent any time with the kiddos :( soooooooo I yelled "lets go on a bike ride!!!" so we got ready and headed to the shed where the bikes were and yep... I stepped in a hole and "pop" I knew...... BROKE.... no other adult, lots of pain and knowing God would take care of it all!.... looked over at our neighbors and she was pulling in..... thank you!!!! so Caleb went and got her, she comes over with crutches, Motrin, and water!!! BLESS her, I was hurting soooooooo bad.... Alexis stepped up and kept the kiddos till Kat could get to the house.... Yep BROKE...... in the "boot" till probably the end of this month.... so why did I call this blog a broke fivala.... well that is what Andrew calls it and I don't want to forget.....
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Saw, touched, smelt, and heard
Day 46 home and I am just now kind of, I mean kind of breaking down my trip to East Asia... many who have gone away on a mission trip like this know that there is so much to process. The highs, the lows, the people, the gospel.. that is really the words that come to my mind as I have processed some of the things that we saw, touched, smelt, and heard...
what we saw:
people... people EVERYWHERE... it was only when Angela and I went toward the market at 6 ish (am) that there was not a lot of people. We saw idols...EVERYWHERE, cars... EVERYWHERE.... mopeds, precious children, drink vendors.. well except when Tanya and I thought we would die of thirst and dairy queen did not have a drink! There were eating places, car repair shops, yarn stores, shoe stores, ladies dancing, sweat (yes, it was VERY hot, it is actually known as a fiery furnace), dead ducks & chickens riding on a moped, squatty potties, cat in the middle of a store, faces of those who heard the gospel, games being played with kids that had never experienced fun, kids singing songs, one car accident, noodles, LOTS of people in the swimming pool, few grayed haired people, cameras (English corner), mobile phone store, and the list could go on... The thing that stood out the most is the ones who need to be reached with the gospel... it could get so overwhelming to think of the number of people who live in this country that may never hear the gospel BUT you must start with one... I know that the gospel is going forth, I saw it, I saw God moving in the hearts of His people... may they then go and share... Jesus is our hope, we need to seek Him, and when He saves us and plucks us out of our state, oh what a glorious day... I pray for all those who I saw...
what we touched:
our bibles (we clung to them), the hands of children who had no hope, the coffee pot, chopsticks, hands of about 15 ladies praying over us, our tears, the lives of ladies, children, nini's... I pray we touched many more lives of those we shared with a park that we went too
what we smelt:
coffee, food, polluted air, smells of children, gasoline fumes, durian(fruit that smells horrendous) , its weird, you really can't decide on what the smells are...
what we heard
beeping horns, chatter, fireworks (like 6 in the am), laughter in the children, nini talking to Tanya and I in her language and us not understanding any of it, 15 women praying over us all at one time (thank you God for allowing me to experience that), the sweet boy who stood and said "I am willing to believe!!!!", Angela H. telling the grandma in the elevator to "ah jing" which is be quiet!!! SOOO FUNNY!!! , secedas, coffee/tea pot brewing, our blow up mattress creaking, and so many more....
so I leave you with this for now... I was sooooo blessed to go... I am ready to go back, I fell in love with these people and so thankful that God uses Me a sinner to share His gospel to those around the world!!!!
what we saw:
people... people EVERYWHERE... it was only when Angela and I went toward the market at 6 ish (am) that there was not a lot of people. We saw idols...EVERYWHERE, cars... EVERYWHERE.... mopeds, precious children, drink vendors.. well except when Tanya and I thought we would die of thirst and dairy queen did not have a drink! There were eating places, car repair shops, yarn stores, shoe stores, ladies dancing, sweat (yes, it was VERY hot, it is actually known as a fiery furnace), dead ducks & chickens riding on a moped, squatty potties, cat in the middle of a store, faces of those who heard the gospel, games being played with kids that had never experienced fun, kids singing songs, one car accident, noodles, LOTS of people in the swimming pool, few grayed haired people, cameras (English corner), mobile phone store, and the list could go on... The thing that stood out the most is the ones who need to be reached with the gospel... it could get so overwhelming to think of the number of people who live in this country that may never hear the gospel BUT you must start with one... I know that the gospel is going forth, I saw it, I saw God moving in the hearts of His people... may they then go and share... Jesus is our hope, we need to seek Him, and when He saves us and plucks us out of our state, oh what a glorious day... I pray for all those who I saw...
what we touched:
our bibles (we clung to them), the hands of children who had no hope, the coffee pot, chopsticks, hands of about 15 ladies praying over us, our tears, the lives of ladies, children, nini's... I pray we touched many more lives of those we shared with a park that we went too
what we smelt:
coffee, food, polluted air, smells of children, gasoline fumes, durian(fruit that smells horrendous) , its weird, you really can't decide on what the smells are...
what we heard
beeping horns, chatter, fireworks (like 6 in the am), laughter in the children, nini talking to Tanya and I in her language and us not understanding any of it, 15 women praying over us all at one time (thank you God for allowing me to experience that), the sweet boy who stood and said "I am willing to believe!!!!", Angela H. telling the grandma in the elevator to "ah jing" which is be quiet!!! SOOO FUNNY!!! , secedas, coffee/tea pot brewing, our blow up mattress creaking, and so many more....
so I leave you with this for now... I was sooooo blessed to go... I am ready to go back, I fell in love with these people and so thankful that God uses Me a sinner to share His gospel to those around the world!!!!
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