long time
hello, friends. :o)
how are you? i've caught up a little on everyone's journals. i'm glad everyone else is slightly more consistant than i am. :o) its great to read about you.
i'm alright. still at the church working part time, and ends are still meeting, by God's provision, i'm sure. its weird. i just end up having enough money. and... i'm more content. maybe i'm losing my drive, becoming lazy, whatever, but i'm definitely more okay with not being the most "successful" person out there. it will be alright.
i leave for romania on june 27th :o) i'm going again! :o) they're having a Summer Intensive for high school students at the school i attended, and i'm going back as staff. i'm so excited! and nervous! i'll actually be one of the main staff. wow. responsibility-wise, that feels huge, but... :o) its all God, not me. it will be four weeks of teaching and outreach. the details are still all getting hammered out (as seems to always be the case with not so organized americans in romania...), but it will be good. pray for me. :o)
afterwards, the current plan is to head to moldova for a medical mission in the area of Transnistria (they are a self declared communist country, though not recognized by most other countries). i'll be there for a little over 1 week with at least 3 doctors and 4 nurses. its a poorer country than Romania and with a similar communist background (i'm sure you could correct me and add details, catherine, but this is all i know for the moment...). we'll be setting up medical clinics in a church for the city of Tirapol and then visiting a children's home/rehabilitation center and some of the area prisons. it should be intense. i'm looking forward to it. i love romania, but i so want to go to other places.... i'm excited.
mostly, right this moment, i want to go to China. i'm praying... :o)
so, i have some fundraising to do. a lot, actually, and it will have to be all God as i really can't pay for myself this time (like i did a lot last time). so... we'll see. its almost impossible, so when i have the money, you'll know: my God supplies. if i don't have the money, well, He's still faithful and He must have other plans for me. :o)
after romania and moldova, i don't know what i'll be doing. i have to tell the church by may 15th if i'll be coming back or not. they said i could. can you imagine? my leaving for 6 weeks and then being able to come back? of course, i'm wonderful, but... yeah, they need to know if i am, otherwise they need to find someone else. so... right this second, i'm thinking "yeah, find someone else. i'll worry about what i'm going to do when i get back." i always saw it as a very temporary thing. so... i think i have a bit of fear. :o) i mean, its only part time, but its sure, you know? so... yeah. i have to let it go. speaking of that, i need to get some folks to be praying for me.
so, i heard God so well when i was in romania last time, and i think i still hear Him now. thing is, sometimes i wonder if i'm as willing to listen to what i hear. i'm starting to think that its not the hearing that we struggle with, but the conforming to it that is the hard part...
alright. i'm babysitting, and the kids will be up at 7:30am. that's 6 hours from now.
good night!
how are you? i've caught up a little on everyone's journals. i'm glad everyone else is slightly more consistant than i am. :o) its great to read about you.
i'm alright. still at the church working part time, and ends are still meeting, by God's provision, i'm sure. its weird. i just end up having enough money. and... i'm more content. maybe i'm losing my drive, becoming lazy, whatever, but i'm definitely more okay with not being the most "successful" person out there. it will be alright.
i leave for romania on june 27th :o) i'm going again! :o) they're having a Summer Intensive for high school students at the school i attended, and i'm going back as staff. i'm so excited! and nervous! i'll actually be one of the main staff. wow. responsibility-wise, that feels huge, but... :o) its all God, not me. it will be four weeks of teaching and outreach. the details are still all getting hammered out (as seems to always be the case with not so organized americans in romania...), but it will be good. pray for me. :o)
afterwards, the current plan is to head to moldova for a medical mission in the area of Transnistria (they are a self declared communist country, though not recognized by most other countries). i'll be there for a little over 1 week with at least 3 doctors and 4 nurses. its a poorer country than Romania and with a similar communist background (i'm sure you could correct me and add details, catherine, but this is all i know for the moment...). we'll be setting up medical clinics in a church for the city of Tirapol and then visiting a children's home/rehabilitation center and some of the area prisons. it should be intense. i'm looking forward to it. i love romania, but i so want to go to other places.... i'm excited.
mostly, right this moment, i want to go to China. i'm praying... :o)
so, i have some fundraising to do. a lot, actually, and it will have to be all God as i really can't pay for myself this time (like i did a lot last time). so... we'll see. its almost impossible, so when i have the money, you'll know: my God supplies. if i don't have the money, well, He's still faithful and He must have other plans for me. :o)
after romania and moldova, i don't know what i'll be doing. i have to tell the church by may 15th if i'll be coming back or not. they said i could. can you imagine? my leaving for 6 weeks and then being able to come back? of course, i'm wonderful, but... yeah, they need to know if i am, otherwise they need to find someone else. so... right this second, i'm thinking "yeah, find someone else. i'll worry about what i'm going to do when i get back." i always saw it as a very temporary thing. so... i think i have a bit of fear. :o) i mean, its only part time, but its sure, you know? so... yeah. i have to let it go. speaking of that, i need to get some folks to be praying for me.
so, i heard God so well when i was in romania last time, and i think i still hear Him now. thing is, sometimes i wonder if i'm as willing to listen to what i hear. i'm starting to think that its not the hearing that we struggle with, but the conforming to it that is the hard part...
alright. i'm babysitting, and the kids will be up at 7:30am. that's 6 hours from now.
good night!