Sunday, April 22, 2012

Everything's Relative

I do promise to post Chapter 223: A Season of Waiting soon, but in the meantime I wanted to direct you to some humorous reading that will hopefully compel you to pray for us every day when we are in Uganda! I will preface by saying that this past week has been quite difficult for me. No one big reason in particular, just the laundry list of usuals:
                                                                                                         {photo credit}
                                                       a representation of my life on most days!

  • Monday- gave too much discipline, not enough love
  • Tueday- gave too much love, not enough discipline
  • Almost ran out of gas on a back-country road
  • Almost ran out of cell phone battery when I tried to call my friend to tell her to where to come looking for me when I ran out of gas
  • On my way home from a delightful meeting with my friend, went the wrong direction on the way home for 30 minutes before realizing it (thank goodness I had already gotten gas!)
  • Managed to soil atleast one outfit every day this week thanks to my growing precious bundle
  • Burnt the toast with supper one night
  • Spilled melted butter & garlic all across the kitchen floor another night right after Derek had just mopped the night before. This was especially catastrophic as it got all over me, and no matter how much I tried to clean it up, it just made a bigger and bigger mess until D just volunteered to redo the floors all over again...
  • Left the new tube of Chapstick in my scrubs when I put in the wash (after D had reminded me to check all my pockets...), resulting in the ruin of about 4 of his dress shirts & 2 pairs of pants... {there were tears at this point}
So, see, nothing in particular...just a bunch of tiny little things that Satan likes to use as thorns in my side and theives of my joy! So, when I read Josh's blog from a few weeks ago about the frustrations of trying to obtain a driver's license in a high-context culture, I chuckled. God knew I needed a healthy dose of perspective. And I pray He gives me a healthy dose of patience before the going gets really tough! ENJOY!

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