I took a last minute trip to NH after outreach..and am so glad I did! It was very restful to sleep in day after day, to have time to read and write and study. My aunt Pat is very hospitable (and also doesn't mind when I come and go and come and go visiting friends). Next to my bed when I arrived was a cold water bottle, and on the pillow a little candy. :-)
I surprised my sister and also my brother. What fun! Pat and Grandma picked me up and then the next day we ran to Christy's (my sister) work to say hello. Imagine the look on her face! It was priceless.
This is the first trip I'd taken to NH in quite some time where I felt like I got to catch up with so many people, and not feel rushed about it. My grandma was there from WA for my cousin Reid's wedding. My cousin Johnny was also in the area so I got to catch up with him and hear what God is doing all over the place, he travels the world on a regular basis.
Answered prayers from long ago....
While visiting with my aunts one day they were talking about this bus driver for their kids who had been so encouraging and was walking with the Lord and really making a difference..and the name sounded so familiar. It took me a bit to register who he was, but much to my excitement we put the pieces together to discover that he is the father of one of my students from back in 2001. Wow! God answered prayers!! It's incredible to hear years later that the family has come to the Lord.
I was reminded to not give up praying for those who we sometimes forget to pray for when we don't see them on a daily basis.
All in all...
I'm so thankful it worked out to go!
Now what's next?!
I've been back in Denver for a couple of days, jumping full swing back into the accounting office, scrubbing a few floors, chopping a bit of fruit, you know..that sort of thing!
This is week 11 of the Spring quarter, which means next week the Phase 2 graduates and the rest of the DTS leaves for Costa Rica! (part of the school already left to go around the world). We will have a week in the middle of transition and then Summer quarter.
Our current summer school #'s are really low with 4 in the SBF (School of Biblical Foundations) and about 9 in the DTS. I am not sure yet exactly what I will be doing. All I know is, each and every moment of every single day is the moments we are given to serve Him and to love others. So lets enjoy every last drop...
"Rejoice always; pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this God's will for you in Christ Jesus." -1 Thess. 5: 16-18
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