Sunday, June 3, 2012

The past couple of days

have been interesting to say the least.
Friday was a great day.
If I do say so myself.
We just did some summer orientation stuff
in the early morning,
and then we just chilled out the rest of the day.
(I ended up taking a nap for like three hours
in the afternoon; it was great.)
Then that night we went to First Friday at the Market.
And let me tell you, it was definitely an experience.
And a good one at that.
We got there and walked around.
There were a lot of people selling food,
both to eat immediately and fresh fruits.
And there were a lot of vendors out selling
lava lavas and other kinds of local clothing.
We ended up eating Filipino food,
and it was soooo good!
Then we came back to the apartments,
and a few of us girls played a couple
of rounds of hand and foot before we went to bed.

Saturday we had to wake up slightly early.
We went to watch the mid school girls
play their last game of softball.
It was a lot of fun to get to know
some of the parents there.
I got to just sit and chat.
Once the game was over,
we came back to the apartments,
and we helped get ready for a ceremony.
Two of the missionaries
help a lot of the boys on the island
get football scholarships so that they can go to college.
Well, yesterday, the ceremony was
their "signing" ceremony,
so we helped decorate and get everything set up for that.
It was a really cool cultural experience.
After we finished cleaning up everything,
we were going out to eat,
but I wasn't feeling so great.
We were at the Chinese restaurant,
and my stomach started rolling.
I ended up getting sick at the restaurant.
And then when we got back to the apartments,
I got sick again.
After I got sick the second time,
I just laid down in bed, and went to sleep.
That was around 4.
I woke up around 8
and ate some crackers and
drank some sprite,
then I went back to bed.
I woke up again around 11
to find out when church was,
then I fell back asleep.
I slept all the way through the night.
And I woke up at 7.
I still have no idea what made me sick.
But I'm pretty sure it's all out of my system.
So, anyway,
not a whole lot happened yesterday,
with me getting sick and all.

This morning I woke up feeling
a lot better.
I decided to still take things easy on my stomach
and just eat crackers and drink sprite.
But other than that, I'm doing 100% better.
We went to church this morning,
and it was good,
not IDC, but it was still good.
And this afternoon,
we've just been chilling out,
taking it easy.
I think that sometime today
I'll finally get to the grocery store
to buy some food.
And then we're also going to go
to the airport to pick up two more
summer missionaries.
So I'm excited!
The rest of today should be pretty great.

But anyway,
I have great hopes and expectations
for these upcoming weeks.
I know the Lord has great things in store.
And I'm excited to follow Him down this path.

Please keep praying for the people that we're going to encounter. And please, please, please be praying for the VBS that starts tomorrow! We haven't gotten to go around the village because it's been raining a lot. But we're still hoping for a good turn-out. So please be praying that we will be intentional in the relationships with the kids we meet in and be intentional in sharing the Gospel as often as we can.
We want to make sure that we're meeting all the needs that we can of these kids--most importantly sharing the Gospel.
Also just be praying that we would take advantage of every opportunity that we have to share the Gospel with villagers.

Anyway,
that's all my news.
I'm excited to see what the Lord is going to do next.
Much love and Blessings.

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