Gifts 9401-9500

9401. No headaches recently. 

9402. No rain while I was outside. 

9403. An uncrowded bus. 

9404. Neslihan making me laugh much. 

9405. Enjoying some time at Festiva shopping. 

9406. Surviving the servis bus back to Migros. 

9407. Facetiming with Brooke. 

9408. Google translating the word for leather as romance. 

9409. A chill morning at home, praying and working on my to do
          list.

9410. Seeing F on my way to school. 

9411. Captain asking again about the holiday I had described
          meaning he was curious. 

9412. Meeting a friend at Migros and exchanging numbers. 

9413. Hosting the Suiters for dinner. 

9414. Hearing Lisa's story and realizing I had prayed this morning 
          for a life changing day for D and E and it sounds like it 
          happened. 

9415. Enjoying my new teacher and his willingness to make sure
          we understand. 

9416. And getting a super and a star on the listening/writing
          exercise. 

9417. Figuring out the er for the most part. 

9418. My printer returned and at least sent off to be repaired. 

9419. Chatting with Victoria about life. 

9420. Er almost finished. 

9421. Calling my dad and him telling me I had the wrong number 
          and the ensuing laughter. 

9422. Catching up with Sindy. 

9423. Waking to a chance to Skype with my sister and Josh. 

9424. Crying out to the Lord about my grief and lies believed.

9425. Watching Mr. E hang out the window on his phone. 

9426. Prayers that bring relief from the lie storm. 

9427. Successfully returning the bag and chatting with the sales
          lady. 

9428. Seeing DG for a minute. 

9429. Dinner and Big Hero 6 with the Vaughns. 

9430. And dinner theology discussions. 

9431. Waking to a better state of mind/spirit. 

9432. Soaking in the word.

9433. Exchanging encouragement with Di. 

9434. Hummus and broccoli wrap for lunch. 

9435. And Meredith's cinnamon rolls for breakfast. 

9436. The furniture store and the funniest lady in this city. 

9437. Really enjoying my time there. 

9438. Getting to share that it's God who makes me brave. 

9439. Getting to answer Kyla's questions and show them my
          money. 

9440. Zeke squishing his forehead on my behalf. 

9441. Learning that the little guy misses me. 

9442. Ninja Gurgle story time with him. 

9443. That perfect golden sunshine streaming in this morning. 

9444. Good time discussing the word and singing, reminded I'm
          brought to a place of hunger so I'll hunger for the One who 
          satisfies. 

9445. An afternoon at the park. 

9446. Learning that Megan has been praying for me extra lately. 

9447. An idea that has fostered hope. 

9448. Warm sunshine. 

9449. Good 3 hours of class. 

9450. A few minutes to chat with Ayten. 

9451. My door man totally taking care of my water for me. What a
          blessed relief. 

9452. My second er completed.

9453. Heath's concern and Lisa's prayer. 

9454. Sunshine on the balcony, flowers planted, life ready to grow. 

9455. Jude's great hug!

9456. Suzanne being an advocate for me. 

9457. Jeremy and Brooke too. Sweet friendship that spans the 
          miles. 

9458. Tulips in bloom. 

9459. DG calling!

9460. Fresh squeezed orange juice. 

9461. Chatting again with Ayten. 

9462. Enjoying my classmates. 

9463. Realizing how lucky I am to have a small class size. 

9464. Sunshine. 

9465. Such green grass. 

9466. Retreat time. 

9467. Busy day but accomplished a lot: Doviz, paid rent, new 
          phone case, paid Internet and phone bills, class, picked up 
          insurance forms, dropped off at the emniyet, made sushi, 
          dinner with friends late into the night, and did homework. 

9468. Wednesday mornings are chill. 

9469. A leisurely walk to the çarşı. 

9470. A smile from the Doviz girl. 

9471. Finding a new phone case. 

9472. Chatting with the bank teller. 

9473. Not waiting long on bus 10. 

9474. Speaking only Turkish in the yabancı office and understanding and being understood. 

9475. Class in an office with a real window. 

9476. Sigorta lady's kindness. 

9477. And emniyet lady's kindness. 

9478. The sweet smile from the lady when I gave her my seat. 

9479. Dinner with Sami and Ayşe and enjoying them. 

9480. Ayşe dropping me off at my house. 

9481. Successfully discussing my problem in Turkish. 

9482. Mostly successfully conveying the game of baseball in class. 

9483. Laughter and jokes in a new language. 

9484. Feeling lighter than I've felt in a while standing outside in the
          sunshine at the university. 

9485. In the midst of the frustration singing and living "through it
          all my eyes are on you, through it all it is well."

9486. Doing homework in the sunshine at the park. 

9487. A chance to clean. 

9488. Vaughns coming over to help with stuff and eat with me. 

9489. The keyboard to play, worship with. 

9490. My daily commute to the university where I see green grass 
          and hills. 

9491. A seat on the bus. 

9492. Another chance to correct misconceptions. 

9493. Di saying my texts are good. 

9494. Encouraging responses to updates. 

9495. Chatting with Megan about a possible visit. 

9496. And chatting with Jana. 

9497. Waking with joy and a light heart even if it did not last. 

9498. The hopeful reminder again that the way to life is through death. 

9499. Friends who love me even when I'm a mess.
9500. Chatting with Crystal for a bit. 

Gifts 9301-9400

9301. Beyhan helping me order more water. 

9302. Discovering I love the pazar and Migros early on Saturday
          mornings because it's quiet, peaceful, and not crowded. 

9303. Sushi for lunch. 

9304. Smoked salmon. 

9305. Fellowship Asian meal. 

9306. Getting to play story cubes with Aly and Zeke. 

9307. Getting to Skype with my bro.

9308. And my mom, dad, and sister. 

9309. Waking with no headache. 

9310. Not waking up coughing in the night.

9311. Meredith's scones. 

9312. Sunday morning quietness. Reminded me of Brazil. 

9313. Breakfast with the Vaughns. 

9314. An open pharmacy. 

9315. Enjoying my day off studying. 

9316. A clean stuffed elephant.  

9317. My language test seeming easy. 

9318. Little girls running in the rain with umbrellas. 

9319. Going back to sleep this morning. 

9320. Finding envelopes. 

9321. Iskender for lunch when I realized I needed to kill time 
          waiting for the post office to reopen. 

9322. Dinner at the Vaughns. 

9323. Team time and sweet prayer. 

9324. A chance to grieve long and well.

9325. My welcoming neighbors F&U.

9326. Lisa complementing my language. 

9327. A hug from Meredith after telling her my phone woes. 

9328. Waking with renewed perspective that it's just a phone, just a 
          tool, if a wrong phone is my biggest problem then I am
          blessed. 

9329. Homemade donuts celebrating my last shot.

9330. Breakfast with locals. 

9331. Enjoying the warm day at the park. 

9332. A funny story from the tax office involving the shirt with the
          tag and the worker thinking I was cutting Lisa's hair. 

9333. Fresh spring flowers everywhere including my home thanks
          to Lisa. 

9334. Getting much accomplished during my three hour window. 

9335. Having share time with Lisa and Meredith. 

9336. Help from the visa lady.

9337. Getting my visa today!

9338. No line at the bank. 

9339. And successfully paying my bill. 

9340. Tax questionnaire submitted. 

9341. A smiling bus driver asking questions. 

9342. And the oddity and gift that I was the only passenger. 

9343. The bird coasters still there. 

9344. Able to go back to sleep this morning. 

9345. The nut guy at the pazar. 

9346. The Migros cashier remembering I had left my post-it notes 
          and making sure I got them.

9347. Getting to see Lori. 

9348. The reminder that God will never scold me for giving too
          much grace. 

9349. A great day resting on the Sabbath. 

9350. Extended time in the Word, crafting, blogging, Skyping.

9351. Loving the way the hot air balloon painting turned out. 

9352. People at the university to help me. 

9353. Officially registered. 

9354. Tackling my to do list. 

9355. Medicine to help my sore throat.

9356. Watching the man walk hand in hand with his son. 

9357. Not choking on the cough drop last night. 

9358. Getting a 90 on my language test. 

9359. Walking in to the university with Ayten and her informing
          me of what's going on. 

9360. Home from class early enough to rest a bit. 

9361. Sweet time of prayer. 

9362. Friends to help meet my needs in the power outage. 

9363. Fresh squeezed orange juice and soup from Meredith. 

9364. The power coming back on. 

9365. Paying my electric bill in less than three minutes. 

9366. Successfully signing up for a Yemeksepetti account and
          having my first food delivery to my house. 

9367. Neighbors to help navigate that.

9368. My first good night's sleep in a week. 

9369. Waking without a shoe throat for the first time in several 
          days. 

9370. Having a seat on the bus. 

9371. Frustrated about this phone and the countries' capitals but
          happy that my favorite teacher teaches me on Thursdays.

9372. Friends to commiserate with me and pray for me. 

9373. Unexpectedly seeing Beyhan and always at times where I'm
          feeling down and she cheers me up. 

9374. Beautiful weather. 

9375. Finding the scarves I loved on sale and a fun T-shirt at
          Defacto. 

9376. Flowers from Samran, another joy bringer.

9377. Working through my sin and sanctification through tears, 
          prayers, and worship. 

9378. The idea to write about Easter in my paper. 

9379. Getting to chat with the niecphews for a minute tonight. 

9380. Eyes looking better today. 

9381. A guy giving up his seat for me today. 

9382. A chance to stumble through an explanation of Easter in my
          class. 

9383. Laughter there again. 

9384. Bryan taking care of my phone for me. 

9385. And it's fixed and usable again. 

9386. Getting to Skype with my family for a long time. 

9387. A day in the kitchen. 

9388. The Pazar lady teaching me how to tell if a tomato is tasty, I 
          just wish I understood her explanation.

9389. Getting to be a part of the front end of things here, quite
          exciting. 

9390. Easter sunrise reminding me that the light had indeed 
          defeated the darkness. 

9391. Worshipping and communion at the park. 

9392. Hummus was a hit. 

9393. Sweet Jude sleeping in the stroller. 

9394. Hamburgers and grilled chicken wings. 

9395. Sweet friends to help look for the key. 

9396. Finding it finally on the stroller. 

9397. A chill evening watching 'Sense and Sensibility.'

9398. Chatting with Ayten before class. 

9399. Good prayer time with friends. 

9400. A chance to blog/process.

Gifts 9201-9300

9201. Finding the rest of the t-shirts.

9202. Craving Turkish food and then invited to eat some with new
          friends. 

9203. And my meal paid for. 

9204. Laughter. 

9205. Chatting with my mom, dad, and brother for a few. 

9206. Miss Love bringing baklava to class. 

9207. Ability to laugh at the terrible awful squatty potty ordeal. 

9208. My washing machine draining properly. 

9209. Finding fresh goats milk at the market. 

9210. Leftover iskender for dinner. 

9211. Reading books to Jude before bed. 

9212. Finding some deals at Saray.

9213. Feeling like I'm in the right neighborhood. 

9214. Figuring out the revised bus schedule quicker this time. 

9215. Going to bed early with a headache and getting a good night's 
          sleep. 

9216. No headache today. 

9217. Mr. E my favorite teacher back. 

9218. Much laughter. 

9219. Congo and line dancing demonstrations. 

9220. Having coffee with F even though she had to be somewhere 
          else.

9221. Her telling me she loves me. 

9222. Finding foam sheets. 

9223. And cowboy hats! 

9224. Bright flowers from the florist. 

9225. The Vaughns are here! 

9226. A Saturday afternoon nap. 

9227. A chair and a side table from the Vaughns. 

9228. An almost clean apartment and time to do it. 

9229. Sleeping through the call to prayer. 

9230. Going back to sleep. 

9231. Worshiping with BV leading again. 

9232. Reminders almost daily that God can do anything and likes 
          to do the seemingly impossible. 

9233. Flower buds, the first signs of spring! 

9234. Peace in the morning. 

9235. A chance to catch up with Lori. 

9236. Beautiful weather. 

9237. A stressful wrestling time but a chance to search my heart
          nonetheless. 

9238. Friends to bring suitcases full of things from America. 

9239. Betty Suiter. 

9240. A discussion in class about the twelve days of Christmas
          song. 

9241. Peace again this morning. 

9242. Haris saying I'm a hard worker. 

9243. A chance to rest after class. 

9244. Deuteronomy goodness. 

9245. Two people recognizing me in public. 

9246. A chance to love, pray, speak truth in a sister's life. 

9247. Another gal here for a few days to share my heart with. 

9248. A seat on the bus when there shouldn't have been one. 

9249. Fun time in class with my favorite teacher. 

9250. Enjoying my least favorite teacher a little more.

9251. Doing hard things and surviving. 

9252. Heath to help me pay things.

9253. A good word on anger and it helping me check my heart 
          when the printer made me angry. 

9254. The Suiters feeding me often. 

9255. Waking at 5 but going back to sleep for an hour. 

9256. Protection from the mad dog. 

9257. Shehed saying "Good morning Candace" in English. 

9258. Finding Beyhan, a friendly and familiar face, in a crowd
          when I was feeling overwhelmed and lonely.

9259. Getting to chat with her in her office for almost an hour. 

9260. Betty surprising me with prayer. 

9261. Getting to hang out with Matt and hear and update on the 
          Mason family. 

9262. A yummy dinner at Ezogelin. 

9263. An early to bed evening. 

9264. Being a able to go back to sleep after waking up at 2 for a 
          couple hours. 

9265. Fellowship refueling me, convicting me. 

9266. Driving beauty, sunshine in dark rain clouds, bright green 
          grass, rocky mountain passes. 

9267. Good conversations with Megan. 

9268. Able to go back to sleep twice. 

9269. Finding great deals at the second hand place: wooden table, 8
          chairs, two fun bookcases, 2 side chairs. 

9270. Surviving Ikea madness on a Sunday. 

9271. Knocking even more things off my list there.

9272. Having options of places to stay here. 

9273. The Spot guy giving me back $100 from overpaying. 

9274. And then offering to drive to Ikea to get my other things and
          then bringing it to me. 

9275. Him showing up in a tiny station wagon. 

9276. The Vaughn men to help unload. 

9277. Sick day to rest. 

9278. Vaughns to bring me food and meds.

9279. Getting to Skype with Mum, Zeke, and Caley.

9280. Vaughns putting my green couch together for me. 

9281. Waking and feeling much better. 

9282. A chance to pray. 

9283. Turkish Tea Time, a great language learning resource. 

9284. Finding a seat at the bank. 

9285. Figuring out the numbering system even if it meant realizing
          there were twenty+ people ahead of me. At least I could see a 
          light at the end of the tunnel. 

9286. Successfully paying my rent there after waiting for an hour. 

9287. TTNET line moving quickly and successfully paying that one
          as well. 

9288. A helpful landlord and a chance to have a cup of tea with
          him. 

9289. A chance to blog. 

9290. No fever for a day. 

9291. A ton of "Geçmiş olsuns" when people found out I was ill. 

9292. Alpay hoca letting me pass on reading since my throat was
          bothering me. 

9293. Visa stuff going ridiculously smooth. 

9294. Lisa to take me to doctor and pharmacy. 

9295. Doctor familiar with what is ailing me.  

9296. Meredith to administer shots. 

9297. The Suiters kids singing "Our God" on the way to school. 

9298. Mr. E spending 30 minutes trying to help me understand a 
          language concept. 

9299. Getting to sit beside Raissa on the bus, a companion for each 
          of us. 

9300. An afternoon nap to help me recover. 

Gifts 9101-9200

9101. A fun teacher today. 

9102. Being a little bored in class today but knowing its because I 
          already have mastered today's content. 

9103. Invited to my teacher's house for a meal. Hoping this works
          out. 

9104. Getting to talk with my kind neighbor again. 

9105. The Suiters doing much for me these days. 

9106. A fun teacher this morning. 

9107. Making it to the lawyer's office in the nick of time. 

9108. Getting some money changed over. 

9109. Not having to use the restroom for 5 hours. 

9110. Successfully paying my coal and building fee. 

9111. And getting keys made, lunch ordered, and flowers bought. 

9112. Getting to sit with Zehra for a while. 

9113. Finally a working oven. 

9114. Brownies. 

9115. A warm apartment. 

9116. A better day in class. 

9117. Sushi for dinner. 

9118. Another successful pazar trip. 

9119. Finding a cheap dolop.

9120. Hugs from Jude and Rain. 

9121. Sleeping until 6:30.

9122. Chill morning with a good book. 

9123. Homemade granola bars. 

9124. Towels to sop up the washing machine leak. 

9125. Great fellowship time/prayer time. 

9126. The refreshing hope of the resurrection. 

9127. Getting to do a puzzle and play sorry with Marin. 

9128. Sage's prayer for the noises to stop in my apartment and for
          me to feel safe and sleep well. 

9129. Yummy homemade chicken pot pie. 

9130. A chance to serve through my love language: doing dishes. 

9131. Laughing till the tears came with Lisa about running away
          from home stories. 

9132. Breaking my 100 bill and getting more coins for the bus. 
          Double score! 

9133. Fun morning with the Suiter kids. 

9134. Figuring out that the bus changed it's route.

9135. Feeling overwhelmed, wanting to cry, wanting to skip class,
          but then cheered on by the song, "You make me brave."

9136. Homemade Chick-fil-a fried chicken, American comfort food
          for a hard culture day. 

9137. Finally able to buy a book for my class! 

9138. The guy to carry my dolop up the stairs and spend three
          hours putting it together. A well spent $35.

9139. Sleeping through the call to prayer. 

9140. Spending an hour at a furniture store chatting and attempting
          to navigate culture. 

9141. When Jude says, "Cando, I hold you."

9142. Fun with the three Suiter kids. 

9143. The styrofoam snow storm in my kitchen and out my
          window. 

9144. Hide-n-seek with the kids. 

9145. Nothing like a good book to get me to bed earlier. 

9146. Zekey drawing to help me learn body parts. 

9147. Oh those delicious olives. 

9148. My headache easing.

9149. Discovering I only have to pay 1TL on buses since I'm a
          student. 

9150. My teacher, Miss Love. 

9151. Scoring a seat on the can-of sardines like bus. 

9152. When the Migros' cashier's eyes lit up when I said, "How are you?"

9153. A timely text from Bryan. 

9154. Seeing Heath for a minute unexpectedly. 

9155. And the impeccable timing of my neighbors inviting me to
          coffee this evening, turning a hard day into a good one. 

9157. The other cashier's embarrassment after he rattled away for a 
          bit before discovering I had no idea what he was saying. 

9158. My security guy is one of my favorite people here. 

9159. Two hours with my neighbors, it went by fast and I really 
          enjoyed my time with them. 

9160. Mr. E. My favorite teacher. 

9161. TTNET guys being super helpful and their English helped  
          too. 

9162. Weekly updates giving me a chance to process. 

9163. Finding sweet emails from friends. 

9164. Zzzquil helping me sleep. 

9165. Seeing two friends on my street before I even left my gate. A
          real treat for me. 

9166. Expense report completed. 

9167. Internet var!!!

9168. Getting a printer and DVD player for cheap. 

9169. Chatting with my sissy. 

9170. A chill morning. 

9171. My sweet neighbor F.

9172. The kind Migros cashier helping me out. 

9173. Finding some regular pazar people. 

9174. Skyping with my favorite trio of little ones. 

9175. Hide-n-seek with Marin. 

9176. Jude snuggles during Shaun the Sheep. 

9177. Good conversations with Lisa after dinner. 

9178. A super chill introvert morning. 

9179. Fasting that fuels prayer and prayer dreaming.

9180. Time to blog. 

9181. Successfully adding more money to my phone. 

9182. Seeing a familiar face/friend at the park. 

9183. Words coming more easily. 

9184. Time to Skype with Chris, Crystal, and parents.

9185. Rain boots on rainy days. 

9186. Favor at the visa place. 

9187. Tea with the real estate guy. 

9188. A man to help get electric switched over in my name even
          though it wasn't his job. 

9189. Seeing a rainbow. 

9190. A day full of language. 

9191. Suiters feeling better. 

9192. A roommate on the horizon. 

9193. Sleeping through the night. 

9194. Waking like a brand new woman: rested, no shoulder pain, 
          no headache, no stomach issues. 

9195. Meeting another American girl here.

9196. Miss A to help me figure out my phone. 

9197. My morning walk, a time to pray for my day.

9198. The guys who pr walked beside my house. 

9199. Heath helping me out with phone plan and plumbing issue. 

9200. My paper from the real estate guy and him giving me his 
          flower tea.