Wednesday, April 8, 2015

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. 

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