Sunday, October 11, 2015

Gifts 10501-10600

10501. Chatting with Brooke and the camaraderie she gives. 
10502. Prayers from her. 
10503. Lisa's encouragement. 
10504. Good discussions with DG, accents leading to horror 

            movies leading to funerals then Heaven, then the Word. 
10505. Essentially getting paid to paint.
10506. Renewed fondness for locals and my home. 
10507. AB's smile. 
10508. Wonderfully cool breeze. 
10509. Finding language exercises online. 
10510. The idea to prayer walk. 
10511. Meredith's invitation. 
10512. Corinne's emailed poem. 
10513. Kaitlin's timely words. 
10514. Sweet videos of the niecphews. 
10515. A package filled with all kinds of love on a day when I

            needed it. 
10516. More specifically a Tshirt from the Wild West road trip, a 

            new charm, a note, pics of the niecphews, some books, and
            an iTunes card. 
10517. Spending some time praying and observing. 
10518. Being proposed to repeatedly by the mom but having 

            Kaylyn and Meredith there to help laugh through it. 
10519. Getting to be a part of Ellen's last art class. 
10520. A seeker. 
10521. Somehow getting my language hours this week in spite of the odds. 
10522. Getting to chat with Megan for a bit. 
10523. Chatting with AB. 
10524. Him introducing me to a new neighbor. 
10525. Familiar and kind faces at the Pazar. 
10526. The nut guy sending me home with some melons. 
10527. The sweet strawberry lady. 
10528. AB offering to carry the melons home on his bike for me. 
10529. Choosing to bus to fellowship was a good idea. 
10530. Jude's sweetness and awesome dance moves. 
10531. There's not a lot of certainty here but eating well at 

            fellowship is certain. 
10532. Chocolate cake and dance parties. 
10533. Getting to Skype into Christina's wedding. 
10534. Surviving the bat takeover. 
10535. My bedroom a batless haven during the wedding. 
10536. Birol Bey waging war on the bats. 
10537. Heath and Bryan coming at midnight to help too. 
10538. A house with no flying creatures. 
10539. Getting to stay with the Suiters to recover. 
10540. Waking up to sweet Suiter kids. 
10541. Cleaning and Matt Chandler. 
10542. The beauty that the gospel is for all people and the only

            religious way that crosses both socioeconomic lines as well 
            as ethnic lines. 
10543. Watching the video of how the gospel spread to America. 

            All this from 120 people. And it spread through laying 
            down their lives not taking the lives of others. 
10544. Harry and Shelly's graciousness that I was late. 
10545. Friendship with them and fun conversations. 
10546. Riding the pirate ship safely in spite of seeing a tool box

            right beside the ride. 
10547. Winning a cheesy prize by shooting balloons with a gun. 
10548. Another bat and AB coming to my rescue. 
10549. A market four doors away with popcorn. 
10550. AB sharing his sweets with me and giving me a lesson on

            the benefits of real sugar. 
10551. And him checking to make sure DG is a respectable girl on

            my behalf. 
10552. Fun times painting with her and good conversations. 
10553. Thinking all those years ago that maybe God would use art. 
10554. Getting to FaceTime with Brooke, Angie, and so many

            others into Brooke's baby shower. 
10555. A day chosen to rest and managing to get easy language hours. 
10556. A chance to blog. 
10557. Heath coming to check for bats. 
10558. Big sis U coming over with soup. 
10559. Connecting with her over art. 
10560. Sage and Mert stopping by. 
10561. Chatting with AB about truth. 
10562. Him introducing me to new neighbors. 
10563. Finding a good screen idea. 
10564. Realizing the bats are bringing good. 
10565. Fun morning with the Suiter kids. 
10566. A bus coming quickly. 
10567. The girl at English Home remembering my name. 
10568. Doing better on grammar than I thought. 
10569. A whole fun day with Di. 
10570. Laughing about things. 
10571. Her helping with ev. 
10572. Coming home to AB's kindness. 
10573. Hearing his story of how he met his wife at their

            engagement. 
10574. Back/bat room cleaned
10575. Taking lunch and eating at Istikbal. 
10576. CFS's reaction to Princess' hair and makeup job on me. 
10577. Pizza with the Vaughns. 
10578. Chatting with Sindy. 
10579. Mert's hellos. 
10580. Fellowship game/Chick-fil-a/cupcakes/Cinderella movie 

            day. 
10581. Rain and thunder for the first time in 2 months. 
10582. Kindness in the village. 
10583. Chick-fil-a biscuits.
10584. Laodicea. 
10585. Pamukkale part 2. 
10586. Dinner time. 
10587. Shaun the Sheep in the car. 
10588. Slow morning.
10589. A chance to serve Di and get lots of language hours.
10590. Unprepared but her prepared. 
10591. Normal "headaches" absent.
10592. Turkish breakfast. 
10593. A chill afternoon. 
10594. A nap. 
10595. Experiencing the holiday with CFS. 
10596. More rain. 
10597. Waking and realizing the 15 new bats in my house was a

            dream. 
10598. Morning worship. 
10599. Truth sharing with AB. 
10600. My neighbors' adorable granddaughter singing like a

            champ.

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