Sunday, February 28, 2016

Gifts 11401-11500

11401. A clean home. Five hours and $20 later and I didn't have to 
            do it. And it's cleaner than it's ever been.
11402. The reminder that a foreign accent is a sign of bravery.
11403. No art class today.
11404. Lightheartedness for the first time in a few weeks.
11405. Encouragement from friends.
11406. A fun email from Beraiah.
11407. A good sermon from MC.
11408. The sermon actually playing.
11409. A nice, healthy dinner.
11410. Laughter at Pelin forgetting.
11411. A lesson of just chatting instead of working on lesson, just

           what I needed.
11412. Her encouragement about my language.
11413. Rebecca and I having a special place in her and Gökçen's

            hearts.
11414. Chatting with my parents as I do art.
11415. Steve T's video message.
11416. Then his phone call of encouragement.
11417. Him taking time to talk.
11418. Prayer time is always a good time.
11419. Seeing pharmacy friends.
11420. Time with Haktan going well.
11421. Her extreme kindness to me.
11422. Rejoicing that I both understood and chatted for three hours.
11423. AB :)
11424. Cards.
11425. Dinner with Vs and Ss.
11426. A phone conversation with Di.
11427. The best landlord in the world.
11428. Him taking care of water bills.
11429. Him not raising rent full amount.
11430. Him installing screens.
11431. Nice meeting with Suits.
11432. An evening to blog.
11433. A chill morning.
11434. An unexpected lunch.
11435. Finding the cleaning supplies.
11436. Pelin and I both running behind.
11437. A sweet time with Joel and Jude.
11438. Lunch with Bugnars.
11439. Heart to heart with Leslie and Ginny Lou.
11440. Games too.
11441. Egg, bacon, and cheese biscuits.
11442. Their eyes to see all the ways God has provided care 

            through locals.
11443. GL sharing with AB.
11444. The quiet, peaceful canyon.
11445. Prayer there. A chance to reflect.
11446. Finding the road into the canyon.
11447. Steak at Peppermints.
11448. Skyping with Lindsey.
11449. Sweet prayer time with Vaughns.
11450. Sweet Asian food time.
11451. Suiter kids saying they're glad I'm here and I'm fun.
11452. An extra mop bucket.
11453. Warm sunshine.
11454. A way out.
11455. My friend, DG, an easy person to be with.
11456. Surprised by Chinese labeled food that actually tasted 

            Chinese.
11457. 'Out of Hiding.'
11458. Renewed awe that in any situation I can come to the Father.
11459. 'Even so, it is well with my soul.'
11460. Time to work on paperwork.
11461. Waking from bad dream.
11462. Avoiding Monty and scoring 1 on 1 language time.
11463. Joel snuggles.
11464. Encouraging emails and texts, especially from Aunt Beth.
11465. A spam egg and cheese biscuit.
11466. Fun with Joel and Kaylyn.
11467. Apple fritters.
11468. A thrown together dinner of Asian food.
11469. The pharmacist who always wants to give me tea.
11470. Finding peroxide.
11471. Running into Haktan's mom.
11472. Yummy Asian night with friends.
11473. A few moments to catch up with the rents.
11474. So thankful for the Suiters.
11475. A few minutes in the Word.
11476. Cookie making memories with Kaylyn, Joel, and Jude.
11477. A few minutes of peace.
11478. The Last Supper.
11479. A good cry.
11480. The Last Lunch.
11481. Lisa's funny and sad words.
11482. Joel's sweet hugs like he knew.
11483. Last hugs.
11484. Friends left to cry with.
11485. Robert coming back.
11486. A book gift and time to share about it. 

11487. M not being in the way.
11488. A quiet evening at home.
11489. Skyping with my mom and sissy.
11490. Kader thinking about me and excited I will come to her

            bday party.
11491. Her and Aylin saying I still have them.
11492. Good rest.
11493. The honey lady.
11494. Seeing Grandma F and her helper at the pazar.
11495. Walking home with the teyzes.
11496. The thankful leaves.
11497. Remembering God's greatness through the galaxies and our

            smallness.
11498. Post fellowship galaxy art.
11499. Warm chocolate chip cookies.
11500. A funny movie.
11499. Seeing the niecphews.
11500. Facetimeing with Crystal. 

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