Gifts 11601-11700

11601. Recognizing a thing as the cheap imitation of what I really
            want.
11602. Harith feeling like a genuine brother.
11603. Seeing my cute neighbor couple.
11604. Saturday afternoon napping.
11605. Finally a chance to talk to my mom.
11606. And blog.
11607. Facetiming with the Vaughns.
11608. Joel's sweet grins.
11609. A good night's sleep.
11610. Cancelled class giving a chance to rest long.
11611. Restful morning.
11612. A good reminder of hope by Louie Giglio.
11613. Three games of Ticket to Ride with Heath and Lisa.
11614. Laughter.
11615. My buddy Jude.
11616. Remembering asking to laugh and Scotty making me choke
            on my water from laughing.
11617. Group skype with Jolina, Hannah, and Kaitlin.
11618. I say it every week but a clean home is a glorious gift.
11619. Beyhan's kindness.
11620. An evening with the Suits, just what I needed.
11621. The kids excitement that I was there.
11622. Jude barreling down the hallway in a run and jumping in my 
            arms for a hug.
11623. Getting to sit between him and Sage at dinner.
11624. Homemade pizza.
11625. Early to bed.
11626. Jude saying I'm not his friend I'm his Cando.
11627. Abundant favor at the immigration office.
11628. Asking for to recognize the Spirit's fullness in our lives and
            for an invitation to dinner. Later realizing He answered both
            requests in and through Di minutes later. 
11629. AB my dear friend who picks on me in an endearing way.
11630. Walking with power and prayer, punching holes in darkness.
11631. Meditating on these words: unwavering, unmeasured.
11632. Christ's unwavering and unmeasured love for me.
11633. Didem's egg rolls and Facetiming with Meredith.
11634. Abundant laughter at the post and then Mama's comment.
11635. Early to bed.
11636. Lunch dropped off by my neighbor.
11637. Chatting with Semra.
11638. Reading of overwhelming grace given Jacob by Esau.
11639. Meeting new knitting friends.
11640. Such kindness from them.
11641. Prayer power walking.
11642. Another car rider.
11643. Catching up with Jodie.
11644. And sweet Zekey buddy.
11645. Worshiping tears, confession, release, gospel, lifting up the
            broken to be healed.
11646. Anxiousness fleeing.
11647. No headache.
11648. Pazar shopping done quickly.
11649. Good words of wisdom about possible roommate.
11650. Remembering God is trustworthy. He only gives the 
            necessary.
11651. Celebrating Mert's life.
11652. Skyping with sister.
11653. Dreaming in Turkish.
11654. Sushi dinner.
11655. Chatting with my bff.
11656. Time to paint.
11657. Chill morning.
11658. Grandma F liked my mercimek köftesi.
11659. Seeing Şenda's friend.
11660. Helpful security guards.
11661. Making it out of a sticky situation.
11662. By the end I had the director's phone number for future 
            help.
11663. Getting to do art.
11664. Paskalya practice.
11665. Still getting lots of language in in spite of a break to
            process.
11666. Steve Carell making me laugh.
11667. A fun day with Kadie and her family.
11668. Finally getting to talk to my mom.
11669. Cancelled art class.
11670. Time to catch up on admin stuff.
11671. Sushi with Di and Funda.
11672. Meeting a nice man at the cooking house.
11673. Getting to chat with Christina.
11674. And watch Megan's wedding.
11675. A lazy Saturday.
11676. Not going to pazar and realizing it's a good thing since I 
            won't be here.
11677. Talking with Jana.
11678. And family.
11679. Everything green.
11680. Spring flowers.
11681. The beautiful canyon.
11682. A day to rest up.
11683. Holding a sweet sleeping baby.
11684. Baby heater.
11685. Her mom getting some sleep.
11686. Sweet sleeping Jude on my left.
11687. A quiet car ride.
11688. The Bugs, an awesome family.
11689. Seeing a T fellowship.
11690. T bragging on my Turkish, saying I speak clearly.
11691. Adult companionship.
11692. Catching up with Victoria.
11693. Sunshine warmth on a cold windy day.
11694. Sunset beauty.
11695. Jude blowing kisses.
11696. Deep rest.
11697. Frozen pizza when there's nothing else to eat.
11698. Good conversations with Monty.
11699. A relaxing day of art.
11700. Ayşe to come clean. 

Gifts 11501-11600

11501. Seeing the niecphews.
11502. Facetimeing with Crystal.
11503. The perfect day of rest and community.
11504. Organizing.
11505. Waffles and bacon.
11506. Blogging.
11507. Kader's birthday party.
11508. And her sweet family.
11509. Feeling at home.
11510. A ride home.
11511. Rebecca's text.
11512. The Father providing friends who know.
11513. A good long sleep in.
11514. Coming home to a spotless apartment.
11515. Staying calm for most of the debit card fiasco.
11516. Handling language stuff at the university in Turkish.
11517. A way out.
11518. Seeing Betül.
11519. Super helpful Capital One employees.
11520. A chill morning reading, praying, worshiping.
11521. The decision to skip art class bringing relief.
11522. First signs of spring, of hope. Oh, may these seemingly
            dormant winter grounds give birth to fruit and beauty. 
            Perhaps Aslan is on the move.
11523. Warm, spring-like days.
11524. ER app working.
11525. ER submitted.
11526. Debit card working.
11527. A good time with CFS.
11528. Sharing all my loves with DG.
11529. Cackling over my 4th grade me blog post.
11530. Heath's cackling at my crazy unpredictable life.
11531. Feeling of breaking resolving in peace.
11532. The Word's power to bring said peace.
11533. Jude saying we're friends.
11534. Delicious tacos in shells.
11535. Being a book nerd with Heath.
11536. Processing.
11537. Time in the word.
11538. Headache leaving.
11539. Favor at the immigration office.
11540. A two hour art class delay allowing me to run errands.
11541. Running into Harith and it making my day.
11542. Fun chatting with Monty.
11543. Seeing Shelby after a long time.
11544. Bowling with Monica and Caitie.
11545. Dinner too.
11546. A chance to serve them by buying their meal.
11547. Fun lights on my balcony.
11548. Meeting Krista on Skype.
11549. Need to Breathe truth.
11550. Not feeling anxious or weighed down.
11551. Catching up with Harith and Shahad.
11552. My debit card has worked three times this week.
11553. Migraine medicine available.
11554. Kader surprising me at class.
11555. Sweet laughter and easy time with her and Aylin.
11556. When many relationships feel like loss or unstable, new 
            ones are being formed. 
11557. New relationships and signs of spring give me hope.
11558. Mr. A making me smile.
11559. A small class and really enjoying myself.
11560. A sweet gift from Harith.
11561. The comical tea hunt.
11562. Said tea provided by Mr. A.
11563. Meeting AB's wife.
11564. A good language teacher.
11565. A moment of quiet in a busy city.
11566. A fun park.
11567. Helping the school girls retrieve their ball.
11568. A brain that can think outside of the box.
11569. Enough Word to sustain.
11570. Soothing prayer time.
11571. Yummy döner.
11572. My buddy Mert.
11573. Insurance going smoothly.
11574. Seeing my home from fresh eyes.
11575. Waking feeling rested.
11576. Insurance policy finished.
11577. A leisure walk.
11578. Making art.
11579. Fun girl's night.
11580. Facetiming with Brooke.
11581. Hearing Scotty's prayer.
11582. Sushi with Didem.
11583. A chance to love on her.
11584. Time with Shelby and truth discussions.
11585. Processing, weeping, crying out to the Lord.
11586. A nice, long, hot shower.
11587. A morning massage.
11588. Long time in the word.
11589. Waking to emails full of truth.
11590. Chill early afternoon.
11591. Monty and Ellen to help take care of me.
11592. A way out of awkwardness.
11593. Time with new neighbors.
11594. My friend AB.
11595. Spring flowers budding and a nice day to walk.
11596. A perfect Skype lesson.
11597. Feeling lighter.
11598. A good hour with Didem.
11599. Sarah C random calls.
11600. Waking in time.