Gifts 12701-12800

12701. Sweet sleeping. 

12702. Just right bacon. 

12703. A signed contract. 

12704. Playing pool with Sage. 

12705. Sweet conversations with him too. 

12706. Overwhelmed in the apartment hunt until I realized how many

            locals were helping me find a new home. Then grace, abundant

            grace. 

12707. Neighbors sad to see me go. 

12708. Homemade pizza and cake. 

12709. A chance to celebrate Heath. 

12710. Rebecca!

12711. Ticket to Ride, dinner, and a movie with her. 

12712. A quiet Koru Park. 

12713. Such good breakfast food. 

12714. Europe plans finalized. 

12715. Tickets bought. 

12716. Fresh hot chocolate chip cookies. 

12717. Surprising CFS. 

12718. Seeing Z and the Director too. 

12719. Fresh hot crispy bread filled with fresh lamb meat. 

12720. Outside porch sitting, colorful purple flowers with a backdrop

            of drying red orange peppers and a pomegranate tree. 

12721. More yummy food with good friends. 

12722. Windy streets, roaming chickens, bright blue old house with 

            aqua railings. 

12723. Sunset goodness. 

12724. More porch sitting, loving living in this place. 

12725. The escaped chicken. 

12726. Doing life and having fun with Kader. 

12727. A quiet car ride. 

12728. Sunset over the sea, Greece in the background. 

12729. Catching up with Brooke. 

12730. Water park fun in the morning, book reading and napping in 

            the afternoon. 

12731. Batman Teyze. 

12732. More sunset beauty. 

12733. A hot shower. 

12734. Morning rest. 

12735. Good food and chill ride. 

12736. My kimlik turning up much to my surprise. 

12737. Talking to my sissy. 

12738. Someone to clean my new home. 

12739. A chance to put architecture skills to work. 

12740. Wisdom to take a a break. 

12741. Talking to Crystal and the Hillis family. 

12742. A movie that made me laugh. 

12743. Good long time in the Word. 

12744. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and 

            abounding in steadfast love on repeat. 

12745. More packing finished. 

12746. Seeing Shelby for a minute. 

12747.  That golden light on the water, if I could drink such beauty I

             think I would never thirst again or else die from too much

             pleasure. And to think there is such beauty in this broken 

             world. If through brokenness this beauty is but the fringes, 

             what beauty, what glory, what pleasure awaits us? 

12748. Taking care of business: new shower head, Internet to be 

            switched to new place, new keys made, shopping, met with 

            landlord, and looked at a new stove. 

12749. Cheeseburgers with Di and Mert. 

12750. Packing and worshiping. 

12751. Release cry over the move. 

12752. Rain, rain, rain, a sweet sound. 

12753. Early to bed. 

12754. Movers doing the hard stuff. 

12755. A believing teacher at the school. 

12756. New Ir brothers and sisters. 

12757. Headache leaving. 

12758. Sleepover at the Suiters. 

12759. Better sight, a vacation, and a car for Pelin. 

12760. Di helping. 

12761. Her serving like Jesus. 

12762. Evi stopping by. 

12763. Perfect break for a nap. 

12764. Cheeseburgers to celebrate. 

12765. Good long rest for my so tired mind. 

12766. Kitchen put away. 

12767. Getting the original price for the kettle and getting to use my 

            card. 

12768. Time to finally be still and process. 

12769. The Word. 

12770. Korean worship dance videos. 

12771. A big overachıever list of moving related errands today: 9 

            places, 12 things to accomplish. This would be ridiculous even

            in America. I was stressed about my ridiculous list knowing 

            WHERE I live and how LONG even one thing can take. On

            top of that I wondered if I could keep up with these new 

            moving related subjects in my second language. So I prayed. I

            asked that today be a "walking on dry ground" kind of day 

            instead of a "wandering around in the wilderness" kind of day.   

            I made it to 8 places, marked off 10 things from my list AND

            still had time to mostly unpack two rooms. Oh my God sure is 

            gracious to me. Only He could work such miracles. 

12772. Seeing AB out and about. 

12773. Time to blog/process for a bit.

12774. Movie night. 

12775. Şenda teaching me how to cook and feeding me. 

12776. Always surprised at how good this food is. 

12777. Ease at the Göç İdaresi. 

12778. Semra. 

12779. Şenda and Umut taking me home. 

12780. Gifts from Di. 

12781. Laughter with the ladies. 

12782. Funny pictures. 

12783. Seeing Utku. 

12784. That view. 

12785. Friends coming. 

12786. Turku helping me make scones. 

12787. Invitations for cay and sunflower seeds. 

12788. Process time. 

12789. Worshiping with others. 

12790. Friends coming to see my life. 

12791. A fun day with Shanna and her husband. 

12792. Taco Tuesday by mistake. 

12793. Sunset over the hills. 

12794. Body of Christ working together. 

12795. A chill morning. 

12796. Time in the word. 

12797. When locals ask if I'm from here. 

12798. Yummy dinner. 

12799. And breakfast. 

12800. Fresh cream and honey never get old. 

Gifts 12601-12700

12601. A chance to serve CFS. 

12602. An hour of chatting with my sissy. 

12603. Sleeping in. 

12604. "My heart and flesh may fail

             The earth below give way

             But with my eyes, with my eyes I'll see the Lord

             Lifted high on that day

             Behold, the Lamb that was slain

             And I'll know every tear was worth it all."

12605. A trip to the nice bahçe home. 

12606. The lake view. 

12607. Wind in my hair. 

12608. Perfect peaches, fresh figs, kaymak and honey. I get to live 

            here. 

12609. Yummy dinner food too. 

12610. The quiet, the green, the reminders of Tennessee and my 

            childhood. 

12611. Housework and a shower. 

12612. Soaking in the Word, listening. 

12613. Songs to ponder. 

12614. A day with the Suiters. 

12615. Birol to help, but electricity finally staying. 

12616. My phone back to normal this morning. 

12617. A clean home and a good kind of tired. 

12618. Shower after all the sweat. 

12619. A massage and a chance to share about the gifts. 

12620. An evening with Suiter kiddos.

12621. Ice cream and hugs. 

12622. Reconciliation. 

12623. Encouragement from Pelin that I'm improving. According to

            her I can say I've learned a second language. 

12624. Time to pray. 

12625. Water provided. 

12626. Sleep on the ride home. 

12627. Getting a ride to my own home. 

12628. Sitting on the porch swing in the cool breeze with Grandma F. 

12629. Grace that my math was wrong. 

12630. Time with the ladies was great. 

12631. Legos with Suiter kids. 

12632. Jude not falling from the window. 

12633. UG wanting to see me. 

12634. Sipping lemonade in the sunshiney shade sharing. 

12635. Walking around with her. 

12636. Writing, processing. 

12637. Kisses from Ada. 

12638. A good day spent with Shanna. 

12639. My dad is ok. 

12640. Catching up with Sindy. 

12641. Good pazar conversations. 

12642. Saturday afternoon naps. 

12643. Cooking and market shopping with the niecphews. 

12644. Somehow getting all my language hours in. 

12645. The Durak family missing me at the first wedding. 

12646. Getting to sit with the family. 

12647. Learning Hüsein has 8 siblings. 

12648. Cemile dancing like crazy with the kids. 

12649. Pinning money, showing love. Cultural acceptance. 

12650. An early ride home. 

12651. An extended afternoon and time to watercolor. 

12652. Good fellowship time. 

12653. Sushi, fried rice, spring rolls. 

12654. Creamy chocolate ice cream. 

12655. Puzzle working. 

12656. Laughing and good conversations with AB. 

12657. Kader checking up on me. Thanking me for coming. 

12658. Laughter with Şenda and Umut over language mishaps. 

12659. Worship through song. 

12660. A chance to lay cares at Jesus' feet. 

12661. The hollowness of my sin. 

12662. Broken Jars. 

12663. Walking in thankfulness for the past year and a half. 

12664. A very kind landlord. 

12665. Suiters loving on me. 

12666. Timely buses. 

12667. A clean home. 

12668. A chance to confess. 

12669. The electricity problem taken care of. 

12670. Time with Di. 

12671. A wedding buddy. 

12672. Dessert with Lisa afterwards. 

12673. A chill morning, worship, feeling prepared. 

12674. Burçak loving. 

12675. A chance to let go of my wishes. 

12676. A chill evening. 

12677. Mom's Night Out. 

12678. Food prep finished. 

12679. Apartment choices. 

12680. Chatting with sis, Ronnie, Sandy. 

12681. A chill day, settling my heart. 

12682. Sweet fellowship time. 

12683. Dinner with friends. 

12684. Them insisting on driving me home, her coming too. 

12685. Friends to help apartment hunt. 

12686. Suiter kids having my back. 

12687. Sweet time with Shelly and her sister. 

12688. Sweet prayer time with Lisa, trusting the same Father who

            gave us graces in these homes will do the same in the next. 

12689. AB defending my character. 

12690. Sitting with Hatice, hearing about her life. 

12691. Her and her husband house looking with me. 

12692. Evi helping me out. 

12693. And Nurullah Abi. 

12694. Finding a promising place. 

12695. Those views. 

12696. Sweet dinner with Evrim'ler. 

12697. AB my representative. 

12698. Heath and Lisa: second eyes, full of information, in it with me. 

12699. Water color with kids. 

12700. Jude snuggles. 

Gifts 12501-12600

12501. Old building, multi layers of bright paints. 

12502. Kids playing together from separate balconies. 

12503. Watching old home restorations. 

12504. Watching the J-film and worship at who my Lord is and his

            beautifully hard example. 

12505. Escaping hot drinks and dinner. 

12506. My sister's birth has made my life richer. 

12507. Chatting with her on her birthday. 

12508. Her bosses saying they will pay her way to come see me. So 

            incredibly sweet. And there may have been a few tears. 

12509. Çay with neighbors at 10. 

12510. A fun new necklace. 

12511. A day at home to cook and process pazar food. 

12512. Talking with my mom and dad. 

12513. Finding the bridge. 

12514. And feet in cold water. 

12515. Learning the word türbe through an adventure. 

12516. Surviving a day of camp. 

12517. Serdar's sweet invitation. 

12518. Headache free for a few days. 

12519. Cooling off with the AC. 

12520. Seeing Di again!

12521. Seeing Shelby at work. 

12522. A new cast iron skillet for cheap. 

12523. Good ideas from Pelin. 

12524. Cold Krema easily found. 

12525. A delicious lemon cake to love on Ayşe. 

12526. Her opening up to me. 

12527. Movie napping. 

12528. Living room air conditioner sitting. 

12529. Deep encouragement from Sindy. 

12530. Heath readily answering questions. 

12531. So much fun in the yogi gym. 

12532. Eylül reminding me of Kyla. 

12533. Spinning them on the swing. 

12534. Jumping rope. 

12535. Riding the horseshoe. 

12536. Successfully getting the exhaust test. 

12537. A sweet evening with Kader and her mom. 

12538. Finding myself in the protest parade. 

12539. Saying hi to Zekey on his birthday. 

12540. The wisdom and treasure of Pelin. 

12541. Understanding Turkish worship songs more easily. 

12542. Di saying I did a good job on translating the sermon. 

12543. The beautiful sound of rain. 

12544. Little girl standing in the doorway watching it rain. 

12545. Beautiful Ezogelin food. 

12546. Waking to the golden dawn. 

12547. Rounding the bend to see the gorge opening. 

12548. Kind Turkish man helping out and not laughing or getting 

            frustrated. 

12549. Feet in cold water. 

12550. Colassae. 

12551. The fun cave. 

12552. Sunflower fields. 

12553. A break to pray and think. 

12554. The HS helping me breathe grace. 

12555. So sweeeet videos from Suiter kiddos. 

12556. Loving on Mr. S. 

12557. Making new friends. 

12558. Skyping with family. 

12559. Tomorrow, a rest day. 

12560. A fun day teaching English. 

12561. Catching up with Angie. 

12562. So so yummy peach pie scones. 

12563. Extra unexpected time and a shaded corner. 

12564. Studying the word with Di. 

12565. Speaking a text and it typing exactly what I wanted. 

12566. A day at home to learn GIH. 

12567. Catching up with Brooke and Mer. 

12568. And my parents. 

12569. Tickle fights and laughter with kids. 

12570. Time to journal. 

12571. An encouraging time with the ladies. 

12572. Anxiety fading. 

12573. Sitting long, sharing truth. 

12574. Suiters stopping by. 

12575. Hugs and laughter. 

12576. 1 Cor art finally on the wall. 

12577. Beautiful breezy weather for a breakfast picnic. 

12578. Fun time with the kids. 

12579. Hugs from Türkü. 

12580. Bike riding and neighbor sitting. 

12581. Chatting with my Daddy before surgery. 

12582. Reliving high school days with Crystal. 

12583. Showers. 

12584. Waking to good news from Jana. 

12585. Misunderstanding text led to much different but somewhat

            better situation. 

12586. My friend Sandra. 

12587. A great dinner. 

12588. Di's eyes lighting up realizing there are other sisters around the

            world. 

12589. Belly hurting laughter with Rebecca over my 7 year old 

            singing self. 

12590. Release. 

12591. Colorful prism on the floor. 

12592. Jude wanting to say hi to me from his bike. 

12593. Not going alone today. 

12594. Going back to sleep. 

12595. Headache easing. 

12596. Catching up with Hannah. 

12597. Months of not having to clean my house. A gift. 

12598. Lots of time with sisters this week. 

12599. There is not a care too big or too small that I cannot lay at the

            feet of the Father. 

12600. Running into three people I knew, Ebru lady, Kader's cousin, 

            and then her grandma.