Gifts 13201-13300

13201. A few moment's rest. 

13202. A long time catching up with Rebecca. 

13203. Her being a safe place. 

13204. Really enjoying terms training. 

13205. Surprised by beautiful music in public places. 

13206. Friends to go to the embassy with me. 

13207. Varners helping me out. 

13208. Fun with the Suiter kids. 

13209. Louisville ladies providing dinner. 

13210. Much laughter at the talent show. 

13211. Good hugs from Rebecca. 

13212. God reminding that he is interceding for me. 

13213. Jude holding my hand. 

13214. A listening and praying doctor. 

13215. Checkup completed for a while. 

13216. Wisdom to sit one out. 

13217. Nice MC folks. 

13218. Reminded of God's beautiful insanity. 

13219. Early to bed. 

13220. Sweet volunteers like the pharmacy man. 

13221. Sharing strengths with Lisa and Jenni. 

13222. The kid telling on himself about ice cream topping hand

            dipping. 

13223. A game with Lindsey. 

13224. Prayers with Elizabeth. 

13225. Time to soak in the Word. 

13226. Bath after bath. 

13227. Fun sightseeing with ladies. 

13228. Timely toilets. 

13229. Tower views. 

13230. Amazing tomato soup. 

13231. Mexican food. 

13232. Bumping into the Hintons. 

13233. A good cry of release. 

13234. Rest. 

13235. Figuring out cancelled flights in community. 

13236. New flight booked. 

13237. Provided hotel. 

13238. Seeing Rebecca again. 

13239. Jude sticking his tongue out at me. 

13240. A chance to breathe. 

13241. Early to bed late to rise. 

13242. Rummy while we wait. 

13243. Chill time to read. 

13244. We have takeoff!

13245. Landing in Istanbul. 

13246. Painless passport control. 

13247. They let me in!

13248. A free place to stay. 

13249. Rebecca's help. 

13250. Cash out and making it in time for the servis. 

13251. God is greater at writing our stories than we are. 

13252. You have granted me many blessings; let me also accept 

            what is hard from your hand. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer 

13253. Beautiful snowy sunsets. 

13254. Coming home. 

13255. Some cards making it. 

13256. A chance to do laundry and happy to do so. 

13257. Easy driver's license renewal. 

13258. A fun short convo with the Discover card lady. 

13259. One cancelled card. 

13260. Sweet rest. 

13261. Beauty and meaning in Jule's wedding video. 

13262. These lines, "It is the desire of my heart that our marriage

            will bring honor and fame to God. - until he returns or calls 

            me home."

13263. Kim's package came. 

13264. New bank card. 

13265. Nap. 

13266. HP with Jenni. 

13267. Another nap and less coughing. 

13268. Hugs from Jude. 

13269. Battleship with the Suiter boys. 

13270. Seeing my dad up and at 'em after surgery. 

13271. Heath running in to see the spaceship house too. 

13272. A day to unpack and make some food. 

13273. Jenni to help take decorations down. 

13274. Skyping with my sis. 

13275. Good rest. 

13276. No fellowship meaning rest for my ill body. 

13277. Games with Jenni. 

13278. Time to blog. 

13279. Ticket to Ride with my family via Skype. 

13280. Turkish slowly returning. 

13281. Hendersons' generous gift in my honor. 

13282. Lianna's brother praying. Folks I don't know praying for me

            and that I'll stay. 

13283. Out of 50 gals, Jenni is the one who took the bait. And I'm

            glad it was her. 

13284. Two days to rest and recover. 

13285. A clean home. 

13286. Di bringing food over. 

13287. Mert's joy at the old gift. 

13288. ER finished. 

13289. Walked almost six miles. 

13290. Short lines at the immigration office. 

13291. Fees paid. 

13292. Sitting again with Musa Bey at his insistence. 

13293. Dinner with the Suiters.

13294. Talking with Lindsey. 

13295. Evi and Türkü stopping by. 

13296. A movie with the Suiter kids. 

13297. Ease and fun with them. 

13298. Two more packages came. 

13299. Puzzle time. 

13300. A fun evening with Erdallar

Gifts 13101-13200

13101. Soft skin from the Turkish bath.

13102. Cookies finished. 

13103. Frame bought easily. 

13104. Menemen with our friends. 

13105. A little art making. 

13106. Neighbors visited. 

13107. Celebrating Pelin's good gift. 

13108. Marin grabbing my hand and taking me to her class. 

13109. A yummy yet weird lunch of potato börek, oranges, and

            pickles. 

13110. Surprised by snow. 

13111. Seeing DG for a bit. 

13112. Most neighbors quite welcoming. 

13113. The ability to see. 

13114. A short nap. 

13115. Wrapping presents with my mom via Skype. 

13116. Waking without a headache. 

13117. Discussing the word in my second language. 

13118. Lunch via Didem. 

13119. Neighbor cookie giving finished. 

13120. Skyping with Meredith. 

13121. And Brooke and the kids. 

13122. New, easy food creations. 

13123. Semra's gratefulness. 

13124. Ada's cuteness. 

13125. Friends reading verses. 

13126. Gathering for Noel. 

13127. 'A Christmas Story' making me laugh. 

13128. A chill morning. 

13129. Advent and Christmas with Suiter's. 

13130. Leftover Thanksgiving food making Christmas dinner 

            low stress. 

13131. Laughing and snap chatting with Jude. 

13132. Church with family. 

13133. Making my mom's day. 

13134. Skype allowing me to be there. 

13135. Neighbors watching out for me. 

13136. Seeing Ayşe and a good squeeze from her. 

13137. Everything finished. 

13138. Bathrooms. 

13139. Mastering the servis. 

13140. New friends. 

13141. Homemade Chick-fil-a with the Bugnars. 

13142. Navigating the bus and the Izban and making it to the

            airport. 

13143. A celebratory vacation starting Starbucks hot chocolate. 

13144. A whole row to myself in row 2. 

13145. Making it to the second flight with time to breathe. 

13146. A row for Leslie and I. 

13147. Snow capped mountains. 

13148. The pressure in my ear releasing. 

13149. Luggage coming. 

13150. Sucessfully buying a train ticket, boarding the right train, 

            and making it to Salzburg. 

13151. Seats to ourselves.  

13152. Quiet passenger train. 

13153. A nice hotel. 

13154. A lost wallet but a nice policeman. 

13155. Christmas lights. 

13156. Taxi drivers helping too. 

13157. So many food options and cheap. 

13158. Easy card locking at Capital One. 

13159. A large bathroom and shower. 

13160. Wash cloths!

13161. Surprised by beautiful church bells. A nice change from the

            calls to prayer.

13162. Snow flakes. 

13163. Beautiful mountain views from the castle. 

13164. A warm place for lunch. 

13165. Hot cocoa and reading. 

13166. Cheap train tickets purchased. 

13167. Early to bed, long sleep. 

13168. A nice, introvert train ride. 

13169. Dunkin Donuts. 

13170. A quaint cafe for dinner. 

13171. Good rest. 

13172. More train tickets purchased. 

13173. Wrong trams meant reading time. 

13174. TGI Fridays. 

13175. Old buildings with cool architecture. 

13176. Cool old church. 

13177. Fun Christmas lights. 

13178. Two credit cards and a debit card taken care of. 

13179. Sweet time reading about John the Baptist, praying,

            learning that pain and death yields beautiful life. 

13180. A beautiful frost. 

13181. Frozen creeks and ponds. 

13182. Seeing Dwight and Betty. 

13183. Tacos and games with the Suiter 8. 

13184. Experiencing the liveliness of New Years in Prague. 

13185. A taxi back. 

13186. A day to rest. 

13187. Amazing American gibi breakfast. 

13188. Reading and a nap. 

13189. Catching up with Jessica. 

13190. Dinner with an advocating trustee. 

13191. Rebecca!

13192. Corporate worship. 

13193. Sightseeing in Prague. 

13194. Christmas lights, music, beautiful old buildings and snow. 

13195. Catching up with FPO ladies. 

13196. Much laughter. 

13197. Prayed for by saints. 

13198. Reminded and awed again of the beauty of the gospel. 

13199. A safe team. 

13200. Mary Lynn's kindness and help. 

Gifts 13001-13100

13001. Waking in time for class. 

13002. A nap to help recovery. 

13003. Getting electricity turned back on. 

13004. Setting up automatic payments for electric bill. 

13005. Finally getting my insurance card. 

13006. Prayer for when I can't sleep. 

13007. Being the body to Di. 

13008. Catching up with the Morins. 

13009. Musa Bey's willingness to help. 

13010. Sleeping through the night. 

13011. Jenni making dinner. 

13012. Facetiming with GL and Les. 

13013. Musa Bey saying our problem was basic and he would take

            care of it. 

13014. Good conversations with him. 

13015. Realizing I already had the needed paper. 

13016. Him helping us get things taken care of. 

13017. A new friend. 

13018. The application complete!

13019. Favor and good relations. 

13020. Fresh sarma. 

13021. Pumpkin pastry. 

13022. Burçak's hugs. 

13023. Good time with Di. 

13024. Her encouragement for Jenni. 

13025. Chicken pot pie and cake. 

13026. Slumber party game night. 

13027. Good sleep. 

13028. Giggling Suiter kids. 

13029. My bakkal friend. 

13030. Our landlord calling 3 times to try to help. 

13031. A long nap. 

13032. Advent mystery and beauty. 

13033. More games. 

13034. My throat barely hurting this morning. 

13035. A seat to myself. 

13036. Long quiet bus rides. 

13037. Talking the taxi driver down 10TL. 

13038. Arriving to the airport early. A nice, warm place to relax

            and read. 

13039. Christmas decorations. 

13040. Starbucks hot cocoa. 

13041. Free wifi. 

13042. Christmas music. 

13043. An empty seat beside me. 

13044. An evening with Leslie and GL catching up. 

13045. Morning rest. 

13046. Hot shower. 

13047. Catching up with Pelin. 

13048. Swedish ginger cookies. 

13049. Drinking çay without sugar. 

13050. Sunshine sitting in short sleeves. 

13051. Buying new pants with P. 

13052. Cheesecake and çay. 

13053. A yummy burger. 

13054. Laughing with Pelin and Gökçen. 

13055. Art for them. 

13056. Catching up with Di. 

13057. Yummy breakfast. 

13058. Sushi!!!!! By the sea!!!!

13059. Blueberries!!!

13060. And chocolate soy milk. 

13061. Turkish breakfast in sunshine. 

13062. A completed snapshot. 

13063. Cute, cuddly girls. 

13064. Airplane seat empty beside me. 

13065. Getting my bag. 

13066. Man holding my bag for me. 

13067. Bus seat to myself. 

13068. Rest. 

13069. Dinner and a movie with J. 

13070. 11 hours of sleep. 

13071. Cute Christmas videos. 

13072. Talking with sis. 

13073. A whole day inside. 

13074. Many reports finished. 

13075. Turkish breakfast. 

13076. New sweet friends and their sweet girls. 

13077. Laughing with locals. 

13078. Finding my onion guy. 

13079. And the nut guy. 

13080. Meeting up with Sherry. 

13081. Encouraging truth reminders from Pelin. 

13082. Finally seeing Evi again. 

13083. A massage. 

13084. Seeing Serdar and his wife. 

13085. A fixed sink leak. 

13086. Elf and cookies. 

13087. Prayer yielding answers. 

13088. Di visiting. 

13089. Shelby making time for me. 

13090. Shower to process and grieve. 

13091. A day with believing ladies. 

13092. Evi joining in. 

13093. Sushi, blueberries, bacon, tortilla chips. 

13094. So good nachos. 

13095. Marin's eagerness to pray. 

13096. Gingerbread cookies with family. 

13097. Zekey still missing me. 

12098. A timely request to Skype for him. 

13099. An invite to the Turkish bath with CFS. 

13100. Eye infection and fogged glasses meant no ability to see the

            nudity at the bath. 

Gifts 12901-13000

12901. Sickness forcing rest. 

12902. Mom and sis making it ok. 

12903. Matt McCoy to help them get on a bus. 

12904. They are here! 

12905. Fun goodies. 

12906. Game time with them. 

12907. A day to rest. 

12908. A clean home. 

12909. My sis getting to meet CFS. 

12910. Carpet store finds. 

12911. Pharmacy fun with my sis. 

12912. Ezogelin goodness. 

12913. Curtains!

12914. Rest after stress. 

12915. Belly hurting laughter at Sage's old school work. 

12916. Stressful situation and months later God's glory. 

12917. A morning at home. 

12918. E meeting with H. 

12919. A chance to be an encouragement to Shelby. 

12920. Her suggestion to pray before we parted. 

12921. Good convos with CFS and Z. 

12922. Their friendship.

12923. Zzzquil to help me rest. 

12924. Chill time in between visits. 

12925. Forgiveness for when I snap. 

12926. Pictures from the Word that teach. 

12927. "Your audio is such a great example of g presentation. 

            Would you mind if I shared it as an example? I was

            encouraged by it and know others will be too. You have 

            really nice, clear Turkish, and your diction and expression

            are excellent. But when you speak you are not afraid to

            hesitate naturally, self-correct, and let others correct you - 

            those are good traits! You really express truth clearly in 

            Turkish, to a solid advanced perhaps superior level."

12928. ER finished. 

12929. A cheaper minibus option. 

12930. A bigger hotel room than expected. 

12931. Thermal pool to ourselves. 

12932. Hot water for aching bones. 

12933. Cuddling and watching 'The Crown.' 

12934. Nausea leaving. 

12935. Japanese lunch. 

12936. A convenient clinic and pharmacy. 

12937. Some time to read. 

12938. An honest taxi driver. 

12939. Making a good decision. 

12940. Emre, the nicest man ever. 

12941. A good, long nap. 

12942. McDonald's mess up getting fixed. 

12943. Room delivery. 

12944. Strangers taking care of me with natural medicinal 

            concoctions. 

12945. Hotel guys paying for our taxi to the train station.

12946. Guy giving me his seat on the train. 

12947. Almost two weeks with my mom and sister 

12948. More money on my Izmir card. 

12949. Finally home.

12950. A quick and painless doctor's visit. 

12951. Insurance meaning my visit was free. 

12952. A day at home not talking. 

12953. Bonding with the pharmacy girl through my sister. 

12954. My Turkish grandpa AB. 

12955. The ability to amiably argue with him. 

12956. The hope that stony hearts seems impossible to melt but 

            with God anything is possible. 

12957 "My heart was a stone

             I was covered in shame

             When He came for me

             I couldn't run couldn't run from his presence 

             I couldn't run couldn't run from His arms

             It was a fire

             Deep in my soul

             I'll never be the same

             I stepped out of the dark

             And into the light

             When He called my name"

12958. A chance to rest at the Suiter's house.

12959. Jude's sweet "Oh my soul" singing. 

12960. Fried okra. 

12961. Di

12962. "I can't be a hand, foot, or even an organ in that part of the

            world, but you can. I'm proud to be your sister."

12963. "You as a single are a strong example to me even though

             you are my junior." -AW

12964. Edward's continued heart to seek. 

12965. Morning messages from Kader. 

12966. A clean home, always a gift. 

12967. Another gift bouquet from Semra. 

12968. Speaking truth in love. 

12969. Jude's happiness to see me. 

12970. Oven baked veggies. 

12971. Pazar to buy fresh food. 

12972. Erdal calling to invite us to visit again. 

12973. Hanging out with Şenda. 

12974. Thanksgiving and all the labor to make a meal only happens

            once a year. 

12975. Ham!

12976. Sweet potatoes, rolls, stuffing, deviled eggs, pretzel salad, 

            fresh warm chocolate chip cookies, too much goodness. 

12977. Games, parades, Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, a good, chill

            Thanksgiving. 

12978. Jude cuddles and loving in place of screaming. 

12979. Talking with my parents for a minute. 

12980. And my bro. 

12981. Zeke regularly asking when he can come visit. 

12982. Catching up with Sarah and Erica. 

12983. Jim Gaffigan laughing. 

12984. Turkish breakfast and a ham biscuit. 

12985. Reading time. 

12986. Mountains and the golden hour. 

12987. A chill morning. 

12988. Gilmore Girls. 

12989. Christmas decorating. 

12990. Talking with Caroline. 

12991. Successfully navigating the doctor by myself. 

12992. A doctor who seems helpful and sane. 

12993. The pharmacy still being open. 

12994. Chicken wings. 

12995. Christmas card finished. 

12996. Eye junk clearing up. 

12997. Timely buses. 

12998. My umbrella back. 

12999. Yummy Asian food. 

13000. No headaches for a while. 

Gifts 12801-12900

12801. Di fast talking. 

12802. A long shower.

12803. A clean house.

12804. Rest.

12805. Countryside beauty.

12806. Chocolate quesadillas.

12807. Surprised by the view and the sea. 

12808. Laughter with Lisa and the gold statue.

12809. Much laughter over the bird incident.

12810. Adventures with Lisa and the second hand man. 

12811. Beautiful furniture.

12812. A chance to rest and make good Ikea decisions. 

12813. Jenni's here! 

12814. Making it out of Ikea alive. 

12815. Sunset driving beauty.

12816. Such a humbling gift from Friendship. 

12817. Sweet treats. 

12818. Jenni helping me put furniture together. 

12819. A chill morning in the Word. 

12820. SIM card, computer cord, lunch, flowers, nap, bazar, 

           chicken noodle soup, finished cabinet, all checked off the 

           list. 

12821. An afternoon of worship and rest, an evening of 

            productivity. 

12822. Introvert time.

12823. Time with ladies.

12824. Ballot mailed.

12825. Amazing breakfast with Didemler. 

12826. Movie time with Evi. 

12827. Mahmut Bey, my bank helper. 

12828. Dinner+movie+work.

12829. Sleep in time.

12830. Sermon and art time.

12831. Outdoor soccer grass and sunshine time.

12832. Suiter kid movie time.

12833. Scared Jude cuddle time, grabbing my hands to cover his 

            eyes. 

12834. Strawberries. 

12835. 'Be Enthroned.' This thing we do is not new or confined to a

            certain people, place, time. We join the song of a thousand

            generations that will last through eternity. 

12836. Funda, to clean. 

12837. Bank security guard hooking us up with a quicker number. 

12838. Vacuum bags bought.

12839. Cheap vase.

12840. Running into old friends: Şengul, Aygül, Cennet, Gülşen. 

12841. Haircut!

12842. Egesok much cheaper.

12843. ER finished. 

12844. Slow moving morning.

12845. New friends at a furniture store. 

12846. The best pide.

12847. Running into Lisa and Di.

12848. Fun with Pelin. 

12849. Walking time to pray. 

12850. No problems with B and M. 

12851. Quiet during the movie. 

12852. Warm soup.

12853. Kitchen more organized. 

12854. Good long time in prayer. 

12855. Starting the day with prayer is like unlocking the door to

            God's presence. 

12856. My friend Neslihan and her excitement. 

12857. Ice cream, laughter, accountability and prayer with Lisa. 

12858. Going to Migros and deep sighing because it's a normal 

            comfortable place for me. 

12859. Sunshine and green grass.

12860. Fun with Turku.

12861. Suiters helping put stuff together.

12862. Asian good night goodness.

12863. Recognizing the shoving as a gift.

12864. Day to rest and blog.

12865. Clean home.

12866. Visiting Di and seeing her excitement. 

12867. An afternoon with Shelby.

12868. Waffle goodness.

12869. Conversations today.

12870. The best pide.

12871. A cheap bed.

12872. Landlord business finished.

12873. Catching up with Lisa.

12874. Free movies.

12875. Encouragement from Dwight.

12876. Hot water in the shower.

12877. No headaches for two weeks.

12878. Kind bakkal owners. 

12879. Furniture shopping completed. 

12880. Crispy fried okra success

12881. A bit o sunshine.

12882. Cup of corn.

12883. Chatting with my sissy. 

12884. Ice cream sundaes. 

12885. F making Jenni's room nice and clean. 

12886. New lights making everything more homey. 

12887. Dental ER finally submitted. 

12888. Romans 1 with ladies. 

12889. Speaking portion finished. 

12890. A warm home after cold walking. 

12891. Prayer time with friends. 

12892. Cabinet and shelves hung. 

12893. A friend to laugh with when things go not as expected. 

12894. Warm chocolate chip cookies. 

12895. Chatting with Brooke. 

12896. Understanding. 

12897. A once again clean home. 

12898. Curtains picked out.

12899. Mrs. Bennet canceling. 

12900. Ascender.