18801. 9.5 hours of sleep.
18802. Cool breezes brought in by a rain storm.
18803. The sound of thunder.
18804. Covid not a season of unrest and anxiety and wondering where
my next meal will come from.
18805. Good water for cute Ebru tulips.
18806. Discovering a new design for Ebru.
18807. Releasing myself from going to the pazar.
18808. Finding small helpfulness here and there.
18809. A thoughtful message from Heath.
18810. Trusted friends with whom I can pour out my soul.
18811. Campbells back and bringing donuts.
18812. Finishing Parks N Rec with Allison.
18813. A massage.
18814. Fasting yielding focused prayer time.
18815. Hearing about what Lisa is learning.
18816. Time with the Campbells.
18817. Güneş Pide at a cool, uncrowded park.
18818. Cool breezes and games with Ekin at Atapark.
18819. Brice’s comment about wanting to talk to his friend he hasn’t
seen in a while.
18820. Good reminders from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Eustace was hard at first but worth it in the end and Caspian
learned to live for what he had not what he didn’t have.
18821. Shelby coming over to chat and listen to a sermon.
18822. Anxiety abating with worship and entrusting things to the lord.
18823. Getting to chat with my dad.
18824. Marco Polos with Haley.
18825. A keyboard in my home.
18826. Perfect July weather filled with cool breezes.
18827. Already cut and washed broccoli in the freezer.
18828. Getting stronger in yoga poses.
18829. Good encouraging conversations with Heath and Lisa.
18830. Able to purchase the last seat on the bus to Denizli.
18831. Such cool weather in July, a gift to my soul.
18832. Laughing hard with Ismahan and her husband.
18833. A quiet spot to sit and pray.
18834. The delivery guys calling me Rebecca Hanım.
18835. Laughing with Lakyn about our grandparents.
18836. Talking matters of the heart with Laurie and Caroline.
18837. Heath and Ashton liking my video.
18838. Enjoying making videos.
18839. The Technology Services guy being kind and helpful and
joyful. Feeling like he had a win that I appreciated that he
knew what he was doing.
18840. Cool morning summer breezes, a gift!
18841. Good books that keep me up late at night.
18842. Getting to know Lauren better.
18843. Having fun working on the video.
18844. Allison getting excited about it too, being in it with me.
18845. A surprise call from Jenni.
18846. Getting to see her and the Suiters together.
18847. Being able to call Josh when I needed more information.
18848. Sarah checking in on me.
18849. A plan to see Kelly when I’m in Istanbul.
18850. Cool shaded area at Atapark to hang out and pray.
18851. Seeing a city museum with Elvan Hoca.
18852. Cool shaded place to sit there.
18853. Getting to put on traditional clothes.
18854. The Ebru water being great for tulips.
18855. Elvan Hoca feeling close enough to me to invite me to visit
friends and voice her concerns.
18856. Planting fun, bright flowers outside the studio with her.
18857. Gökhan and Crissy surprising us again and joining us for
dinner.
18858. Enough food for all of us.
18859. My headache going away just in time for them.
18860. Roozbeh and Mahshid inviting us over for breakfast.
18861. A sweet time with them.
18862. Getting to pray together and encourage one another.
18863. A piano to practice on.
18864. Another massage.
18865. Not waking with a headache.
18866. Tiny helps here and there, a drink purchased, toilet paper
refilled, water ordered, eager to be with people.
18867. Pushing herself and finding a rich reward.
18868. Realizing much of my anxiety is over the people here and
serving them.
18869. Good prayers for me and nods of agreement.
18870. Ashton checking on me.
18871. Being encouraged by Allison’s prayer.
18872. Able to tell Esra we weren’t available.
18873. Able to put off stuff with Elvan for a day.
18874. Allison making a dentist appointment on the phone on her own.
18875. Allison calling a friend on her own and asking language
questions.
18876. A ride home from the post office.
18877. Ayşe giving me permission and encouraging me to cut line
since I was there first.
18878. A chance to serve Elvan Hoca.
18879. Chilling at the park with Beyza, Evrim, Ashton and Allison.
18880. Sweetness with Beyza.
18881. Catching up with Lisa.
18882. Allison bringing dinner home.
18883. Able to go to bed early with a migraine.
18884. Perfect weather and a happy place underneath the shade tree at
Millet Park with the Campbells.
18885. Them genuinely caring for me and the things that feel hard,
and caring enough to bring it up again.
18886. Getting to buy ice cream for them.
18887. Ashton’s desire to not just shut herself away.
18888. Laughing at Beyza’s animation.
18889. Evi not wanting to go along due to the deceit.
18890. Seeing the Altays again.
18891. Ahmet sucking in his gut when he saw me and Allison.
18892. Cool breezes in our home, a huge gift.
18893. A good pineapple burger.
18894. Money offered for her part.
18895. Waking at 5:45, perfect timing to catch my early bus.
18896. Surprised by sunflower fields.
18897. Mike and Lisa giving an extra 50 so I could get some extra ice
cream on vacay.
18898. Cool, air conditioned parts of the trip.
18899. A cool shower, medicine and food eliminating my headache.
18900. Good convos by the pool.
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