Thursday, August 25, 2022

Gifts 21401-21500


21401. Gorgeous lake and so high mountain views.

21402. Sunset over lake views. 

21403. An empty bus row for the first half of my trip. 

21404. A sweet girl offering her snack with me. 

21405. My mom to receive text codes for me. 

21406. The landscape being a gift to my soul. 

21407. Marisa making dinner and sharing wirh me. 

21408. Waking to a message from Cindy L. 

21409. Remembering that Jesus is with me and can be with me at the

            bank. 

21410. Ashton typing out a prayer. 

21411. Less than five minutes at the bank and it’s done! 

21412. Marisa going to the pazar wirh me. 

21413. Finding good donuts at Migros. 

21414. Lunch with the Campbells. 

21415. Rides there and back. 

21416. Marisa going to ebru with me. 

21417. The cute teyze doing ebru as well and telling me she hadn’t 

            been brave enough to come and ask about it until today. Then

            she told Elvan Hoca that of course we want to continue making

            ebru because that’s why we all came! 

21418. Finding wildflowers for $0.52 cents at the pazar. 

21419. The bakkal guy holding my ikea package for me. 

21420. Brooke calling and catching up with her. 

21421. Learning more about Marisa over dinner. 

21422. Getting some order in my office. 

21423. Marisa offering to get my food after I got hers and her noticing

            when I’ve paid for things and then her paying for mine. 

21424. Also her offers to help cook or clean… so refreshing and 

            different. 

21425. Türkü telling me that I’m not alone, that I just have to pick up

            the phone and call her and she is always by my side. 

21426. A day at home to organize and rest and puzzle. 

21427. My office clean and organized! 

21428. Superstore making me laugh. 

21429. Midye and çiğ köfte. 

21430. Empty and quiet Migros. 

21431. Downstairs neighbor being calm and somewhat kind with me. 

21432. Migros cashier coming over to say hello and show she cares. 

21433. Seeing Selma and the other neighbor at Bim. 

21434. A clean balcony! 

21435. A fun Halloween party. 

21436. A chill morning to get ready for fellowship. 

21437. Actually able to engage in worship with the Turkish songs. 

21438. Lisa feeling protective of me. 

21439. Meg thanking me for the gifts. 

21440. Gökhan fixing my fridge light. 

21441. Donuts so delicious and comforting. 

21442. Gökhan and Crissy staying around for dinner and okey. 

21443. Marisa’s flexibility to roll with the unexpected plans. 

21444. A day to rest. 

21445. Puzzling time restoring my soul. 

21446. Dinner with Marisa and learning about her. 

21447. Watching Ted Lasso with her and finding laughter and 

            kindness in the show. 

21448. Getting to talk to my mom and sister. 

21449. Training completed. 

21450. Marin went with me to the Altays. 

21451. Laura still here to help me navigate this transition. 

21452. Praying that my cargo would just show up because it felt like

            too much to go find it and then Ismahan called and told me 

            about the mixup and that they had it. A direct answer to an 

            insignificant prayer. 

21453. Good News and potatoes on a stick. 

21454. Getting to go to bed early last night. 

21455. Leaves for the thankful tree. 

21456. Getting to go see Şenda wirh Lisa. 

21457. A sweet thank you video from Ada. 

21458. Arel’s sweet giggles. 

21459. Some moments to chill and breathe on a very exhausting day. 

21460. Yummy enchilada leftovers. 

21461. Energy enough to be with Şenda. 

21462. Seeing a girl with a shirt that said “l am pursued” with a 

            Matthew verse reference. 

21463. Lisa, Marin and Jude finding our home inviting. 

21464. A day to rest, clean, organize. 

21465. Finishing a puzzle and a book. 

21466. Fellowship ending relatively early. 

21467. Seeing Ghan’s joy. 

21468. Heath seeming more himself. 

21469. Playing games with Crystal and McKenzie. 

21470. Beautiful sunrise and processing time. 

21471. More sleep after waking. 

21472. A good, restful Sabbath. 

21473. Listening to the Word and finding new depths within. 

21474. Lisa finding 3 blank books. 

21475. Chasing the sunshine with her. 

21476. Guneş Pide with the Campbells. 

21477. Doing a quick puzzle with Hudson. 

21478. A good walk to the Suiters. 

21479. Hearing from Steve, David and Tony and hearing David’s 

            prayer. 

21480. Jude stealing a hug from me. 

21481. Delicious dinner made by Marisa. 

21482. Laughing together as a team. 

21483. Zzzquill helping me sleep. 

21484. A chance to serve Heath and Lisa and the Suiters multiple 

            times. 

21485. A good study with Özge. 

21486. A chance to shower and take a break. 

21487. Sleeping almost twelve hours and waking at 11:50! 

21488. A life giving time with Şahika. 

21489. Watching PK with Marisa. 

21490. Worshiping with the Iranians. 

21491. Heath’s sermon being a good reminder to my doubting heart. 

21492. Özdilek letting me and Marisa into the movie. 

21493. Marisa’s encouragement to me in speaking of her gifts, what

            God has been teaching her and confessing sin. 

21494. Getting to hear about all the niecphews’ love interests. 

21495. Turning an annoying errand into a prayer walk. 

21496. Seeing Roozbeh and Mahshid two days in a row. 

21497. The coffee grinder grinding up the flax seeds for granola bars. 

21498. A triple birthday celebration with sushi, fried rice and noodles 

            and two cakes. 

21499. Jude excited, not sad, to spend another week with me and 

            Marisa. 

21500. Ordering groceries from Egeşok and them being at my door 

            within two hours. 

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