Gifts 25201-25300

25201. Joining forces with Lisa to make a quality infographic about 

            Christmas. 

25202. Vahan praying for the cultural center to allow us to worship

            there and 15 years later God provided the opportunity. 

25203. Belting out Rab’bin Gayreti and İsa Mesih Immanuel. 

25204. Getting to chat with the four girls around me. 

25205. So glad I went to the concert. I throughly enjoyed myself. 

25206. One woman saying she was convinced. 

25207. The boy living his best life jumping in the mud puddles. 

25208. Pork sausage balls, cake for breakfast. 

25209. Rock, paper, scissors to open gifts and Marin kept losing. 

25210. Puzzle and Catchphrase with the Suiters. 

25211. Bimimbap for Christmas dinner. 

25212. Dwight and Betty coming, like my own family coming. 

25213. Sleeping until ten after 3 incredibly long days. 

25214. Getting my house in order. 

25215. Heads up about a full SAW parking lot. 

25216. A fast and super cheerful taxi driver. 

25217. Lounge with V. 

25218. Jude’s precious coupon book for me. 

25219. Making his day with Mr. Beast chocolate. 

25220. Marin’s super sweet card. 

25221. Glow stick dance party. 

25222. Laughing so hard I instigated my asthma from Nate Bargatze’s

           Christmas special. 

25223. Finally watching The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. 

25224. Christmas vacation too. 

25225. Learning a new game: The Game. 

25226. GL’s nativity scavenger hunt game. 

25227. V staying the night with me. 

25228. Vahan’s words about when we face dark seasons. 

25229. The surprisingly cool Christmas market. 

25230. Laughing with 17 other people at Nate Bargatze’s special. 

25231. Really enjoying Yasemin Hoca’s class. 

25232. Dinner with the Suiters and Dwight and Betty. 

25233. Celebrating my 10 year landiversary. 

25234. 2024 playlist to help me process the Wolfs’ ban. 

25235. Learning Laura Ward died while I was around others. 

25236. ANT 503 cancelled for NYE. 

25237. Talking with almost my whole family. 

25238. Sausage biscuits with Heath, Lisa and Jude in my home. 

25239. January 1st nap. 

25240. Puzzle and Infinity War with Heath, Lisa and Jude. 

25241. Hupalupa with Jude. 

25242. 1240 tickets on the zombie game! 

25243. Praying that the study would encourage me and that I would be

            able to speak clearly to Filiz and both being answered. 

25244. Shake Shack, reclining movie seats and buttery popcorn with

            V. 

25245. Getting most of my house cleaned. 

25246. Games and catching up with Crystal. 

25247. McKenzie showing me her room and talking about her life. 

25248. Another amazing massage from Kadak. 

25249. A Rose sitting still, chillin, listening to chill music but doing

            weird things with her body. 

25250. River opening the door and being so proud of himself. 

25251. A chance to encourage and be encouraged by Berna. 

25252. A chance to warn E’s friend about the Mormons. 

25253. Really grateful for Laura Ward’s counsel, advice and help.  

25254. Laura held my hope for me. 

25255. Really enjoying Yasemin Hoca’s class. 

25256. TJ and Heather to sit in our grief with us and listen. 

25257. 157 saying I’m active in the system. 

25258. Meeting İkbal abla from uşak. 

25259. Dinner with Hope, a chance to care for her. 

25260. Saturday, a day to hibernate, nap, work on a puzzle, and work

            on Caley’s wall hanging. 

25261. 60 degree sunny weather perfect for a January park day. 

25262. Deniz abla bringing me soup. 

25263. Leslie’s visa approval!

25264. Worship fostering good meditations on Isaiah 53. 

25265. Remembering that God’s is the kingdom, the power and the

            glory forever. 

25266. A Sunday nap. 

25267. Ease of communicating at the international office. 

25268. ANT 525 finished! 

25269. Laughing a lot with Crystal about Nate Bargatze. 

25270. Catching up with Crystal about her heart. 

25271. Laughing again with her about how “she likes 5 minutes,” 

            "when is it pose to be here,” and “crisiminals.”

25272. The show Trying, so heart-warming and funny. 

25273. Catching up with Ashton. 

25274. Getting two tasks completed in one day and remembering this

            is actually an accomplishment. 

25275. Post-final, all ladies dressed in pink pic. 

25276. Hanging out with the Suiters on Rain’s last day. 

25277. Finally getting sleep report results and confirming years of

            inadequate sleep. 

25278. Reviewing Mary’s 'Woman at the well' write up and really 

            enjoying the practice. 

25279. A good massage, hard and painful, but good. 

25280. Hearing God saying that He's not willing to skip over a less

            important area of my life. He is like the masseuse patiently 

            working out the tightness in my left calf. He is also patient to 

            slowly work out all of the knots in my life. 

25281. God working in Crystal’s life. 

25282. Laughing at my dream making me think I had to get up the

            next morning and take down my tent and campsite. 

25283. Laughing at the horrific traffic at school pickup. 

25284. Finally making it to Hupalupa with Kristen and V. 

25285. Watching their joy at beating minions and feeding their tickets 

            into the machine. 

25286. Laughing with Filiz and Sharon. 

25287. Sunshine after a week of rain. 

25288. Getting to catch up with Laura and help her with dinner/table

            prep. 

25289. A fun group of single Turkish guys. 

25290. Watching Ryan excel at Guitar Hero and israring the boys to 

            eat more desert. 

25291. Being in my element of ministry over a meal in a home. 

25292. A chance to serve and speak Turkish. 

25293. A good, long conversation with Tolga. 

25294. Surprised by joy and butterflies. 

25295. A place and space to lament the ambiguous grief. 

25296. Two brothers were dunked. 

25297. A good convo with Ozan. 

25298. Laughing at Jude’s knees looking like boobs. 

25299. Talking to my bro’s family. 

25300. Catching up with Roozbeh and Mahshid.