Sitting down to blog has been harder and harder to do lately. I've been busy, but when I look back I don't really know what it is that has been keeping me busy! I'm sure it's been a little of this and a little of that, just like everyone else in this world.
Our team has been pretty good about getting together to work on fund raising, Bible study, and other really important things...but not so good at just spending time together. For those of you who don't know Gregory, he's a big time movie fan. Big time might actually be an understatement! He saw Alice in Wonderland about a month ago and said that we had to see it. So much so in fact that he wanted us to all go and see it together, even though he had seen it once already. After much debate as to whether or not we should see it in 3D (Matt and I were adamant to not spend $50 at the movies just to see 3D) we decided to go see it two Thursdays ago (not in 3D. This majority rules thing is pretty rough when there are only three people on a team!) The movie was amazing, although so very different than the Disney cartoon that I can still remember vividly in my imagination. I look forward to seeing many more movies together with Matt and Gregory. And we even agreed that we'd see Clash of the Titans in 3D. :)
Throughout the week before last I felt like God was telling me he wanted our team to do the labyrinth at ACU together. We were all running around like chickens with our heads cut off, and we needed some time to just experience the quiet presence of God and reflect on life. I thought I'd written about the labyrinth before...but I looked back and could not find anything in my previous posts. For more info on the labyrinth at ACU, visit: http://www.acu.edu/news/2009/090108_labyrinth.html. I love the labyrinth, it kind of transports me into another world. Along the path words were listed that we could reflect on and pray about. Two of the words that stuck out to me were transition and transformation. Our team is experiencing a lot of both of those, and needs a lot more of each at the same time. In the middle of the labyrinth is this verse from Jeremiah, "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls". Man, is that not amazing! I close my eyes and am automatically transported to a cross in the road. One way leads to a path covered in trees with a well worn place to walk. It looks old, but peaceful. It intrigues me, and I imagine there is much adventure to be had as I travel down it. All of the other ways are either dark or empty, lacking so much. The pathway of God is not always an easy one to travel, but rest for our souls is promised when we choose it over all others. After we did the labyrinth together we got coffee and talked about what we thought as we went through the labyrinth. I am blessed to be part of a team where everyone has such different views and ideas to contribute!
We mailed off Matt's citizenship application two Mondays ago, and I noticed in the bank account this week that the application check was cashed. That is a very good sign, because we think that we read somewhere if the application was obviously not going to go through then they would send the check back, which they didn't! We look forward to having that process completed.
We still continue to seek financial support (do I sound like a broken record?), so I spent yesterday trying to find churches in Texas at which we know people. I contacted two churches and contacted friends about two other churches yesterday, so we are in prayer that we can build relationships with those four congregations that will be beneficial. Other than that, we're cleaning up the house in preparation for the work week ahead!
Our team has been pretty good about getting together to work on fund raising, Bible study, and other really important things...but not so good at just spending time together. For those of you who don't know Gregory, he's a big time movie fan. Big time might actually be an understatement! He saw Alice in Wonderland about a month ago and said that we had to see it. So much so in fact that he wanted us to all go and see it together, even though he had seen it once already. After much debate as to whether or not we should see it in 3D (Matt and I were adamant to not spend $50 at the movies just to see 3D) we decided to go see it two Thursdays ago (not in 3D. This majority rules thing is pretty rough when there are only three people on a team!) The movie was amazing, although so very different than the Disney cartoon that I can still remember vividly in my imagination. I look forward to seeing many more movies together with Matt and Gregory. And we even agreed that we'd see Clash of the Titans in 3D. :)
Throughout the week before last I felt like God was telling me he wanted our team to do the labyrinth at ACU together. We were all running around like chickens with our heads cut off, and we needed some time to just experience the quiet presence of God and reflect on life. I thought I'd written about the labyrinth before...but I looked back and could not find anything in my previous posts. For more info on the labyrinth at ACU, visit: http://www.acu.edu/news/2009/090108_labyrinth.html. I love the labyrinth, it kind of transports me into another world. Along the path words were listed that we could reflect on and pray about. Two of the words that stuck out to me were transition and transformation. Our team is experiencing a lot of both of those, and needs a lot more of each at the same time. In the middle of the labyrinth is this verse from Jeremiah, "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls". Man, is that not amazing! I close my eyes and am automatically transported to a cross in the road. One way leads to a path covered in trees with a well worn place to walk. It looks old, but peaceful. It intrigues me, and I imagine there is much adventure to be had as I travel down it. All of the other ways are either dark or empty, lacking so much. The pathway of God is not always an easy one to travel, but rest for our souls is promised when we choose it over all others. After we did the labyrinth together we got coffee and talked about what we thought as we went through the labyrinth. I am blessed to be part of a team where everyone has such different views and ideas to contribute!
We mailed off Matt's citizenship application two Mondays ago, and I noticed in the bank account this week that the application check was cashed. That is a very good sign, because we think that we read somewhere if the application was obviously not going to go through then they would send the check back, which they didn't! We look forward to having that process completed.
We still continue to seek financial support (do I sound like a broken record?), so I spent yesterday trying to find churches in Texas at which we know people. I contacted two churches and contacted friends about two other churches yesterday, so we are in prayer that we can build relationships with those four congregations that will be beneficial. Other than that, we're cleaning up the house in preparation for the work week ahead!
