30 December 2008

i miss.

all the friends, and germany! and chilanga! heppy new year!

25 December 2008

Merry Merry Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!!
It is glorious to be home with my family in MN! We are enjoying bright sunny weather [5 days straight sunshine.. I think it has been months since I've experienced such a phenomenon!], and lots of powdery snow! Today the whole family, nephew and his cousin in tow, went sledding at the local state park. We had the whole place to ourselves. It was beautiful!!
Christmas has been a lovely blessing. It's so precious to be able to spend so much time together with my family. It's certainly been a while. My nephew can even talk, and knows his animal sounds [boo says the cow] and, when asked where any particular family member is, will look around, find said person, and say "Oh, there he is!" He's soooo precious.
Sounds like it's hot chocolate time with the family. Then I'm making cornbread to go with our Christmas dinner. Mmmm, lovely, delicious, American cornbread. ;)
Many blessings to you all! Enjoy the blessing of a quiet day of hearth and home, and praise God from whom all blessings flow! He has been very good to us.
Love,a.

23 December 2008

18 December 2008

snippets.

i am going home in 2.5 days. that is strange to think about, but i am excited!
my Bible is currently bald- meli is currently constructing a beautiful new leather binding for it! hooray!
i miss sharon. :( and alisha, and all the other kids who've already flown away 'round the world to their homes.
it's getting quiet around here.
i'm going shopping tomorrow with my dearest bin.
i have been rather sick as of late, but such sickness is said to last only a week; and tomorrow my week is up.
christmas oranges are simply one of the most amazing things about this season.
i highly dislike packing, but shall commence in the morning and with dogged endurance intend to put an end to it shortly thereafter!
i have a new friend, who is very winsome, amiable, and quite the gentleman. his name is sherbert. [misspellation intentional.]
tonight i saw the charlie brown christmas with my friend karen. what a happy reminder that Christmas Is Not About Commercialism! it is about Jesus and the joy that He brings.
it is very cold here in germany. and it is very much colder at home in minnesota!
i'm going to the youth group christmas party here on saturday night. it is quite the event of the season, and i'm rather looking forward to it.
in 4 days i'll be waking up to the sounds of my nephew bustling in, ready for a new day at 7am on monday morning.
and i can't believe christmas is in only one week! :)

17 December 2008

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken,
let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
Hebrews 12,28

06 December 2008

a thought.

But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
James 1:4

Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD!
Psalm 27:14

Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Isaiah 30:18

it's good to learn to be patient, and to wait contentedly in the Lord. may we be found abiding in Him and, by His Spirit, producing much good fruit!

"In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength."
Isaiah 30:15