Today was a very full day! Every Sunday is busy; I'm the Sunday School Secretary, I do the Power Point Announcements, plus any other thing computer or electronically oriented that may come up. Sunday School, Morning Worship & Service, lunch, laundry for the upcoming week, evening Bible Study, and if there's time - a motorcycle ride. Today we had missionaries for Sri Lanka come and we fixed a traditional Sri Lankan meal, so after a quick lunch & load of laundry, it was back to the church to prepare the meal. Curried Chicken and Rice: it had the most aromatic blend of spices! Just a few of them were cardamom, cinnamon, clove, coriander, fennel seeds - several more that I can't remember! I learned to 'bruise' cardamom pods, and what to do with lemon grass stalks - lemon grass smells like lemon cookies and slightly like sweet grass too. you don't really eat them - they are for the flavor. It turned out really good. There was so much prep to it that it's not something I would do real often, but I would definitely fix it again.
After dinner we had the special evening service. The missionary couple brought with them their superintendent who is Sri Lankan, and so we got to hear from him as well. It really was inspiring and uplifting to hear what is happening there, and how God doesn't want us to 'stay where we are' spiritually. He wants us to keep moving up and out in our walk with Him. He wants us to grow, and be able to touch other lives. How can we walk closer to God, and affect others if we never get up from where we are? Anyway, God gave us, as in our family, a special message through him and the message was that God has plans for us, and that what we are experiencing right now is necessary for us to be able to minister to others who will come later that will find themselves in the same situation. That He is with us, and we have the desire in our hearts to do things but have not had the knowledge or direction before, but that will be changing! He is working in our lives and we shouldn't be discouraged. How cool is that?? I'm so excited about it! There were healings, and special messages for others, and such a feeling of expectation for what God will be doing down the road as well as right now! So, while it was a really long day & most of what I needed to get done didn't, I feel refreshed & renewed rather than tired & worn out. How awesome is that??
After dinner we had the special evening service. The missionary couple brought with them their superintendent who is Sri Lankan, and so we got to hear from him as well. It really was inspiring and uplifting to hear what is happening there, and how God doesn't want us to 'stay where we are' spiritually. He wants us to keep moving up and out in our walk with Him. He wants us to grow, and be able to touch other lives. How can we walk closer to God, and affect others if we never get up from where we are? Anyway, God gave us, as in our family, a special message through him and the message was that God has plans for us, and that what we are experiencing right now is necessary for us to be able to minister to others who will come later that will find themselves in the same situation. That He is with us, and we have the desire in our hearts to do things but have not had the knowledge or direction before, but that will be changing! He is working in our lives and we shouldn't be discouraged. How cool is that?? I'm so excited about it! There were healings, and special messages for others, and such a feeling of expectation for what God will be doing down the road as well as right now! So, while it was a really long day & most of what I needed to get done didn't, I feel refreshed & renewed rather than tired & worn out. How awesome is that??
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