Time's a changing

I've been sitting with Laurie looking at the calender and realized that my days here are slowly drifting away. I'm praying that I'm not letting them slip away. This trip has been as much about me and my spiritual walk as it has been about serving.

I've hit the time in my trip where things are starting to look differently. I've been working with the same ministries and groups since I've been here. I've loved it but being a short timer there is only so much that you can do before you really need to commit to longer. It's hard to watch some of the ministries going on because, I want to jump in and be apart. I have to remind myself that I'm here to help and listen to the Lord.

Wednesday, I said good-bye to all of my friends at the deaf school. It was a sad but a sweet time. I got to know many of them really well. I wish I could see what God does and where he takes them.

Friday, was the first night of Remix. Remix is a time for the youth group kids of the missionaries around to get together and have some fun. There isn't much for kids to do here during the summer and it can get boring pretty quickly if none of your friends are here. There also aren't any backyards to go play in.

I volunteered myself to make desserts for the night. Cooking here isn't exactly the same as cooking at home. Maybe it is and I just don't know that much about cooking. . . baking really. I ended up making brownies and chocolate chip blondies. Which sounds great except doubling the recipe requires doubling the time as well. I had to stick them back in and wait and wait and wait. I was a little late. The kids liked them and ate most so I guess it was fine. I'm just working on fine-tuning my cooking skills. I'll get it don't you worry.

Next week VBS starts. It's held at DA and most the kids come from missionary families. It should be fun. I'm in charge of the games. I don't really have a clue of what exactly is going on. I'm just trying to go with the flow... They tell me to "be flexible." I laugh and say "God and I are working on that." The truth is God's working on that A LOT with me here. It's been... fun.. =)

Keep me in your prayers next week. I get to be outside all week running the games. I've got to remember lots of water and short sleeves, I don't really want a farmer's tan.