An Eclectic Blurb

So last week was pretty cool. What a long week though. For real. I had meetings and Japanese and went here and there... And even when I was home I was working on lots of stuff.

I was kinda glad for a second there that tomorrow is Monday because in Mexico that would have been my day off... but alas, tomorrow is pretty full on my post-it to-do list. In fact, the whole week is.

One of the things I'm looking forward to (well, there are a few things) is: [blowing of trumpets] an interview! Woo-hoo! I'm really hoping I'll get the job... the hours are perfect and I heard from Pastor Debbie about the job. It's seasonal/temporary anyhow, so I'm not too concerned about the fact that I'll be moving in January.

Another highlight of the week is going out for coffee with Ms. Frankie... I'm looking forward to getting to know her a little more and helping her out with her small group for young girls. This morning, one of the girls was reading a Scripture on the lost sheep and how Jesus left the 99 to go find the 1. As I was picturing it in my mind, I imagined the sheep in some hard to find place, down, in some gutter type thing with its foot caught and all I could think of when I read it was-- no matter where you are, Jesus can and will find you. That was something that really stuck with me today and I thought, hmm-- Jesus will make it to any place to find and pull out His sheep... I can just imagine Him throwing it around His shoulders and walking back with a smile of relief and happiness that He found His sheep. Good to be that sheep.

Friday evening, since the Ice Cream Social is postponed (in case you didn't know-- it just turned out to be an inconvenient weekend for so many), I'm going to relax a little and hang out with Tammy and watch some Jane Eyre (because I love that whole period of movies and the stories)... I love, and I do mean love, all things Jane Austen (though Eyre is Brontë). I think Friday will probably end up being my day off this week.

One of my friends got home last week from overseas. He'll be in the States for about 6 months, doing the same kinda thing like me-- but he's been gone now for over a year. It'll be kinda interesting to hear how it goes for him-- everything from being back home in a strange world to raising funds. The whole being back home thing can be a weird experience that can be hard to articulate; but I hope it will go well for him so that he can accomplish everything he needs to.

Also on last week's agenda was a different friend's wedding- Grace. It was a beautiful, but untraditional wedding (Congrats!). I was going that day for a haircut anyhow and asked my stylist to put a little curl in the hair afterward to give it some pizzazz. She showed me how to do it, and this evening, I was trying it out (it's with a flat iron) and I burned my hand! I figured out how to do it, but wow-- that was painful!

Well, if you would, keep praying about the whole fundraising issue. Opportunities are coming up, and I'm eager to see them work out to get over to Japan!