Our weekend was a blessing - we had Communion last night and it was a special time of bonding for the church. It was a little bit difficult because I found myself struggling with feelings of "this isn't my church" - sometimes the feelings of homelessness come back in frustrating ways and it really surprised me because I thought I was more settled than that. But I could feel the love of my brothers and sisters in Christ here. I had a sweet conversation with a sister-in-Christ and a young mother - and it is those things that I need to think on.
Marshall & Jan and Mike & Deb both left this morning. Marshall & Jan will be in the U.S. for two weeks, so it will be a little bit different around here.
I don't really use a calendar here because most of our events and plans are either routine/weekly or spur-the-moment, so I often lose track of days. Thus, this morning, I found myself shocked to realize that the milk I was buying had an expiration date of October 20 - seriously, how are we already into mid-October?! I wish I could tell you that I don't use the milk to remind me of the date very often... but I do.
To make this post at least halfway interesting, here are a few recent snapshots:
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| The rains typically end by the time September is over, but we got a surprise a couple days ago - it just poured! Here is our front yard. I'm not sure if you can tell what a river the street became in this picture, so I'm also including the one below. |
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| Look who is getting so big! |
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| ... And getting into everything! |
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| And this is the lovely lizard that I had the privilege of having a battle with the other day. I wish I could say I chased it out the door, but... I actually accidentally chased it into our bedroom and lost it. So far no sign of him, but not the most wonderful feeling in the world. |
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