Sunday, January 23, 2011

Home again, Home again!



My sister and her daughter picked me up at the airport when I arrived. (Late I might add bless you for staying up to get me sis) I spent the next few days getting things in order to head for Colorado and spend some time with my daughter who is expecting her third child in January. I exchanged all my tropical wardrobe for wool socks, long underwear and all the warm sweaters I could find! Terah and her family live at Covenant Heights Christian Camp and Retreat Center in Estes Park, Co. about 9,000 foot elevation!
Before we left I did have the chance to go with my sisters and visit my older sister in LA, whose husband has gone home to be with our Lord after a long battle with cancer. I so enjoyed just hanging out and being with her and my other 2 sisters. Sweet fellowship.
So that leads me to present. I have been working as Head of housekeeping at Covenant Heights and getting a manual written up for them to follow here at camp. I have been enjoying hanging out with my grandbabies and welcoming our newest baby boy Levi to the family. I am not sure what plans the Lord has for me but I am eagerly listening for His voice and being obedient to the Spirits leading.
I get to be a part of a Small Sabbatical for Pastors here at camp and looking forward to hosting a Prayer Labrynth and a time of meditating on the attributes of God. I will continue to share my journey and where I am. I hope to continue to go out into the nations and share the love of Christ with those who have not heard. What this will look like I do not know, but I do know that He has a plan for my life. I only pray that I will be obedient to all He calls me to do. Thank you for joining me thus far on my journey and I hope that you continue to grow in the knowledge of Him who so greatly loves us and travels the journey with us.

Coming Home












So coming home was a long trip with some confusion at the baggage counter but Sciri and Bill and Ladua worked it all out, some sad farewells and off we went. The plane home was more crowded than the way there but we managed. We were welcomed home by our wonderful class leaders Bob and Caroline Hopkins. What a blessing to see their faces. We spent the next few days debriefing in a group and then one on one with a leader. What care we were given. I must say I am not sure what to do with myself. Many desires but will wait to hear from the Lord. One by one we all left. Except for John who has stayed on with maintenance at the YWAM base, Byung Su (Joe) who is taking the Biblical Studies class and Jan & Dazza whowill be class leaders for the next Crossroads class! I will greatly miss all of my new family and hope to cross paths on this journey we are all on.

Our last week in Fiji











We spent the last week in Fiji in the city of Lautoka. We decided we wanted to finish strong so after 2 days of resting up from the island we hit the streets, literally.We went back to the area of Pastor Mikes church and went door to door in the Indian-Fijian population. Joe and I were sent out with Vere (an evangelist for sure) she knew the area well because it was her own backyard. We were able to visit with 5 different homes. We decided to revisit the homes all week rather than just stop in at many homes we would build relationship with these 5. What a Joy it was to get to know these people! This in retrospect was one of my best weeks.
We also continued our kids program for the last week. Visitation in the mornings and kids club in the afternoon. I was definitely spent at the end of the week. All in all a very good trip and I would not have done anything different except maybe try to give more of myself.