so i'm not very good at this whole blog thing. it's not that i don't want to write about things but it's just a matter of actually doing it. so i want to use this post to write about some things that i've done the past couple weeks. i'm just going to write about them in the order they come to mind. apologies if it's not really chronological.
last wednesday night instead of all our separate women's bible studies we had a worship night. it was exactly what i needed. last week i feel i spend a lot of time worrying about the future. but that night of scripture and praise combined with prayer has given me peace. it helped me to refocus and remember what God has planned for me is far greater than anything i can imagine for myself.
two sundays ago was the super bowl and a bunch of the staff from doulos gathered at tim and whitney's house. we didn't actually watch the super bowl, not exactly having a way to turn on the game, but i didn't mind this. instead we just brought and shared super bowl snacks, played games, and hung out together.
after the party i think i had a record setting skype date with eleven people all at once. my family was in kansas city at my grandparents house celebrating birthdays and watching the super bowl. it was so fun to talk to all of them and see so many people i love all at once.
at doulos they've started a general fitness class a couple times a week as a way for the high school girls to get gym credit. they're currently doing zumba and when i passed through the library one afternoon it looked like fun. so i've joined in on the action. not because i can dance, because i can't, but because it's fun exercise and good company.
since i don't have a space that i can really decorate i've been doing some decorating projects for other people. this last saturday i painted a frame on my dear friend lorraine's wall. she hung a collage of pictures, notes, and cards in it. next weekend i think i'm doing one on robyn's wall around her window which i'm excited about. i love getting to do random art projects.
on friday night this past weekend i also got to help host at pico escondido, the young life camp here in the dominican. it's beautiful there. it sits tucked in a valley between mountains. i got to run around camp helping set up sound and the carnival and making sure everything is running as it should. i got to spend a lot of time with the work crew which was the best part. they were all dominican and spoke little english and i, of course, speak very little spanish. we laughed a lot as we struggled to communicate and tried to teach each other words and phrases as we sat around making flour bombs for the carnival. i enjoyed being there so much that i went back on saturday morning for a little bit. i got to enjoy a french toast breakfast and sat in on club. basically i really just love the atmosphere and hope that i can spend more time there helping out any way i can while i'm here.
one last thing for now. three weekends ago, i know that was awhile ago, i attended a women's retreat. not gonna lie i was a little skeptical at first. but minus a few things that one typically thinks of when they think about a women's retreat it was a really good weekend. the focus was on our identity in Christ. there was a lot of small group time and i got to meet women from all over the dominican and hear stories about how they ended up here. and one of my favorite things is listening to what God is doing in other people's lives and what they're learning.
so there it is. my last couple weeks at a glance.
