I am reclining on my living room couch as I watch the rain pound the ground outside our large double paned front windows on this grey, cloudy, and otherwise gloomy looking Tuesday afternoon. From that intro it might be easy to conclude that I have had a bad, unproductive, or otherwise disappointing day. I assure you, however, that quite the opposite is true! I have had a wonderful day.
Before I go into details about how my Tuesday began, I want to back up a few hours and tell how my Monday ended, and Tuesday for my friends began. Last night around 8:00 I had turned on my computer to review some pictures, and make sure they were adequate. As soon as my laptop booted a message popped up saying "Melanie Johnson is online!" I immediately opened Skype, and before I could send her a message, she sent one to me! After that she started a video call, and she and Jenna and I talked together for a little over an hour!! I couldn't believe it had been that long - it seemed like we were just getting started! I also got to meet the new intern that's working at the school now. It was kind of sad to hear all of the changes that have been made since I'd left, and all the new people they'd met, and friends they'd made... But it made me thankful again for so many wonderful opportunities given to me by God. It also made me think about how my family must have felt while I was over there. I mean, they could relate to some of the stuff, just like I could with Jenna and Melanie, but some of it seemed so amazing. Sometimes I still can't believe I lived there for so long and did all of the things I did... I can't believe I visited all of those famous places, or met all of those people, or learned so much from/about another culture!!! I can't imagine how left out my family must've felt for those 7 1/2 months!!! But all that to say, I really really really enjoyed getting to talk with Jenna and Melanie last night! Thanks both of you for taking time out of your busy day ;) to chat with me, it really made my wonderful Monday complete!
So now back to today...... This morning I rolled over and looked at my clock at 7:30. After lying back down and half falling back to sleep, I got up at 7:31. After washing my face and grabbing my house robe, I walked downstairs to make myself and my mother a cup of hot chai tea. Then I took out the dog, brought her back in, and gave her some breakfast. Then I sat down for my quiet Bible time. I am working on reading through Genesis right now. Aside from Romans, Ephesians, Hebrews, and Philippians, I think Genesis is my favorite book of the Bible. It is truly amazing to know that it was not written until far after most of the events recorded in it, yet it gives so many tiny details that are so fascinating.
After that I went out to check on our goat who looks like she is about to explode if she doesn't have her kids soon! We all wait excitedly for her to have her cute little babies. We're hoping most of them are girls, since they're the only ones you can get milk from! :) After that I decided to go ahead and milk the two goats that are giving milk right now, and do the other 'goat chores.' When I came in my wonderful mother had breakfast prepared for us. I don't remember what I did right after eating breakfast, but I'm afraid it was going to my room to clean out one side of my armoir. I ended up cleaning out one side of my armior, and one shelf in my closet. They both look much better, but I worked from 11:00 to 2:00 on it, took a break for lunch, and worked on it another hour after that... The middle of my room floor is still not quite clean but, as I said today, it makes a mess to take a mess!
After I finished that not so little job everything got dark outside, and started raining.... Now it looks quite gloomy outside, and the goat still hasn't had her kids, and it's too wet to go all the way down the driveway to look for mail, and I waited too long to go for a walk. But I don't mean to complain... I've had a wonderful day, and started working on a project (my armior) that I'd wanted to tackle for a long time...
Now I've got to go help a little sister make her special dinner. :)
All my love,
Hannah
