My expectations for this weekend: to be sick no more...at best.
This weekend in reality? Well, let me describe it to you.
It all started with a whim for Chinese food...probably born in the midst of marathon office meetings. Allison and I decided: when the weekend came we would go to the Double Dragon: what she claimed was a more than decent Chinese restaurant. It became an outing...with eight of us. It was good food and good company. Think Papaya Bay with a little more Chinese influence. It was delicious!!!! Such a refresher after a never ending week of sniffles.
Allison and I went home and watched Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn. :D
This morning I went and prayed with the girls, did laundry, and had a good conversation with a student. Then Kim took Allison, Sue, and I to what she called "an amazing place with coffee and muffins." We passed the airport and entered a part of the island I had never seen. It looked like we had entered Southern California from the style of the architecture. It was similar to that feeling we got when we landed and started driving through Timika. Same island...different culture. We went down a rough road into the bushes...or so it seemed. And came out in this little magic farmland. Surprise!
There were pastures with large clydesdales. We entered this little wooden building. Oldies and country music was playing softly in the background. The structures were reminiscent of Oak Glenn. And what did we find inside? Fresh herbs like Cilantro (Allison was incandescently happy), coconut oil, glass rice noodles, cinnamon sugar pita chips, and many many other rarities. It was like Trader Joes in the Bahamas!!! They also served the coveted coffee and muffins. We ended up getting a quiesche as well. Spinache and feta cheese. Amazing. We sat out on a little covered boardwalk veranda thing with a pleasant view of the grounds and had good, good fellowship.
The day proceeded to lunch, relaxing time with Jesus, a warm day at the beach, pizza and movie night at the Lowes!
Suffice it to say: I was overwhelming blessed by today. It was beautiful in so many ways. Honestly I've been so caught up in the grind the last couple weeks that I haven't had much relaxing time to myself to recoup. I am prepared as a soldier to keep ploughing through and fighting for these students...but Christ is gracious and I truly believe that he sent yesterday and today to me as a present!
Keep us in prayer. This next week could be extremely hard for the students...and for us--seeing we always walk through their journey with them.
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