210. Seeing Calli care about school and doing her best even when she is not feeling well and taking the initiative on her own to do what she can to stay caught up
211. Working with teachers who have a sense of humor - who can take a joke and dish it out
212. Experiencing morning with Beka (our new 11 month old puppy) who sees every morning as the most exciting, invigorating time of the day - like she just can’t believe that she gets to have another day in our home!
213. Hearing the excitement and gratitude in Laurie’s voice after getting back from two weeks in Rawanda and knowing that God used me to encourage her to go! It is always cool to see how God uses us as a piece to the puzzle when something amazing happens in another person’s life!
214. The opportunity to preach
215. Wrestling with a sermon (wrestling with God) and learning in the process
216. Jess’s video - almost made me cry right before I had to preach
217. A successful first Ninos short-term mission team meeting and watching Nate and Claire take the lead
218. Learning to let go, even when I don’t want to, but I know it is best
219. Christian bosses - even if I don’t always agree with their educational philosophy or the way they want things done, I am blessed to have several Christian bosses who care about me and respect my faith
220. Brianna’s initiative to raise support - it shows genuine excitement!
221. Calli working on her support letter on day one!
222. A new beginning for our small group
223. A new job for Ericka - happy friends warm the heart
224. Hearing from Colby from China, even if it is just a short Facebook message exchange
225. Discovering someone has shut down all the computers for me in the computer lab
226. Calli’s hard work after school paying off with an A in Spanish!
227. Hearing from people that the paper of verses from my sermon were actually used during the week and that they were grateful for them
228. Help from friends and knowing that they are glad to help - a truck from Steve and a strong back from Nate
229. Parting with my drums, but knowing they will be well used
230. Being the old couple in house full of 20 and 30-somethings - being welcome with those 20 to 30 years younger is wonderful!
231. Leftover dessert from mom232. Progress on lingering projects that I keep putting off
233. Thoughtful, intelligent comments on Facebook - it really can be used for more than drama and mindless drivel - thank you Buffy.
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