Life at the Base

this morning one of the leader's pulled me aside and questioned how i was doing. seems to be a pretty common question recently. last week i was really focused on me, and how i was struggling with the language and not feeling connected. this week, my perspective has changed a bit. i'm focusing more on others and their lives. tho it's still very difficult because of the language difference, an improvement in my attitude has made much of the difference. so my answer was, 'i'm doing very well considering that everything i am used to doing and using is not available.'

with each passing day i can feel the honeymoon phase coming to a close. i'm beginning to miss things from america more, mostly people and some appliances. but even with those stirring emotions, i'm reminded that God has called me here, and this is where i belong right now. i don't want to be anywhere else, even tho it is stretching me in ways i wasn't expecting to be stretched. life is not promised to be easy. look at Jesus's example.

for our afternoon class today we were asked 3 questions to answer:
is there anything in my heart that i know is unclean in God's eyes?
do i tend to focus on the external religious action rather than the internal motive?
are my motives pure for why i'm involved in Christian activity?

quite the class, huh?

in 10 minutes i get to go and cook again for 3 hours. yesterday i chopped onions, carrots, tomatoes, and cabbage for 3 hours. i made something that resembled saurercraut. it's pretty good to eat. normally it's eaten with ugali, which is the flour and corn mixture. wonder what i'll be creating today?

my leader is going shopping today and she's picking me up some peanut butter. can't wait to have something other than dry bread for breakfast (even if it's miserable peanut butter!).

got my first letter today, so i know the mail is working. the letter took 21 days from alaska. - thanks laura! love the photo!