There was work in the morning but the rest of the day was all mine! Finally! Delicious! And God is so good. After a long lonely week, God provided such small, simple pleasures like a drizzling of milk chocolate and caramel on nuts that bring it from alright to super duper.
Things I enjoyed very much:
- Sitting at the end of the corridor praising Jesus, with a breath-taking panorama of the town overlooking the sea, feeling the melancholic breeze carry the sound of my singing with it on its adventures.
- Answered prayers – English church service hasn’t started on campus yet so I’m churchless until then. I was worried about having to email the missionaries here to ask them about churches, worrying about bad internet connection and worrying about them responding before Sunday. But as I sat in the corridor, my neighbour, Grace, popped out to hang her laundry and got me hooked up with a church her husband and her visited last week! She’s such a sweet Korean lady with a heart for God. Thank You, Jesus.
- Watching the village kids have such fun in a barefoot game of soccer.
- Seeing kites dance in the clear, cloudless sky.
- Seeing 3 cows chase each other around a tree – almost looked like they were having a dance party. I wished I could have frolicked with them. They looked like the happiest cows ever.
- Going to the night market with fun rides and a bouncy castle and seeing a crazy woman dance in the middle of the square. Then seeing some kids try to pull her moves and throwing my head back in laughter at them. And just enjoying the moment of absolute inhibition and joy with the fairy lights and balloon animals dancing in the night sky. I haven't laughed in a while.
This is a strange town. Sometimes it makes me laugh. Sometimes it makes me cry. But it always captures my heart.
glad there are highlights :) i like smiling at the kids here causing them to dig their faces into their parents' bodies. they're super shy.
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