Wow! To think that two weeks has already passed is absolutely crazy! Thank you Jesus! I just got off the phone with Jake. The way he described where he is was "It looks like Idaho, but a little more dry. It looks like something you would see in a bible story. You see little girls carrying their younger siblings on their back, you see sheeps and goats, and little mud huts." He said that they have gone on two patrols and the people seem nice. He doesn't know when he will get to call again, but he did say to tell everyone hello and he loves you all!
Yesterday was quite the day! Started out my morning by getting sick. :( Not fun! Then, Stephanie and I drove about an hour to Wilmington to get Gingin candies. Seems that these little candies can take the morning sickness away...or at least postpone it for a little while. While we were at the store I got sick again, barely making it outside to a trash can. :( Our trip was then cut short. We went to subway for lunch, and came home. Once I got home I laid down for a quick nap before church. My alarm went off, and I went to roll out of bed and got sick again. I'm ready for this stage to be over with. It seems like the closer we get to the light at the end of the tunnel, the worse it is getting.
Today is much better. I was able to keep breakfast down, have done some laundry, and picked up the house a bit. The sun is shining, and besides a slight chilly breeze it is a beautiful day! I have to get groceries today. Seems the only thing I'm eating these days is peanut butter toast, and drinking milk. Whatever works right? :)
I was reading 1 Samuel today, and it was talking about how Samuel was judge over Israel, but the elders of Israel approached Samuel and told him he was getting old and they wanted a king to rule over them just like all the nations. Samuel went before the Lord, and the Lord said it is not you they have rejected, it is I they have rejected. The Lord then told Samuel to warn the people of what the king would claim as his rights. The people heard what Samuel had to say and didn't care. It made me think... how many times have I done this in my own life. Rejected God for the ways of the world. Traded in all that I believed in just to fit in with the crowd. How often was I warned of what the world would claim as its rights, and still I went towards it, pushing God away. But the good news is... I didn't have to stay there! I serve a God who is faithful, and who took me back no matter how many times I had turned my back from him! Thank you Jesus for setting me apart from the world to let your light shine!
I pray everyone has a GREAT day!!!
Love, Anna
