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| The grass is now cut, updated pictures next week! |
The girl's home is finally feeling like
we might be able to move into it by the end of March!!!! This week
they finished most of the renovations on the inside of the home. We
had a cleaning lady come Tuesday and Wednesday to clean the home.
There are a few minor details of the home that need to be fixed but
on Monday (3/25) we are to have our bunk beds and curtains and be
able to start moving furniture into the home finally! I have been
trying not to get my hopes up and say anything about the home because
I've been saying for weeks that it's going to be opening soon but I
think it's actually going to happen in the next week or so! I know
the timing wasn't what I had planned or what anyone had planned. We
all thought it would be open a lot sooner but this is all in God's
timing and I know his timing is perfect!
Some other things that happened this
week. Tuesday was my birthday! (I love birthdays!!!!) I was beyond
blessed on Tuesday! I got to talk to Rebekah, my sister, and then my
parents called from church and the staff there all wished me a happy
birthday! I got a call from my grandparents and of course all
the fb messages from family and friends! I also, got a video of my sister, Rachel, singing Happy Birthday to me! I know I'm 25 years old and I shouldn't care so much
about my birthday but sometimes I think it's nice to feel special. I
think God gave each of us our special day so we could know how
special we are to Him and to those around us. My friends here also
made me feel very special! We went out for dinner in the evening,
they gave me flowers, candy, and some jewelry from Imvelo, which is
an Manzini Youth Care money generating project. I got sung happy
birthday three times that night! It was a bit embarrassing! Haha! The
waiters and waitresses also sung to me and I got a free dessert. So, a
day where I could have felt homesick, I was extremely blessed!
On the opposite end of the spectrum but
still a blessing, Saturday, myself and some of the other volunteers,
were heading to a waterfall for the afternoon to go swimming. We were
on our way and traffic was heavy but moving along when all of the
sudden the guy in front of me (I was driving by the way) slammed on
his brakes, so I slammed on mine, and the person behind me did as
well. None of us hit each other until another car came and smashed
into the back of the car behind me which caused a domino effect, the
car behind me hit me and I hit the guy in front of me. We called the
police, he took our statements and then we were free to go. I had
some whiplash, and my back is very sore and I'm sure some of the
others in the cars did as well. The guy who crashed into us had not
been wearing his seat belt and hit his head on his windshield but he
just had some scratches on his head and was okay. So we were all
extremely blessed, lucky, whatever you want to say, that no one was
seriously injured. This was my first accident I've ever been in so I
was a bit in shock and this morning when I was driving to church I
definitely was very anxious behind the wheel. Even though there
wasn't a lot of damage to the van and no serious injuries (which I
thank God for), it's going to take me sometime to feel okay when I'm
driving. I'm not going to let the fear of that accident stop me from
driving, that is why I knew I had to drive this morning to church. I
seriously thought about not going at all. But I am eventually going
to have to get over that fear and drive at some point anyway, so why
not start right away to get over it. God protected us yesterday and I
am truly blessed and thankful that no one got seriously hurt.
“I will never fail you. I will never
abandon you.' So we can say with confidence, 'The Lord is my helper,
so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” -Hebrews
13:5-6
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