- Jesus is much bigger than all of my anxieties and worries, doubts and fears
- His grace and love are sufficient even when I don't recognize it that way
- I am washed by the blood of the Lamb
- I am my Beloved's and He is mine
- I have a family who loves me no matter what
- Safety on the crazy roads, even when driving my not-so-awesome manual vehicle
- Seeing a breath-taking African sunrise
- I live in Africa
- Prayer/Bible study with my "Africa mom"
- Friends here who have become family (Ackers)... and being comfortable enough to walk into their home and help myself to dinner
- Celebrating Saudi's birthday with everyone
- Living in a country where I'm free to sing praises to my King
- The moon bursting through the clouds to illuminate the world around me on my drive home tonight
- Being loved, really loved, all of me
- Hearing an R. Kelly song on the radio on the way home
- Clean drinking water and food
- Electricity (and an inverter when the electricity goes off for 36 hours at a time)
- Little boys I was babysitting shouting, "Bye Christina!!" as I'm getting in my car
- Seeing Lino and Angelo on Skype
- Looking at a picture of my nieces who I love dearly
- Seeing pictures of my youth kids in America on FB and being proud of the people they are
- Baby goats
- Watching "Far and Away" with Saudi and everyone and thoroughly enjoying reactions to realizations of happenings
- My knee is healing well and starting to feel stronger... hopefully I can be more active in about a week
- "Monkey birds" laughing in the trees
- The beauty of this land
- Feeling at comfortable and at home here
- People speaking Swahili to me and me being able to understand some of it
- Music
- Coke Light aka Diet Coke
- A friend picking some stuff up at the market for me
- Glow in the dark stars on my bedroom ceiling, left by the previous family, reminding me of my childhood
So even though today was incredibly rough for me, I can still smile and say "Thank You, Jesus." I am blessed.
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