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| Well, it's official, I'm moving out of my apartment and the end of Nov. I have one month to get it all packed up, get the cable, utilities etc turned off and get my stuff to my mom's garage. I will hopefully be in Africa by the end of the year, HOPEFULLY by mid December. We'll see. I will more than likely not be posting in here anymore. I use my other blog on a regular basis and I mostly use this one to keep up with a couple of people that regularly post in their Xanga blogs. Anyway, I'm not even sure if I'll have access to either blog once I get to Africa. The internet is dial-up and some sites just don't work for whatever reason. I guess this is my unofficial last post in here for a while, so I'll leave you with these things to pray for;
My finances so I can get to Ghana asap
my mom dealing with me not being here at Christmas
my bro & his fam working with IDES
our country/government/economy etc
my friend Sara in Togo
The missionaries I'll be working/living with in Ghana & their sister group in Togo
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| So, I'm sending out support letters for Ghana this week. I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to keep posting in xanga. I've been posting in a new blog on blogger. so you can keep up with me there if I quit posting here. there are a few people I actually keep up with through Xanga though so I'm not sure I'll get rid of it entirely. Anyway, if you want to know more about me going back to Ghana feel free to comment or email and I'll get up with you. Basically, I'm going to go whenever I can raise enough money to get over there. I'm aiming for around $7k because the airline ticket alone is several thousand and then I need to raise some money to help with living expenses while I'm over there. I'm excited about it, but also a little scared and a little nervous. I'm sure all of those feelings will increase as the time for me to go gets closer.
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Hey so, the church I go to is one of the many supporters of Central
India Christian Mission and right now there's a lot persecution going
on in India for Christians. What it boils down to is some political
activists and leaders were killed last week, Hindu extremists blamed it
on Christians so they started burning churches and homes of Christians,
mainly in the Orissa area of India. It has been brought to light that
Christians were NOT responsible for the attacks on the political
activists, but the persecution continues. Please keep this in your
prayers today and for the rest of the week as the attacking parties are
calling for strikes all through the area.
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| Sometimes little things strike me the wrong way I guess. Today for example, the way we use the word "need" just hit me the wrong way. People say things like "I NEED to get a new iPod" when what they really mean is they WANT a new iPod. Do we as Americans even really understand what it means to really, truly NEED something. I can't honestly say I've ever been really in need of anything that I can think of off the top of my head. I'm guilty of misusing "need" in the place of "want" too. I know I've said that I needed a new camera before. I don't, technically, need a camera at all. I've been thinking about Ghana a lot this week, and honestly, I feel like I really do need to go back. Of course I also want to go back, but I sort of feel like going will make me a much stronger, more confident Christian, which is something I believe I really NEED to be. This post was pretty random, sorry, it's been a weird week for me.
BA
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| Can't sleep lately, don't know what my problem is....maybe there's just too much going on in my head. I'm also feeling kind of jaded with my job lately too. I can't really explain why about that either, I sort of just feel like I know a lot more about what I'm doing than some of the people I work with and they get to tel me what to do. I don't know, not that I want to be in control or anything like that. I just sort of feel like, "ok, I've been working here for over a year, I know what I'm doing, don't keep telling me how to do things that I KNOW how to do" I guess it's just a little bit annoying. I quite often feel like I know more about how to cook, and the ingredients etc, than most of the people I work with. Some of them take short cuts and I would not take and don't think twice about it....
on a different note, my boss has asked me several times about Africa, she mainly doesn't understand the whole concept of missions....she keeps saying "so will you be getting paid while you're over there?" I've told her that it's volunteer, but she somehow doesn't get it. She's kind of discouraging to me, but I don't thin it's intentional. Her questions are all about money and how I'll pay for things while I'm there and what I'll do for a job when I get back (like I have a real career) as if I can't find a job in a restaurant again or something...anyway, I have to go to work in the morning, so I guess I should at least try to go to bed soon.
BA
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