RUMINATION means:
1 : to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
2 : to chew repeatedly for an extended period.
Intransitive verb definition is
1 : to chew again what has been chewed slightly and swallowed : chew the cud
2 : to engage in contemplation

This page will be a little different from now on. I will be posting WEEKLY scriptures for us all to RUMINATE over. Think upon, Ponder, to chew on it. We as Christ Followers are called to Read, LISTEN, AND APPLY the Word to our lives. I desire to give an opportunity to you for personal growth along with me. Take what you read here and meditate upon it and find ways to apply it to your everyday life. I invite you to leave your comments, corrections, concerns, whatever they may be I want to hear from you!!!


Wednesday, September 24, 2008

WOW, What a week this has been. It is hard to think that in only a week and a half the students will be arriving and training will begin!!! Man I can't wait! We had a staff retreat this last weekend and it was GREAT! Having time to relax in a hammock on the beach and not worry about anything was great!!! Well that was just friday afternoon, then saturday we had some amazing teachings on Trusting God. Which is a nice thing to remember when I am trusting God to provide everything. It has been a great time here in the aspect of seeing God continue to confirm his desire for me being here. For the past 5 weeks I have gotten a confirmed monthly supporter, so that is fun. I also got to make a screen door for my apartment, (that was fun) not really having much of an idea how to do it I got it finished and it actually looks pretty professional!!

With things winding down for the school things are getting even busier, there are still lots of loose ends that we must tie in a week. So that means lots of office time for me. It has been a struggle in that area because I don't do well making up all the details. I can do things but when it comes to organizing and all that I would rather do something else. Today in our meetings we did feel Haiti is where we need to go for our Mid-school outreach, so we'll be trying to put together an affordable trip for the last 2 weeks in Nov. We still aren't sure where our main outreach will be, we were praying about Cambodia but today we didn't feel that was where God was wanting us. We have come up with possible locations but nothing is set. Pray with us that God will give us clear direction. Today was our first sunny day in 5 days, we had a pretty heavy storm sitting over the island. It looks like it might clear up in the next few days!!!

I think I will be going into Christiansted this weekend for the first time. The island is rather small and it has 2 main towns, Fredricksted and Christiansted. My address says I live in Christiansted but I actually live directly in between the two towns. There is an awesome sandwich shop off the boardwalk in C'sted that is Divine, I have been craving it since I left here in march! So I think i'm due!! Other than that there isn't really going on, just busy office stuff. Things will be absolutely amazing when the students come! I know God has a plan for my time here and even if it's to just realize everything I do is worship to him then that's ok. I know he won't ever give me more than I can handle so I know no matter how difficult the office is for me I can persevere through it. I just keep reminding myself it will ALL BE WORTH IT WHEN THE SCHOOL is moving smoothly!