Top 7

Since it's been so long since my last post, here’s a “Top 7” of what I’ve been up to in the past few weeks:

#1. Scrambling to finish well at CCC. I made a welcome binder for Melissa, who will be taking over the college ministry this fall. It’s gigantic and I’m extremely proud. Also, not to bore you, but I did a much-needed 3-year review of the college ministry budget, posing recommendations for the upcoming financial year. Yay! I can handle money!!! :)

#2. Saying goodbye to the VanLentens, who I’ve been staying with all summer long. This meant a lot of really entertaining “quality time” moments with the kids. Most notably, I made cake batter cookies with Eric and Jazzy. The recipe calls for 1 box of cake mix, ½ cup of oil and 2 eggs - it’s about as easy as it gets. But then we added mini marshmallows as a special treat, which at 375˚ ended up melting onto the cookie sheets as a sort of superglue. A half an hour later we had cookie crumbs all over the kitchen, and a stack of very broken (but very tasty!) cookies.

#3. Getting a nasty cold. Ick.

#4. Playing a life-size game of Tetris with my Honda Fit and my boxes of junk. That is, packing up and moving out. Jazzy danced around me with suggestions of where to put things. She wasn’t the least bit helpful, but it was still adorable.

#5. Getting a nasty coffee-deprivation headache to go with my nasty cold. Double-ick.

#6. Recovering from said cold and headache by being a complete couch potato. A special thank-you to Hugh Laurie, Jimmy Fallon, Ellen, my mother, and the makers of TP and ibuprofen.

#7. Now that I’m better, some laundry, some packing, and… dare I say it? Target! :D

The next time I post something, I will be in South Africa!!!

Pray for:

-Safe travel & rest

-Speedy adjustment to the culture & time