This is the word that has described my life these past few months.
Full of joy
Full of sorrow
Full of life
Full of smiles
Full of things to do
Full of opportunities
Full
In the fullness of life, I have missed many opportunities to update you on the awesome things God is doing here in Germany! Some of the highlights have been:
* Moving to a new apartment
* Several temporary cars (as provision until I find a good, permanent one)
* Settling into my "extra" job as co-leader of the Contemporary Worship Team on base
* Saying more "goodbyes" to people transferring to different bases around the world
* Welcoming the Rozmiarek's, the new Kaiserslautern Hospitality House Directors
* Meeting new women at the annual Swiss Hike, hosted by the Navigators
* Going deeper with my Monday night women's group
* Seeing my work account back in the black!
* Several short trips with singles here that allowed me to talk about some "real" things going on in their lives
* My health has stabilized
* The joy of starting braces on my teeth
There are SO many things that have been filling my days and weeks. Just like life anywhere, there are challenges, but I am SO incredibly thankful to God for His amazing provision in health, a car, an apartment, finances, grace to say "goodbye" and "hello", bringing new people into ministry, and causing ministry to flourish despite the challenges of life. It truly brings tears to my eyes as I reflect on how full I am this day! Thank you for being a VITAL part of this ministry and for making it possible to impact the lives of men and women here sacrificing their lives for our freedoms and trying to find Jesus in the midst of it all. Your prayers and sacrifices reach further than you will know this side of Heaven!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
A God- Encounter
So, it has been entirely toooo long since I have posted anything on my blog. Some of that has been the logistics of living without internet connection at my house and some of that has simply been the life I lead these days. However, even though I just finished a 12 hour day- jumping from meeting to meeting- I just had to write about the awesome encounter I had today!
One of my meetings today was with the Chaplain community at Ramstein. I was a little nervous, as I always seem to be with people I view as authority. Anyway, everyone spent a couple of minutes (including the Chaplains) explaining their job and what they do here in Germany. I rambled on, feeling like I did a terrible job of explaining how much I love God and people. Anyway, as I was mentally beating myself up, the current Head Protestant Chaplain comes up to me and says, "As I was listening to you talk, I kept thinking about a girl who I met that is terribly lonely here. She has been involved with some other Chapel events, but they are not really meeting her needs." I asked for her information, and he gladly told me her name and where she works. I was looking forward to following up with her sometime in the near future.
The next task on my calendar was to wash some blankets and bedding at the base laundromat. I had never used the facility before, but thought it would be a good place for me to prepare a Bible study (my next meeting of the day). After I finally found the laundromat, I discovered that it cost $2.25 to do a large load of laundry and the coin machine would not give me change for a $5...so, I had to go find change. I decided to get some lunch at the pizza place around the corner. After I placed my order and got some ones for the machine, a lady leaving the building says, "Hey Mel! It's me, Chandra! How are you?" I sat there going through people in my mind trying to remember exactly where it was that I met her... After we chatted a bit, we decided we would eat our lunches together outside. I finally remembered where I met her, and then I asked her where she worked. As conversation continued, I realized THIS was the SAME woman that the Chaplain had just given me the information for!!! She told me, "Mel, I'm so lonely here. I am just looking for some people to spend time with." I told her I could definitely help her out in that area. :) So, we exchanged numbers and I'm really excited to get to know her better.
It was just an AWESOME reminder to me, that even in the midst of my busiest day in a long time, God had pre-orchestrated the events to help me see that He uses even what I view as my inability to meet the needs of others!
One of my meetings today was with the Chaplain community at Ramstein. I was a little nervous, as I always seem to be with people I view as authority. Anyway, everyone spent a couple of minutes (including the Chaplains) explaining their job and what they do here in Germany. I rambled on, feeling like I did a terrible job of explaining how much I love God and people. Anyway, as I was mentally beating myself up, the current Head Protestant Chaplain comes up to me and says, "As I was listening to you talk, I kept thinking about a girl who I met that is terribly lonely here. She has been involved with some other Chapel events, but they are not really meeting her needs." I asked for her information, and he gladly told me her name and where she works. I was looking forward to following up with her sometime in the near future.
The next task on my calendar was to wash some blankets and bedding at the base laundromat. I had never used the facility before, but thought it would be a good place for me to prepare a Bible study (my next meeting of the day). After I finally found the laundromat, I discovered that it cost $2.25 to do a large load of laundry and the coin machine would not give me change for a $5...so, I had to go find change. I decided to get some lunch at the pizza place around the corner. After I placed my order and got some ones for the machine, a lady leaving the building says, "Hey Mel! It's me, Chandra! How are you?" I sat there going through people in my mind trying to remember exactly where it was that I met her... After we chatted a bit, we decided we would eat our lunches together outside. I finally remembered where I met her, and then I asked her where she worked. As conversation continued, I realized THIS was the SAME woman that the Chaplain had just given me the information for!!! She told me, "Mel, I'm so lonely here. I am just looking for some people to spend time with." I told her I could definitely help her out in that area. :) So, we exchanged numbers and I'm really excited to get to know her better.
It was just an AWESOME reminder to me, that even in the midst of my busiest day in a long time, God had pre-orchestrated the events to help me see that He uses even what I view as my inability to meet the needs of others!
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