Gifts and Surprises!!!

I got gifts and surprises for 4 days in a row!! My Father loves me! ha ha...

Wed. went over to a friend´s house to pick up my camera, she also gave me a package! Surprise - a 500 GB external hard-drive! wow, nice gift!

Thursday - Thanksgiving day - one of my aunt´s sister, not blood related, she came over for lunch and her son, or my second-cousin. She´s visiting her son from Taiwan, and also brought gifts for my family. She brought over some delicious Taiwanese snacks, and also for me - Body Shop lotion and lip balm, and Estee Lauder stuff! ha ha... God knows what I need and He knows the desire of my heart! I was really thinking of getting some stuff for my eyes, and facial cream! cool!

Friday - at Thanksgiving retreat, my friend gave me a thank-you card, and a cute cell phone holder from Taiwan!

Saturday - one of my friend gave me a gift bag, in it was a small Russian doll, which has cute compac make-up stuff in it! and delicious chocolate! yummy!

well, I´m soooo thankful that my Daddy is so fun, and loving!! May you receive this testimony and may you receive "gifts and surprises" in your life on a daily bases too!!!

It´s been 3 months since I´m working as a youth and worship director. Wow, what a difference from school life! This is where I realize I can´t do anything without God! It´s IMPOSSIBLE!!!!! It´s amazing to see many youth pastors are still going strong after 10 years! Man, how do they do it?

They must have a great relationship with Daddy, great friends for support, and live un-offendable! Yeah, this is definately something I´m learning about - live unoffendable. There are times when I´m offended when a youth doesn´t say hi to me, or didn´t respond the way I expected, or wanted. And sometimes I´m intimidated by them, by their moodiness! Although I don´t want to admit it, but it´s true. I guess there are still many things I need God to work, and I still need to face, and fix in my life. he he... One thing for sure is "Know who I am", and live it out! It´s a process!

In these 3 months I´m reminded how I need my own time, my own space! And my trip out to the park, or nature is a must for me to be emotionally healthy. I love it when I go out to the park, a nice park with mountains in the back, with ducks, with water, with trees...etc. It´s like medicine to my soul! I´ll try to go as much as I can, because I realize how much I need it!! I´m not a "city girl". I need nature!