tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042270762232090744.post3515011866443610753..comments2023-10-16T09:14:45.362-04:00Comments on * atypical topics: sampela samting bilong sande*http://www.blogger.com/profile/17838478373220529853noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042270762232090744.post-10596235349307752492009-01-23T01:27:00.000-05:002009-01-23T01:27:00.000-05:00So here I am catching up on your blog tonight (er....So here I am catching up on your blog tonight (er... this morning... too much coffee again; I need to stop that)... anyway, catching up, thanks to my slothful google reader which hasn't picked up any of your recent posts. So I was thinking you hadn't posted in a while and decided to click over anyway and say hi, and lo & behold, there are like 4 or 5 new posts. Hmph. Stupid google reader.<BR/><BR/>Anyway... I was at dinner with a few girlfriends tonight and somehow a couple of them started talking about, of all things, missionaries in Papua New Guinea. So of course I thought of you, and here I am to tell you so.<BR/><BR/>I mentioned to you (I think) that my d18 plans to work w/missionaries in Madagascar for a year. When i was talking w/Tanya, the woman w/whom she'll be working, I mentioned that even though she intends to go for a year, Hubz & I wanted her to commit for just 6 months, b/c that way if she got there and found that she really didn't like it at all, she could stick it out for 6 mos and not feel like she "quit" early or failed to keep a commitment. And Tanya said that she & her hub had encouraged E to commit for a year since that is what she desired, and if she had to come back before then for whatever reason, they would not and she should not consider it to be a "failure". "Whatever our plans are, God will have her in Madagascar for as long as He wants her to be there," she said. And I am so thankful for that perspective on their part. And so it is with your family-- despite your plans, God had you there for as long as He wanted. I guess that is really the only way to look at it!40winkzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707345570759229347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042270762232090744.post-28311518651187878892009-01-19T21:55:00.000-05:002009-01-19T21:55:00.000-05:00I can't tell you how many goosebumps I had reading...I can't tell you how many goosebumps I had reading this. You are wonderful.Sarah at SmallWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306137253094526922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042270762232090744.post-20574683849366781002009-01-19T14:14:00.000-05:002009-01-19T14:14:00.000-05:00I find it all absolutely excellently amazing and w...I find it all absolutely excellently amazing and wonderful. <BR/><BR/>Hurry up and come visit me in TNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042270762232090744.post-10177689343431760132009-01-19T13:46:00.000-05:002009-01-19T13:46:00.000-05:00"WOW" \O/ Love Mom :-)"WOW" \O/ Love Mom :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com