I
just spent a week in paradise!
The
paradise of southern Maine and the White Mountains of New Hampshire,
that is. I got to do so many things I hadn't been able to do for
years... walk and run on the beach with my mom, play bocce, and enjoy
a Dunkin Donuts chai with her, hike in the White Mtns with my mom and
pick fresh wild blueberries right on the side of the trail, watch Red
Sox games on TV with my parents and delight in Red Sox Nation and the
greatness of New England, sit together with my parents at East Auburn
Baptist Church and thoroughly enjoy the sermon together, go to the
balloon festival and watch the hot air balloons inflate and take off
right in front of my nose, laugh and share with dear friends, etc,
etc, etc. I love so much to spend time with my parents and see how
their sense of humor and many mannerisms and ways of life have rubbed
off on me. It is such a joy to be my parents' daughter!
The
trip was quick, but jam-packed, as you can see. And absolutely,
totally worth it. I love Maine! It's not always easy to live there
(especially in the winter...well, is it easy to live anywhere all the
time???), but it is a wonderful, beautiful place. Having my parents
back there makes me miss it a lot more than before. So, I will make
the most of it when I am there. But, until/unless God hits me with a
2x4 and tells me to leave Costa Rica, that's where I'll be.
Thank
you for your continued prayers. Please pray for me to be faithful and
obedient to God and delight in him in all I do. I am nothing without
him, and your prayers and mine are so important! And, it is now
serious end-of-semester crunch time. I was able to advance some in my
schoolwork in the past week, but not quite as much as I hoped.
Last
week's Tico Tuesday is available on my blog, but I'm sure you can
understand why I was unable to get it out!
God's
blessing, peace, and joy be with you,
Carrie
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