I wish I had something profound to post about.
Sunday at church we had a special prsentation of the 3 college students who are going on mission trips this summer. Bryan is going to Israel. It takes more guts than I have to go somewhere like that. I really admire the drive and the faith that they show when going to places like this. I also know several people who are going and have been to Africa. Maleria just doesn't appeal to me, so I think a trip to Africa is not in my future. I did go to Mexico twice in high school on mission trips. I loved it. It made me grateful for what I have. Sometimes I wish for more local mission work. I know there are lots of opportunities locally to help others. I know that here in Rutherford county, there are people living with no running water. There are children who go cold because their brother or sister are wearing the only coat they have. Seems sometimes like it is easier to go off other places and work with the homeless and the poor, instead of acknowledging that it exists in your own backyard. I'm not saying that foreign missions is by any means bad. I think it's important. I just wish I could see people get as excited about doing local mission work.
Sleep is something that has never come easy to me. I toss and turn and lay there and think. I think of things from 20 years ago, 10 years ago, last week, today, next week, next year etc... I worry about the past, present and future. I pray, I cry, I cover up, I uncover...you get the picture. We are talking a good hour before I fall asleep. I started going to Yogalaties (sp?) a month ago. At the end of class (my favorite part) she turns the lights out, puts really soft music on and we lay on our backs on our mat's. She tells us to clear our mind. Focus only on our beathing. Then she says to use your sub conscious and picture your toes relaxing, then relax our toes. She takes us through our legs, torso, neck, ect...and then you just lay there and breath. I have found that if I take myself through this relaxation excersise after I get in bed, I fall asleep much faster. now if I can just get my tummy to shrink...
My nephew had his six months checkup today. He is 18.4 pounds and 28 inches long. He's getting so big! Speaking of getting big, my little sister has a field trip to Huntsville AL tomorrow. This is the furthest she's been without us. My parents had a funeral to go to today (I'll post on that another time). I picked my sister up from school, brought her home for a half hour, then took her to the animal shelter to do vounteer work with her girl scout troup. When I picked her back up, I had to go in and get her. Let me just say, yuck. While it is a nice new facility and seemed to have plenty of space, even a nice new place can't help being stinky with that many dogs. My car now smells slightly of dog, thanks to my sister. I saw two big fluffy cats that I would love to bring home. That's why it's best to keep me out of there.
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When I went to Yogaities, that was my favorite part, just relaxing your whole body and focusing on breathing which is a subconscious thing, but to actually stop and focus on breathing is awesome.
Sara you are right on about the local mission thing. I once heard a guy named Bart say that we use those who we reach out to on those long distant mission trips. Let me explain:
Bart is saying that when we might go off to say NY or St. Louise or Romania or Africa, we can easily use them for our own spiritual growth. How many times do you hear people say, "i went to give, but came back so full." Now this isn't always the case, but we can use those people if we are not doing missions every day. People without running water or coats or food are people that Jesus would surround himself with. And he probably wouldn't "evangelize" like we tend to think, but he would give them a coat, he would work towards giving them clean water to drink or finding ways to feed them. This is a big biblical theme: JUSTICE. Great post Sarah.
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