Devotional sharing in myf: So I was scheduled to do a devotional sharing during the fellowship. Prior to this, I've only thought about really ridiculously hard things to say, so I put it off during the trip to Bulgaria. On the day, I finally had to face the reality that I really have to do this, so I finally turned to God for help (should have done this a long time ago, but I seem to always be in a mood for last minute things...). Soon afterwards, thoughts started to come in, and I decided to share some photos and puzzles from Bulgaria, and then share a song that touched me greatly while I was listening in Bulgaria (sort of a wide turn of topics that are barely stringed together in the Bulgaria theme), and then sharing about the part of the lyric that says "I want to love like I'm not afraid." I can only thank God that this went really well, even with the very little prep time. Afterwards, it turned out that this had touched other people, too, which is totally unexpected to me. Wonderful. (Bonus: powerpoint slides.) (Update: Oops, looks like this innocent little post is somehow being picked up by puzzleratings.org and other places...so might as well point towards a subset of my photos from the wpc...)

Getting sick: Yeah, I suddenly felt something in my throat as I was driving towards the fellowship. It then turned into full sickness thingie, which made the sharing slightly difficult. But that went well. But afterwards, the cold got pretty bad, and worsened through the night. Coupled this with the jetlag, it was pretty tough. But, as mom said, better to be sick here and now rather than in Bulgaria last week...

I'm grateful to God for...

• His works of wonder in the devotional sharing;
• being able to connect to some people from the fellowship just based on puzzles...heh;
• a bit of good sleep to keep me going in the day;
• having me sick now rather than last week; and
• continuing to instill in me peace and joy in my heart.