Lies

Hello to all!  So much has happened since I last wrote to you. I miss talking to you. We are in the midst of a heat wave here. It is crazy hot! There is not much you can do during the week to stay cool. Right now we don't have a membership at the local Sentani pool because it was too expensive. So we just try to think cold thoughts. Ha ha.

Hope Mother's Day was just dandy for all of the Mothers out there. Mine was nice. We went to a local restaurant as a dorm (That is quite the ordeal). Restaurants here do things quite different from America. The food can come out anytime. So, you don't eat together. There was a gap of maybe 45 minutes between when my food came out and when the other food came out. But it is the thought that counts, right? The dorm all made me feel special.

We have had some sicknesses go through. Cale got the sickest. Missed a week of school... but everyone is well now. YEAH!  We had our huge community garage sale. The dorm sold stuff and got some money to use for an end of the year party. We had SAT tests and AP tests, Track and Field Day, A Sports Award Ceremony... and lots to come-Choir concert, Band concert, 8th Grade Banquet, Junior/Senior Banquet and then Grad!!! Crazy!

Garth and I are teaching a class right now using the transition/re-entry stuff that we learned from working with Barnabas. The class is almost all Seniors and I am so excited for this opportunity to help prepare the kids for a smooth transition BEFORE they go back to their passport country. It is not easy. I remember. It seems like it should be easy, but you don't just slide back into the spot you left. You are not the same person you were before you left.

Anyways, real quick before I go I want to tell you something God has been talking to me about. Capture Your Thoughts! (2 Corinthians 10:5, Philippians 4:8, Colossians 3:1-2) Satan loves, LOVES, to trick us into believing lies-"You are such a mess-up, no one cares, you will never be as good as them..." He tricks you in the areas you are most vulnerable. SO, what will we do with those lies? Ponder them, feed them, stew in them and think that they are truth? NO WAY! Setting our hearts on lies is like setting the radio on a trashy, static station and letting that play in our home all day. The things we feed affect us. So stop feeding the lies. If the lies are louder than the Truth, then our soul is starving for God's Word. Don't get stuck in the stink!!! Lies flee in the presence of Truth! Speak Truth!!!

Love,

Rachel

Some pictures-

Me selling stuff at the Barang Sale (Garage sale)

Busy at the barang sale.

Clothes are always a hot item, that's why we get so many customers.

Cale lost a few pounds while he was sick.  His pants wouldn't even stay up without help.

Wyatt received some awards for sports this year.

Mother's Day lunch out.