august 28, 2009

well, for the past few days i have had a really wierd work schedual because i'm switching teams.. so i've worked one day, been off the next day, then worked the next day.. it was pretty much every other day. i usually work 2 days, off 3 days, work 3 days, and am off 2 days... over and over again.. which i think is a pretty nice schedual.. you want to know something funny? the most sung song here is "we are the world" hahaha you would only find that funny if you were familiar with the whole graduation song escapade earlier this year.. it is cool though, to serve with people from all over the world, to know that we are all united under christ. There is one really cool story i'd like to tell you about-- there is a team here that goes out every tuesday and friday into the bush to show the Jesus film (i hope to go in with them sometime soon when my work schedual allows) and in one of the villages there was a woman there who was pregnant. She said that her baby stopped moving and she went to the doctor and they said the baby had died.. that she would have to deliver a still born.. she asked the people from our ship and the christians of the village if they would pray for her and her child. The people prayed all day long, prayed fervently for this child, that God would somehow spare it's life. and guess what?! her baby moved, she delivered a healthy, beautiful baby boy whom she dedicated to the Lord. isn't that just so cool? i think it's amazing! i wish i had been there to see it, i just got to hear about it at our last community meeting.. but it was still incredible. I got chills.



so.. here's some random things that i find funny and i want to tell you. I am learning more German than i am french-- because two girls in my room speak in German all the time, and one of the girls i work with. There is a girl in my room named Lea, and she intimidated me so bad.. she still kinda does. she's very blunt. but she's not trying to be mean, that's just the way she is. so i've had to get used to that.. anyways, all that to say.. we adopted a patient together in the hospital.. an 11 month old little boy with a twin sister. so we went down and played with them for about an hour. It was really cool to get to see her playing with a child-- she's a little less intimidating you know? I've also had to get used to having no personal space at all.. at all. i share a room with six other girls at the moment, share a four by four bathroom with three of them, o how fun. suzannah, if youre reading this.. this bathroom makes our bathroom look like a palace!

there's a lord and lady on the ship... i've become pretty good friends with chelsea and Dina, Dina is a 20 year old from Holland, who might i add.. started dating her boyfriend 2 days before she left for africa for 3 months... that's a little fun fact about her. she has big curly red hair.. and she's really fun. Chelsea is 18 and from north carolina i do believe, she used to be a cheerleader and she got prom queen, but you would never have guessed by looking at her.. she is so sweet. Tio and Patrick were davids old room mates.. i think i might have already told you that. there's a creepy guy here whose sole purpose for coming on mercy ships was to find a wife i think.. he just hits on girls all day long, saying really cheesy things that no one would ever actually respond to.. . There is a very shy and very beautiful girl here named marond.. i can't remember where she is from, but she is so shy.. it took me forever to get her to talk to me... and even longer to laugh. she's really nice though. i've disapointed alot of people here because i don't have a southern enough accent. :/ sorry... the people i work with in the dining room are loveth, antoine, and Bona.. and they're all day workers here-- from cotonue, except for Loveth.. shes from Nigeria. we sing and dance together. Bona reminds me alot of Pop.. he's about 67 and dances and smiles all the time. It gets a little frustrating sometimes when they wont speak in english to me though.. especially at 5:30 in the morning and ll i have to go off of are hand signals and grunts. i do believe the Lord is teahing me patience.. there is this guy that comes in every morning and watches us set up.. correcting us if we do the slightest thing wrong, but what bothers me most is the silent staring.. just please sir, go back to your room till the food is ready. you're getting on my nerves.. yes. it is then i must pray, or i will say something i will surely regret. o patience. i'm trying to learn Lord.. but why all of this? anyways, i'm not quite sure what else to write or if this is of any interest to anyone.. but i have to go back to work now, I'm gong to bab's dock tomorrow! i hope you all have a blessed day..