The Fragrance of Intimate Friendship ~ Baby Care Love

Peg and Fran

"Friendship develops and grows when we share every experience." ... Thinking about my bestest girlfriend brings me great joy! In our pre-wife, pre-mom life, we spent every waking moment together ... I don't know where our friendship begins or ends, it's just all mixed together. We have a deep understanding and intimate knowing what each other feels and thinks ... we can act 5 or 45, it doesn't matter ... we finish each others sentences and laugh hysterically at the silly names we give each other ... when we sit and talk, it's face to face usually curled up with a blanket and favorite drink ... she lets me cry and makes me laugh like no other ... I can completely be myself and she loves me in all my craziness ... People usually take notice when I've been with her. I've laughed a lot so my make up is smeared, my heart is lighter and I feel full of life, having laughed my worries away. She's the pine in my apple, the peanut in my butter, the natilla in my tortilla, being with her makes everything better! She is on my heart a lot, I think of her often and can't imagine life without *Peg. (*name changed for confidentiality : ) ).

I often ponder ... do people to take notice that I've been with my Father? I mean, I think they notice when I'm not communing with Him. It's quite humbling when one of my mighty men notices and points out that I'm lacking communion with Father ... they see the effect and smell the stinky stench of my foul humanness when I covet my weariness and refuse to not be anxious. In reality, all the above stated is replicated with Peg because it first began with Him. When I spend time with Him, my make up is usually smeared, my heart is lighter and I feel full of life! To share/give/lay down every experience with Father, and not try to carry it on my own fills me with peace which in turn reflects that I'm communing with Him. I can hardly comprehend the beauty of being so intimately connected with Him that I emit His fragrance without even knowing it. Oh to be the sweet, sweet fragrance of my Father! This song has been the cry from the depths of my soul ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrGBjKyMvY

Whose fragrance are you emitting today?

Life on the Mountain
Celebrating Adam asking Jesus to clean out his heart and make His home there. His tender heart had been processing this for awhile and we've talked often about it ... I finally coated the peanut butter and coconut cream eggs (after Easter) ... We had two intense executive leadership meetings. The gift in these meeting times is that we usually start out with "how are you doing?" God continues to bless our hearts with openness to share our joys and sorrows in these times ... El Nido Eye clinic. Unfortunately, the Eye Dr. was diagnosed with a tear in his retina from hitting his head earlier in the week. The three day eye clinic turned into one day of successful chaos! I can't even tell you the joy of fitting glasses for those who can't afford them. As I took their brief health history I felt like a nurse again! Thankfully, the team is planning to return to finish what they started ... A cookout to celebrate 6 April birthdays ... Playing with the kids in La Cuenca ... School projects and Sports Festival ... Worship team practice ... Three more weeks of language study for Daryl ... And more of normal life praying that we emit His fragrance to all we meet, and to each other!

Monday April 2 ...
Adam sat at the breakfast table and said
"Jesus is alive! Him was dead but now Him's alive!"
... a few minutes later...
"Mama, can you pray with me to ask Jesus to clean
out my heart and make Him home there?"
... YES! ... "Mama, why you crying?"
Because Adam has tasted and seen that the Lord is good!

Praises
-Adam giving his heart to Jesus
-My left foot is healed!
-Morning walks with my hubby
-Laughter and life in our boys
-Health
-Martha's hope in the midst of great need

Prayers
-To emit Father's fragrance wherever we go (including when we stay home!)
-Safety for Delynn, Gloria and teams having training in Honduras
-Opportunities for Micah, he's grieving the loss 'normal' teenage years
-Me, as I continue to learn the vocabulary of the language of School
-Creativity for Jedidiah in his down time
-Adam, to be brave when he goes to school
-Daryl, language understanding and initiative to talk
-Joseph, to find life outside our home
-Finances for VidaNet vidanetonline.org/friends-vidanet