What an awesome adventure Missionary Training was!!! We were nestled in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado Springs, CO for 3 1/2 weeks with an amazing group of people from all over the Nation. All of these wonderful people were about to embark on the greatest journey of their lives as well. It was an amazing feeling being surrounded by so many people who were just like you. For the 1st time in a long time we seemed to "fit" in with people around us. God worked through the staff and the "trainees" to prepare us for the most rewarding, yet scariest time of our lives. We learned all about living a life full of paradoxes and how real they would come to be. We were shaken to our emotional core throughout most of our training and we found out many things about ourselves. We learned that being in highly stressful situations can have you leaving the mission field very quickly if you are not truly prepared for the "what-ifs" that can occurr when living in a third world country. We give God thanks for this amazing experience. We are so thankful for the SPLICE training 2009 brothers and sisters. We feel so blessed to have another family.
Hi O'Dells! I don't know if or when you will get this comment, but I just read all of your blog entries here and want to let you know something that really helped me with bug bites when I was staying at the Nest one winter! (I was there when Chavar first came, as well as Matthew. I took care of him at the hospital-it was hard yet AMAZING) -anyway, LAVENDER OIL! It's not too girly smelling so your son might like it. I will see about getting at least one bottle for you to try and sending it down with someone ASAP!
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-another thing I noticed while attending summer classes in Minnesota this summer (I live in CA) are the Aveda Chakra aromas.
ReplyDeleteI noticed in general if you use any sweet smelling lotions or hair products, it attracts the bugs.