the days are going by fast. there are three parts to our journey here. the first one is over. it has been good. both A and i did some good crying.
our first day we relaxed at the house and had some friends come over to hang out and play. in the evening we had dinner with some friends and our teachers from our school came for desserts. it was good to be with them.
we went to our neighborhood our second day. every step was so heavy going up our path to our house. we saw our neighbors... we hugged, cried... my friend K came with us and she took care of A as we went into our old house. there are new people in the house, but they graciously allowed us to have time in their house. i spent a good amount of time crying in our old bedroom. it definitely was not our house anymore... different paint on the walls and stuff didn't make it feel like home, which may be God's way of helping us out. it was really good though... good closure... what we were looking for.
our second day, A was having a hard time taking a nap... i was getting so frustrated after about 40 minutes... then as i layed next to her, i felt the Lord leading me to pray for her. she layed there protesting and i took her in my arms and prayed. "God i know it's so confusing for A to go our house and it's not our house anymore and coming to Indonesia and daddy's not here..." as i prayed A cried... she cried like i've never seen her cry. thank you God for her to be able to express herself in that way. i held her and kept praying. "Lord let her know that you are in control and give her peace and understanding from you." we both cried. it was really good.
wednesday was a full day for me. i met with friends all day long. it was very healing as i went to different places and meeting different groups of friends.
now i am starting my second part of my trip. we are visiting some friends... some place we called "going to the grandparents". not that they are grandparents, but it's just the feeling of comfort we had. already had a good cry in the room we always stayed in. we love it here.
thanks for your prayers... again we could feel it each and every day.
