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ok, hay yall! so i have 3 weeks and 2 days left here. i had a nitemare last week that i woke up at home and realized that i wasn't coming back here. so if you cant tell, im still loving it here and haven't figured out how im gonna leave, i guess i should just not think about it and really live up each moment. in about an hour, Grace and I will go to the cooper nixon crises home to eat supper and have a devotion with the 7 young girls and boys there. this is one of our highlights, although nearly everything is a highlight except cleaning out our refrigerator. anyway, we are going to share the story in Matthew of Jesus and Peter walking on water, we've written Isaiah 40:29 on paper boats for their memory verse (these kids have amazing memories) and then we are gonna braid bracelets with them to show how with our one strand and Christ's two strands, we are strengthened beyond what we can imagine. Please pray for these kids and the staff, because there is a one year limit to stay in this home, and so most of them are fixin to have to move, and we dont know where they all will go. some may come here on campus, others to a foster home, and maybe some will be adopted. Most of the connie max staff are gone to a retreat today and tomorrow, so they tried to get most of the kids to go on home visits or to other foster homes, so the campus is nearly empty. its kinda weird, but its good to have a breather before we dive into the last part of our stay. There is especially a lot of letter writing to do. Even though the kids appreciate that we are here, the extra things they know we aren't "scheduled" to do really help them see that we really love them and so please pray that i will be able to continue to discipline myself and focus on each child's letter so that I will be God's instrument and not a hindrance. thanks. also please pray for the staff retreat, that the staff will bond, because many dont click too well. and also for the kids, Bridget called from her home, and just wants to come back here and never go back. Its helped her to appreciate connie max, but its a nitemare where some of these kids are staying right now. And they just want love and a steady family. Thats what bridget said, she doesn't care about material things (except her guitar), she just wants a steady family that loves her. sorry if i've already shared this story. little Junior (the one who calls me his fake mama) said God is stupid because he asks everynite that God will let him grow and he wont. he is learning how to swim though! he is so adorable. he hasn't bit me yet, though he tried. I got to have a good conversation with Casey Dobbins (6th grader) on the way home from the children's museum in columbia ( i got to milk a plastic cow there!). anyway, she was wondering if God can speak through dreams and what her purpose in life was. She said that she liked us missionaries, because she could talk about "God stuff" without feeling wierd. We had a really good conversation, and God just really blessed me in that time. I have a hard time expressing myself in words, so i can't really explain, but God is still working miracles and just blowing me away with His awesomeness. I am so thankful for all you who have supported me through letters and prayers. Many of the kids here (young and old) tell us they pray for us. its just really amazing. they want us so much, and it makes it so much easier to give when the kids are practically begging for you. Have i said how some of the kids will position me how they want me (like, put my arm over their shoulder, sit in my lap and grab my hands so that im hugging them how they want. Its the little things that cut deep. Grace and I are still having identical thoughts and stuff, its really cool. we just had a really good talk about the future and discerning and waiting for God's voice. God really does use us both to speak to the other person, and when we see that happen, we are just in awe. its so cool, i need a better word than cool. ok, man, sorry this was a long one. please pray especially for Julie, Rachelle, Bridget, Tyler, and Linda. Thanks so much and i hope you have an adventureful day. oh, has anyone ever mixed freshbluberries with white cake mix and put them in muffin pans? do they make blueberry muffins? just wondering. love you all,
lauren<><