Greetings from MINNESOTA!!!

4 February 2009
Greetings from Minnesota…the Land of 10,000 Lakes & Home of the Loonie Lady!!!

I’m home again—safe & suffering some jet lag. It was a LONG trip, but I was able to get some sleep along the way.

My plane left Bangalore about 2:30 am Tuesday morning (2 pm Monday afternoon MN time) & I landed in Minneapolis at 6 pm Tuesday evening. My nephew Aaron met me at the airport & we got back to DC about 7:45 pm. My cat, Frosty, set up residence on my lap & even submitted to being brushed quite happily to show his appreciation for my return home.

Yesterday I stayed up all day, unpacking, washing clothes, & straightening things up a bit while finalizing some blog entries & uploading them. I went to bed just after 9 pm (very early for me), but woke up about 3:30 am this morning & couldn’t go back to sleep.

Today I must get the house cleaned because I have company coming for supper & a small Bible study group will be meeting at my house tonight. Since I got up so early, I may need to take a nap later on today so I won’t fall asleep during the Bible study.

I have so many blessings here in the US that I take for granted!!! I MUST choose to thank God for the privileges I have & seek His direction as to how I can share His blessings with those who need my help. Actually, I NEED to help them more than they need my help…I need my priorities changed so I will learn the lessons of unselfishness & the true joy of sharing with others.

Blessings from MINNESOTA…a mission field in some ways more needy than India (because like the Laodicean Church of Revelation, we are satisfied with ourselves & are totally unaware of our abject poverty, blindness & nakedness)…where snow covers the ground & the weather is cold…but my heart is warmed by God’s amazing love & grace for me!!!!!!!!!!