Very, Very Thankful!

These past couple weeks have been great. When someone calls me and asks so what have I been doing it is pretty much, "just checking the city out, driving around, hanging out with the few people I do know, looking for a house". I am surprised the lies of what-good-are-you have not shown themselves. But, I really shouldn't be surprised. These couple weeks God has gone over and above. Let me say that again people- OVER AND ABOVE!! I have had so many prayer requests answered, tiny detailed ones to big you-gotta-step-into-this-for-me ones. I have had great quiet times. I have been protected from whatevers. I have my needs taken care of. I have had peace in the midst of uncertainty. I had to call my friend in Accra the other night because I just couldn't keep the excitement to myself with all these answers. I had to tell someone! I am more than thankful. Is there a word that is "more than thankful"?At church yesterday I was so thankful people move and dance when they praise because I just couldn't keep it all in. I was in full rejoice mode. I hope even when things are not going so well I would stay in rejoice mode.One experience I had at church yesterday was meeting a little boy. Maybe he is around 10 years old and I can see he has mental disabilities. He sat right next to me. He stared directly at me. There was no embarrassment or shyness. I get stared at quite a bit but this boy was about a foot away from my face! and I am supposed to be paying attention during the SS lesson :) Well, one of the ladies yelled at him so he stopped. But then I looked over at him and he had his hands over his eyes peeking thru his fingers staring at me. Is that not cute???! I had to suppress my chuckle.One question that was asked in SS class was, "should we do ablution in church?" That is not a question I have ever thought about before, never had to think about it. Ablution is a cleansing ritual done for religious reasons. Like, washing hands, feet, face etc...One strong religion here does it very often. I was impressed with the young SS teacher's response. He said we need to make sure our hearts are clean more than our outside parts of our bodies.Truth, baby. Check your heart. Love it!