"BE or DO"

God doesn't call me to "do"
He calls me to"be"
I heard it said once that stress happens when our agenda is in conflict with His agenda.

Today let my focus be on the "BE"

Rocky just got back from up the river visiting Shuar village of Shakai and there is a husband and wife that have chosen to follow Jesus. Praises to God! This couple have 10 children. There was a flood in !998 and this couple had 5 children that drown in the flood. As Joyce reminded me that God has now restored 2 fold with 10 kiddos!!!

My prayer for these new believers at the moment comes from Ephesians 1:17-20, that the glorious Father may give them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that they may know him better. That the eyes of their hearts may be enlightened in order that they may know the hope to which he has called them, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for those who believe. God's Word says that as believers, we have the same power within us that raised Jesus from the dead and seated Him in His heavenly kingdom. That's kind of a big deal. May we recognize and live in the power He grants us and may they do the same.

Green Chillies

Ok these little babies stayed in the frig yesterday, but today they just had to bless our table.

Coming out of the frig.
Going into the oven.
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Ladies Retreat

We are having a ladies retreat Feb.28-March 2 at Banos. We the ladies in Ecuador are actually going to do the leading. No one from outside is coming to pamper us!!!
We are going to be studying from the book "Calm My Anxious Heart" by Linda Dillow.
We each had to pick a chapter to do a hour long teaching on! YIKES! Anyway I have chosen "A Faulty Focus" If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I will take it all. But first I guess I better get busy and read the whole book.

Shampoo

I just took the plunge and used baking soda to shampoo my hair and followed with a vinegar rinse. NOT BAD! So now hair and scalp is cleansed more natural, face with oatmeal and milk. Makes me think of that song by Aretha Franklin " You make me feel like a natural woman"
This week I also made homemade fabric softener from hair conditioner,vinegar,and water. I have all of these little bottles of conditioner that comes with my hair color but I never use so it is being used now.

My Man

Last night My Man taught about baptism with the bible study group all in Spanish. He was awesome!! The group kept saying amen so I would think this was a good thing!

From the Kitchen

The last few days I have really been motivated to cleaning out old stuff and organizing the cabinets and frig. Do not know what brought this on except it was very needed.
Today I made Oatmeal Flax seed cranberry cookies. I just love these and they are very healthy.
I roasted fresh green chilies and pealed them and they are waiting for something delish to happen to them tomorrow! ????

For lunch was Crock pot sesame chicken, oven roasted broccoli, whole grain rice, and salad. I aslo had a glass of sweet tea.

Facial cleanser

Back several months ago my sweet daughter shared with me about making her own cleanser for her face. Oatmeal and powdered goats milk in the blender. I used plain old powdered cows milk and I love how it makes my face feel smooth and soft and clean! Thanks Joy for sharing.

Bible study Group

After we got back from Quito the bible study group called and said it was two of the little ones birthdays and would hermana Dorti bring pastels(cakes). So I made a couple of yellow with chocolate frosting. Jonaton whom turned 4 went to sleep before we had cake and the other Geferson whom turned 7 had an awful case of chicken pops.Here are a few photos.

One very Important Thing

THE TWO HOUSE ALIKE HAVE BATHTUBS!!!!!!AWWWWWW a soaking tub bath!!!

This and That

Rocky and I went to bible study on Friday past and stayed the night in Qualaquiza and looked for a house to rent. Qualaquiza is only about 20 min from bible study where as we are 2 hours plus late night jungle driving to and from bible study two times a week. Rocky and I are just tired of the driving. It is also dangerous at night.
We got out early on Saturday morning and began to drive around and look. Ended up by these houses. They are new and we have looked at them before but it just did not seem to work out. They are for sale but it has been a year and they are still vacant. It will take quite a bit of work to get them ready for us and we could not look inside because the keys were not available.

This is the front of one of the houses.

This is a view from the side of both.

This is the front of the other house. They are connected by the back wall of both. I think perfect one for us and one for the young couple that is coming in July to serve down here.
We could not get in to see the inside again so we went ahead and did some more driving and we found this house for sale but could rent it and it is move in ready window screens, telephone and the kitchen is perfect!!! But it is wayyyyy big. Six bedrooms.

I wish I would have taken pictures of the inside but I did not.

Anyway we just gave the name and # of the owner of the two house to our LC and ask him to handle it because of language and we will see what happens.