the gift of Gab

God has led me to put my house up for sale, specifically before my trip to Africa in 2 weeks!! So I have been spending a lot of time doing little jobs around the house to make it look fresher more "sellable." (hence, no blog entries.)

Last Saturday, I was blessed in the most marvelous way!! Eight adults and five children (most of them from my church) came to my house to help me with the many odd jobs. My brother even drove over from Los Angeles to help! Together we were able to get so much done - changing out sinks and faucets, updating light fixtures, pulling weeds, painting the kitches cupboards and more. At the end of the day, I was exhausted, but elated. I have just a few little jobs to finish up (painting door jambs and cleaning up the "junk room" and things like that), but I can certainly see the light at the end of the tunnel. Praise God for such marvelous people to come and help me!!!

The housing market in Tucson, like much of the rest of the nation, has taken a down turn. Many houses are sitting for months before a buyer comes along. However, God provided this house for me in a miraculous way. He allowed me to use the equity in it to pay off my debt so that I could get onto the mission field. I have faith that he will sell the house in a miraculous way as well. I'm praying for a miracle! Specifically, that God will sell my house while I'm in Africa - and for a profit. This would allow me to quit my job sooner and begin focusing full time on the ministry.

Michael was among the brave here last weekend. We each took a few pictures. I still need to get mine to him. When I do that, he will create a link to both our our blogs for a slide show.

Posted by Gabi at 12:21 PM | Permalink

A terrible thing has happened. I have lost my Bible!!!!

Now, I am no expert in all things missionary. However, I'm pretty sure this is not good. And, in gereneral, this sort of thing is frowned upon! Oh dear.

Thankfully, I've got my back-up Bible. But the one I lost is the New Living Translation, which is my personal favorite. I've already done tons of highlighting and writing in the margins - you know, all the good stuff.

I'm not quite sure how a missionary wanna-be loses her Bible. Oh, woe is me! The last time I remember seeing it was at Bible Study Fellowship last week. I've been looking for it ever since. I was quite hopeful that I would find it at BSF last night, but to no avail.

Maybe someone who needed that specific Bible more than I has it now. I'll keep using my back-up Bible.

Posted by Gabi at 1:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)