As a young girl while attending church I heard several missionaries recount their exploits on the mission field. I heard about miraculous events, healings and other “yeah God” stuff. What I didn’t hear was the ordinary living that also accompanies being a missionary. Today I thought I’d give you a glimpse of my “glamorous life” as a missionary!
Woke up to find my cat had poo’ed all over the hall and bathroom rugs….picked those up and set them outside to deal with later.
Cleaned up the poo that had been stepped in (by the cat) and stamped on various tiles in the hallway.
Walked into the bathroom to wash my hands and to take a closer look at a clump of dirt on another rug. To my surprise it moved! Realized it was a tiny frog!
Removed the tiny frog from the bathroom to the outdoors where it belongs.
Put my clothes in basins to soak…looks to be a good day for outdoor drying, very windy.
Went into the kitchen to begin breakfast and looked in the corner to see what I thought was a pile of dirt. Upon closer inspection it was another, albeit larger, frog! I felt like it was the plague all over again!
Removed the larger frog to the outdoors where it too belongs!
Washed my hands yet again.
Began breakfast with Patches (our cat) talking to me the entire time….yes I will get you some milk, eventually.
Now one highlight of the morning was hearing from our son Mark. We talked with him for about two hours through robotic voices, static, being cut off and straining towards the window (best place for reception on the phone) to hear him.
Around noon, after we were off the phone, I got around to washing the breakfast dishes. I had to towel dry them as I need this same sink to finish washing my clothes.
Chuck pointed out why he thought the frogs were coming in….you can see light shining through in the bathroom where the wall meets the ceiling. I guess they have their own entryway now.
Brought the basins out to the kitchen and began the hour or so chore of washing and rinsing my clothes.
Took the clothes out to line dry.
Emptied the cat box…yes there is one in the house and why Patches didn’t use it is beyond me <aarrrgh> and refilled it with sand (no cat litter here)
Visited the new kittens next door.
Gave the rugs to the ladies for washing.
Began preparing items for pizza night – slicing pepperoni, mushrooms and ham and grating mozzarella cheese for the pizza and cheddar cheese for everyday use.
Sat down for a few minutes to catch up on my devotional reading…hard to get into the whole clean/unclean, numbers stuff.
Finally got onto the computer for a few minutes to see what’s happening on Facebook and get this blog post written….all as the electricity has decided to shut down!
I’m not saying we don’t have those “yeah God” moments. Everyday the kids are eating, going to school, have clothes to wear and are in a loving home are “yeah God” moments, but we also have these “glamorous” moments too 🙂