This entry is really--July 24, 2007

As I lie on the carpet of our apartment and move only my fingers to type this entry, I sweat. It is so hot here! The heat skyrocketed up one hundred degrees yet again today. We were hoping for rain to relieve us today, but no luck.
There are so many things to be stressed out about right now, but to be honest, I’m doing great. Several things aren’t working in our house and it can be frustrating sometimes. The ATM cards aren’t working. The wireless internet isn’t working and the man who tried to come help us couldn’t do anything for us because we don’t speak Romanian. Oh how I wish I could speak fluently. Maybe if I pray hard enough it will just come to me. Haha. =] Because our wireless internet isn’t working, our Vonage doesn’t work either. Therefore, we can’t make any calls or give anyone our number who is trying to help us get settled. The only contact we have is through coming to the internet café and spending money on connecting. That is not necessarily a good thing because we can’t get money out of the ATM right now. The boys are tired and cranky almost constantly because they aren’t getting to bed until around eleven. Oh, and the Hopkins are missing one tub of stuff from the flights over here still.
Yet I still find comfort in the fact that I know this is where we need to be. God has us here for a purpose and although it is yet to be discovered, all of these small frustrations are only bumps in the road that will bring us where we need to go. The only thing there is to do is rely on God to provide what we absolutely need and it is for him to determine when we really need it. I guess you could say my patience has been turned up to full blast and I am willing to wait. After spending time in the word and rereading all of the encouragement that I got from my friends, this verse stands out to me:
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.”
Ephesians 3:20-21