Sunday, May 6, 2007

Flying out Tomorrow

This weekend has been exciting. My life is just one adventure after another! Yesterday I went with my friend from Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, to a quilt show, "Winter Wheat" and to Villa Cornelia, all in the city of London, ON. The quilt show was very beautiful, I do have some pictures, there were many different kinds of quilts. My favorite quilts were of more classic patterns with material that was reprinted from the civil war and the 1920's. Another quilt that was very interesting was made of men's striped shirts! Winter Wheat is a rustic craft shop about 40 minutes outside of London, definitely an escape from city life! Villa Cornelia is an old Victorian house converted into a restaurant.
Today I was able to go to Cynthia's church, an Anglican church close by, and to Sarah's (friend from PRBI) church. It was great to meet many new people and see a bit more of London. What a blessing it is to be able to share with other people what God is doing and to have other people partner with me in prayer! I was able to go to Sarah's soccer game, and here I walked around a park and found a snake, which I fled from. I do not like snakes!!!! We went out for ice cream at "Marble Slab", it was very good. I probably won't be having many of those for a while! We also attended a Bible study with people from Sarah's church and had a campfire and went through the last part of Phil 4:10-end. Such a reminder that being content is a learned emotional state that requires time and energy to develop. The Christian Life is definitely a process.
I watched the BBC news with Cynthia and was saddened to hear of the tornados in Kansas and the riots in France. Please pray for Ariane, my roommate for orientation, as she is flying tonight through Paris on her way to Africa.

1 comment:

Peter and Dorothy said...

Hi Rebecca!
I glad you are having a good trip! We know you are good hands-God's Hands. We got your card from Toronto. Love you Mom

Pre-natal Clinic at Rio da Huila

Pre-natal Clinic at Rio da Huila
This is me and my chara (person with the same name as me). She is a nursing student in Lubango and spent her holidays at the clinic getting some hands on experience. I was able to teach her how to measure bellies and find heart rates. It was really exciting to see her face light up as she felt the baby.

Pre-natal Clinic at Rio da Huila

Pre-natal Clinic at Rio da Huila
This is a traditional olumhuila lady. Her many beads are a sign of her wealth and status within her village.

My friend Fernando

My friend Fernando