wedding dress, cat life number 8 and God’s presence!
Hello guys. Sorry it has been a couple of days since I have updated (the internet has not been working) I love it that I have enough people praying for me and encouraging me that I get to apologize about that. I feel like the most blessed girl in the world. Thank you thank you thank you!
So about the cat.. well it has been to the hospital two more times since I last posted. If it would just stop fighting with the stupid white cat that always sneaks in the window that I am convinced is demon possessed because it has red eyes.. (it really creeps mem out.. another reason why i don’t like cats). So I am not sure if the cat is alive or not.. on life number 8 or 9.. hmm.. i’m just trying to keep it alive until the owners of the cat come back.
So you may be wondering why the title of this is wedding dress. ok.. well frankly at first you don’t mind the stares you get everywhere you go because you have blonde hair, blue eyes and white skin. But after two months, you no longer feel like a super star.. you begin to feel like an object who wants to frankly just blend in so there are no more offers of paper marriages. It’s hard not to get angry at all the men who jeer at you like you are an object. So this morning I was having my coffee date with Jesus (with nescafe sadly enough …. sad day.. but God says suffer for me.. so 🙂 and I was reading about how we are made righteous in Christ… because of the blood of Christ we are his PURE radiant bride. And this is not because we have done a 100 pujas (the offering they give to the gods here), or because we have sacrficied a goat.. (the other day they sacrificed a goat here because the royal nepal airplanes were not working.. ok.. don’t worry.. i don’t plan on flying royal nepal)… it’s because of WHO was sacrificed for me.. So I am his bride. So basicially I am walking around in a gorgeous white wedding dress. So really when people stare. it’s because they are thinking.. why in the world is that girl walking around in her wedding dress? And how IN The world is it staying so white and pure in these dirty streets (and i’m not kidding when I say dirty). So glory– stare away– i’m a bride everyday.. walking down my aisle called the streets of kathmandu.
So yesterday during language i just wanted to shout glory. I realized even though it is slow and frustrating– I am learning! I can speak more then I could 2 months ago. I can hold a conversation with the taxi driver. I can hold a conversation with my language teacher about why americans are simply not satisfied to eat rice and lentils three times a day 🙂 I can’t share the gospel yet.. but I can ask if they are hindu or christian. And this is not by my own power. Although I do study– I can only say that I am seeing the prayers of God’s precious saints answered right before me. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.. including learning to read and a write a language completely different from my own. And it can be a joy if I chose joy. Wow!! Thank you Lord for your presence available in all the daily acts of life.
Today I am going to get my sari for graduation. I will be sure to take pics. And tonight my american friends are coming over for a girls night. We do this once a week where each of us cooks something that we have never cooked before, we eat and fellowship. This is such a blessing from the Lord. I realize so much the power of community here.. and just being able for a short time to rest and be wtih people that you don’t have explain who you are to. (without words.. usually I have become quite good at hilarious sound effects!)
ok.. enough of my rambilng
ok yeah .. the pics is of my teammate nathan and his fiance (well girlfriend right now but soon to be fiance as soon as they get in america and get a ring). She’s awesome and will be a great teammate!
Preach on the future Beth Moore. I just had a glory moment just reading your blog. That was so profound. Please write that down and save it somewhere. Ms everywhere need to hear that. I can’t believe how profound you are…wow…even more since you went to Nepal…..I won’t be able to keep up with you when I see you in 2 years:)…..but I think I need to be the Holy Spirit in your life right now and convict you of something…you need to love the cat..in the name of Jesus…ehehhehe..Just kidding. I don’t like cats either.
I love you my dear.You prance down the streets in your wedding dress! Glory
I can see you now dancing down the streets of Nepal in your beautiful white wedding dress with that beautiful smile on your face. I love reading your blog!!! I am sorry I haven’t wrote to you in a while. It has been crazy around here. I had a terrible I mean TERRIBLE kidney infection last week!!! First one that I have ever had and DO NOT want another one!
I love the cat story! Our white and black cat got run over. So we aren’t any better with the cats. Hopefully you will be getting my package soon. We love you lots and lots!!! Everybody said to tell you hello.
Jenn,
What a beautiful picture you’ve painted of the bride of Christ adorned for the lover of her soul walking through a dark and dirty world! That is an amazing revelation!
I was recently thinking about your statement that it is often annoying to have people constantly staring at you. I can understand how that might make you feel. After my recent accident which left me with a black eye, stitches in my cheek, a broken nose and a leg brace, I became the object of people staring at me wherever I went. They probably thought I was the victim of domestic abuse. No one said anything. They just stared. I wanted to wear a sign that said, “It wasn’t an abusive husband. It was the garbage can!” (In case you don’t know the details, I fell face-first into the edge of my garbage can as I was rolling it down my steep driveway.)
Then nine days later I had my nose re-broken and set, and I had to wear a very annoying splint taped across my nose, cheeks and forehead. I went from looking like an abuse victim to a vain, middle-aged woman who had had a nose job. Boy, did people stare at that sight! Again I wanted to wear a sign that said, “I’m not that vain. I’m just a klutz!”
At least I had the ability to stay home a lot during my recuperation. You, however, are faced with people staring at you every time you leave your house. I can understand your frustration.
Then I thought about the title on your website – Lightbulb in the Darkness. Wouldn’t you turn toward the light if you were lost in a pitch, black room?
Your aren’t just a small, lightbulb in the darkness. You are an 18,000-watt search light pointing people to Jesus! Just keep shining and keep dispelling the darkness.
About your dog and cat – I think I am going to add them to my prayer list. They don’t seem to be doing too well. I hope their owners don’t return to find them buried in the back yard!
Thank you so much for keeping us up-to-date on what God is doing through you. He’s always up to something good!
Love you bunches,
Sandra
This post is so you! I wish I could just hop right over there and run over those men. I see Abba is growing you so! Love the pics! You rock! Feast on your king’s love!
Jennifer you are amazing!!! Beth Moore better watch out! I love reading your blogs. We miss you and love you very, very, very much! Emma has a CarePage it is EmmaNotes. She is a sick little girl. I didn’t know if Brandi had told you about her CarePage or not. We didn’t get to go to Ohio it is a long story I will tell you when we talk to you on Skype. Keep up the great work you are doing in Jesus name.I know you make Him smile when he sees His bride walking around glowing like you do for all to see. Love you so much. Mommy
Miss you. Praying for you.
Jenn- Marhaba! (That’s hello in Arabic)Believe it or not i read about that airline sacrificing the goats and kept it until I could tell you about it. I am so proud of you, and Praise the Lord for your obedience. I will hopefully get to email you soon-
Yours in Christ,
James Drawbond
Camp Bucca, Iraq