And I'm Off...

I was up early... and wanted to attend the 9am service. I walked down and paid a few bills on the way to church. The service was quite long... And I sat net to a neighbor from our complex! And her husband was leading worship!

On the way back, I stopped to get fun breakfast breads for Isaiah to bring to work and I was home.

I got online and booked a few of my train tickets. Suz has done most of the tickets... I still need Frankfurt to Antwerp, but I will buy that after I land! I want to find the church donation office and the post office. Then I'll head on the train and most likely be in Antwerp by or before 3pm!

I packed up my stuff, ate lunch, took a shower and hopped on the scooter with Alan. He was going to church for discipleship. He dropped me off at the MRT Station where my mom had her day care center (I thought that was pretty special!) and he took off. I got on the MRT. I then took the bus to Song Shan Airport and bussed to Taoyuan Airport, Terminal 2! The check in counter did not open until 16:10!

I had over an hour! 

Good time to check things...

And after checking in, I went up to the gate! Why not? I wanted to sit and think and blog... and watch the service. I had invited a couple of people to the service... I thought I wasn't leaving until Monday night! God is in control! 

I'm here in Frankfurt! Couldn't send anything in Beijing!

So many came to church... what a miracle! 

The flight from Taipei to Beijing was very nice. But the plane was quite old... I had a whole row of seats... and the food was quite decent!

Four hours in Beijing and I slept and walked around. And at 2am, we boarded. PACKED like sardines...

I'll write more later... but I'm off to donate coats and then take the train to Antwerp.

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Getting Ready!

I was up early... even though I went to bed at 1am... and I did go for a run... only 10k... with only 23.63K this whole week... Hopefully, I will be doing more runs when I am in Europe! The weather looks chilly!

I did a load of laundry as it was overflowing... and then went out to tutor! The hour flew by and I was home by 12:40!

I ate a nice salad lunch and then started packing!

I don't want to bring a lot but I have three coats that I want to donate to the homeless in Germany. I had gifts of snacks for Nancy and Serge. I have a gift to mail to someone in the UK. And I'm only bringing in carry on but it weighs a bit, so I will be checking that in! YEAH!

WI made dinner reservation for 5pm and met up with Angel and got my phone!

After dinner, I got home and tried to get everything taken cared of... That was a lot of work.

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It Was... (Fill In the Blank)

I was up early and again... no run...

I had tutoring at 10:30... and that went long!

Alan and Isaiah came to church as I wanted them to drop off the books and the dish dryer. We took off to Mega PX Mart and while they ate, I shopped. I also walked over to Costco and bought stuff. We headed back to church as my scooter was there... and they went home.

I headed to the Grand Hyatt and met up with a dear friend. We hung out until after 11pm. She had the Hyatt Club Lounge Privilege, which meant we could eat a buffet meal on the 22nd floor. I never knew! The meal was delicious... and they had carrot juice! FRESHLY SQUEEZED... I totally enjoyed myself! What a feast.  Oh... I should mention that around 8:39 there was an earthquake. So... I definitely felt the shaking. 

I scootered home and got gas and got home at 11:45. I forgot my cell phone at her hotel... but that's ok. I don't like thinking that I must have my cell phone! And I hope to see her tomorrow... with Alan and Isaiah for dinner!

When I got back, the recycling was an absolute mess... I got that sorted and went up and blogged and checked my emails. 

I'm just two day away from taking off... Wow... 

So... what did you write for the word in the 'fill in the blank'?

I'll give you a hint: I'm exhausted!

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Feeling Much Much Better!

I was up and I slept better... the throat was in recovery...

But no run... I didn't want to push my body...

So, it was indeed a day of rest!

I didn't even sit and read. I just rested... I got up and did a few things around the house and went back to bed. I made soup and had bowls and bowls of it... I actually made two pots of soup... I finished the first pot and made a second pot. The first was carrot soup... and the second pot was tomato soup... wow... so delicious! Two different savory soups... 

At 4:30, I went out for a walk... I was hoping to have enough energy to ride out to Costco and do some shopping... but I only walked to the neighborhood mini Carrefour... I did not find the snacks I wanted to bring to Europe... So... I will have to go on Saturday!

The day flew by... all too quickly.

A friend came over at 7pm as I cut her hair... and then prayer time at 8:45.

I blogged, checked emails...

Alan and Isaiah played basketball at Soochow... and tomorrow is a holiday!

I still have tutoring... and the weekend will be a busy one! What else is new?!?!?!?

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Oh No... A Very Sore Throat!

I was up and did not sleep well... I woke up several times as I had a very very sore throat... unusually sore! FLAMING SORE! I took some medicine!

I had a busy day... no run... as I was not feeling well... the throat... the lack of sleep... Please pray for a full recovery!

I went out to run errands and tutored at 11am to 12... and came home for lunch and headed out again for my last Bible study. We had 11 students... It was a wonderful time as we talked about: Who is God? What are His attributes? What's your relationship with God?

I had cancelled my 3:40 tutoring and I'm so glad. My throat was still FLAMING SORE! I went and ran more errands and came home. I ate a small meal and took a nap.

I had tutoring from 6-7pm and came home by 7:30! YEAH...

Prayer time at 8:45 and Family Time at 9pm.

Tomorrow is my REST DAY!

Thank you Jesus!

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Morning Bible Study... and Running Errands!

I was up early and went for a short run... I only had time for 8K. I think that's going to be the distance for the next few days until I go to Europe!

I was home and after a quick shower, I was out the door... only to realize that I had forgotten the church key and brought the wrong bank card... 

I scootered back and had to wait to run errands. The only thing I did was to return books and check out one book for Isaiah. I also donated books at the library.

I was going to buy tuna fish sandwiches but the shop was closed... so I only brought tangerines for our Bible study!

We are looking at Psalm 30 and it was a great discussion. Two gals joined online! And there were four of us at church. We again didn't finish until after 1pm! 

I then went to withdraw money and then to the bank to exchange for Euro and pay our credit card bill. I wanted to run a few more errands, but I had to go pee... I stopped to buy soy bean milk and headed home!

Alan was home and having lunch, so I joined him.

Then I decided to take a short nap... the other errands will have to wait!

Tonight I had tutoring... for an hour and then prayer time at 8:45.

I baked and wrote up the shipping forms for the boxes and Alan taped it up. The shipping company will come pick up on Thursday. Friday is Labor Day!

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Yes... It Was Another Hectic Day!

I was up early... but by the time I went out to run, I only had 35 minutes... I ran only 5K.

I came home and did not take a shower as I had planned to do that at Isaiah's house, in order to test their water pressure.

I got there before 10am and went and dropped off books for donation. YEAH!

I bought two tea eggs and an iced latte and settled myself down at the dining room table and waited. Isaiah messaged me: the guy was downstairs! Wow... it was 10:30 or so!

It took him about an hour to finish... it was really difficult to remove the old ones... after he left, I changed the three outer ones... But a lot of water came out of each filter, so I had to do a mopping of the kitchen floor. 

I changed the shower head and took a shower... short showers... no problem... BUT... if the shower lasted more than three minutes, the water did turn cold! It's not a problem with the shower hose. It's not a problem with the shower head. It's not a problem with the hot water heater... as the other shower is fine. I think it's the way that the piping was done. Oh well... 

I left Isaiah's place at around 1pm and got home at 1:37! WOW...

I put things away and laid down for a Power Nap after I put in a small load of laundry. I brought back the rags that I used to mop up the water... 

When the load was done and hung, I went over to our friend's house and put way a few things and then came back home for prayer time at 4pm!

I was so happy that I had a semi free evening as I wanted to finish packing the boxes!

I also heard from the Evangelistic Sisterhood Lodging called Kanaan! I will be staying there from May 16th to the 19th!

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