our dozen beautiful feet

So as not to make ourselves crazy this last week in India, we have been intentional to pace ourselves with the packing.  Because it's more than just packing up every item in our home.  We are so grateful that our company will pay for us to ship a container of furniture and personal items home, it is such a blessing.  But we are restricted to the amount of space we can fill up!  We have more stuff than is allowed, so we're shedding.  Some of our stuff is being donated, others sold.  So the house is dying a slow death. Last week, we had a "garage sale."  Maybe it was the first one ever in Jaipur. : ) The kids made strawberry Lemonade and plain lemonade and sold it to the guests! :)   We laid out all our unwanted items on table cloths on our terrace for others to come and take home.  It was a lot of work, but a lot of things left that day.  We are blessed to have sold all our larger items, furniture, and appliances very quickl...

Okay.  The past two months have been pretty tough.  Right after Recess (homeschool conference in February), we had a group of friends arrive to help us with some medical camps.  Paul's sister was part of the group, and we had such a great time with them!  We had three different camps running for three days: a dental clinic, a First Responder training/CPR, and the third was a Fetal Development class for ladies.  It was a long week, out to villages, all over town, but a lot was accomplished, and we had such a good time hanging out with other Americans. Before they came though, Paul and I both were feeling tired.  We knew we were pretty run down, and just not ourselves. I kept telling Paul, "I just feel like we're not really living!"  I knew my thyroid/autoimmune stuff was still an issue.  The anti-thyroid drugs I'm on were managing my physical symptoms well, but emotionally and spiritually, we were both struggling. After our friends left, anoth...