Today is Wednesday 26th October 2011. i havent blogged for a couple of days, i have practice fasted for the last 2 days and it went good. Although i think my body would adjust better once i am doing it full time as day on day off doesnt really give my body the continuity it needs, start stop start stop!!
Monday was a public holiday here in New Zealand and i had set myself the tasks of getting my Perspectives readings and homework done as well as getting the Plunket AGM minutes and invite out to the life members.
i am secretary for the Edendale Wyndham Plunket Sub branch at least for 1 more week anyway. We will have our AGM next monday night and a new committee will be voted in. I have enjoyed my time as secretary, mostly. it is a little out of my comfort zone but with Matthew's help and my friend Jane helping too to compose the letters for me to send, we get there. So i spend Monday morning printing invites and previous minutes to send to the life members. After lunch, Matthew, Ryder and i went and delivered the ones to the members who live in Edendale and posted the rest.
I was very hungry after the 45 min walk. i am finding that i get extrememly hungry about 3.30 -4pm. so distractions are good. had to have a rest in the later afternoon, not something i usually do, but the holidays were very busy for me, so it was good to recharge my batteries.
Later that Monday night, i got stuck into my Perspectives readings, i thought they were going to be easy but i must admit i really struggled to grasp the readings and i had 15 questions to answer from the readings. I am so pleased to be doing Perspectives and i especially love God's timing.
i know that these next four years that we are in New Zealand are to be used for training and teaching and learning as much as we can, so my prayer had been "Whatever You want me to do Lord, i am willing, available and able to do". And yes He still answers prayer, because one day not too long ago i was surfing the web and i came across by accident???? the Perspectives for World Missions Program. i had done this course when i was a new Christian over 20 years ago, but i couldnt really remember a lot about it. I felt a quickening in my Spirit as i read further on the website and i discovered there was a headquarters in NZ. I sent off an email to see if i was able to do it in Southland and i got a reply pretty promptly! i was able to do the course by correspondence! it would mean doing it on my own but i believe that God was preparing me for that by my doing the discipleship book on my own too.
So i sent away my money, and whilst i was waiting for the course to arrive, i received the email from Todd that started all of this.
So i believe i am meant to do the course and i finally managed to complete the answers last night (Tuesday) so i can send them off today.
Yesterday (Tuesday) i decided to do a second practice day of fasting and i must admit i felt hungry most of the day, it was the first day of term 4 for teachers and students so Matthew was back at school and i have the 15 month old little girl i look after, her mum is a teacher too. i also look after 2 boys after school (Mon -Fri) and 2 girls on Tues and Thurs. So that keeps me busy which is good.
It thats great skill and fortitiude to not eat when food is around you all the time, for example when preparing healthy snacks for the children and testing to see if babies food is cool enough for her to eat.
I have not had to do any baking yet and i will be tested there because i am like most people who like to lick the spoon clean after baking. :-)
So today is Wednesday and i am eating normally today, less than 1 week now until i begin. i have sent a few days trying to come up with and appropriate title for what i am doing, it is not an adventure, not a journey etc so i will keep thinking what to call it.
i will practice fast again on thursday and friday, however i am having a tooth extracted on friday so i will take that day as it comes.
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