Sunday Funday May 24
Prayers and Prasies
As we pass the two month mark of self-quarentine, we have definitely noticed that it is wearing on all of us. Wednesday, May 20, Caid really started to notice a difference in his body. He started having daily panic attacks and a hard time sleeping. Please pray for our family.
Praises for little ways to get out and about (see our picnics in the video above) and relieve stress.
Prayers as Brazil is now considered the current epicenter for Coronavirus. We (in Northeast Brazil, away from Recife) have seen few cases (until this week, Carpina had less than 40 confirmed cases for a population of 100,000), but are definately starting to see things expand as more people are losing loved ones.
Interweb Reads:
Are you Poor? “I’m not quite sure how the question came up but all of the sudden one of the people at our table directed his attention towards me and asked: “so, are you poor?” I think I blinked a few times, stunned, scrambling to find an appropriate answer to the inappropriate question. To this day, I’m mad at myself for how I didn’t speak up for myself and respond with a question of my own: Are you rich? Are you afraid of poor people? What does poverty mean to you? Yes, technically, I am materially poor right now. Is that a problem? Is that any of your business?” (A Life Overseas)
Two Practices for the Long Obedience “An After Action Review involves four stages: State what you wanted to happen. Acknowledge what actually happened. Tease out themes, single words or phrases, even complete sentences. Learn from the experience. Adjust your behavior.” (A Life Overseas)
When We Don’t Get Closure “I hope that experiencing this cut off grief makes us appreciate what we do have. When we are able to finish well again, I hope we do. Realizing how important closure is, I hope we savor what we have even more. This is a reminder to love what we have well when we have it, because we don’t know when we might lose it.” (Gina Butz)