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Mosquitos and Freezing Temperatures

Posted on September 11, 2022September 11, 2022 by Pam

I thought they were fleabites but then my allergy to mosquitos took over. Have you ever begged God to help you? I have had a couple of prayers going up and am so grateful. Firstly, my VISA was approved on Friday and you can be sure my passport was on the way, same day. The stress of beginning the process in May and passing every deadline made it hard to begin packing so Hallelujah! Second answered prayer is for me more than the mission. I have been concerned about a possible oral surgery and hoped it would not be necessary. It has been a 2-month concern and the challenge healed last week. I am not good in the dental chair! So relieved that I will not be on a plane and still healing. All of that was so good and then 20 swollen mosquito bites and I’m feeling out of time. Every trip to see family was necessary and a true blessing. I am stored up for this next season and mosquito bites heal. What is important should get done!

I learned from my son today that the Swiss have created legislation that might effect the thermostats in Western European countries including where the training is taking place. The Russian gas crisis may have a domino affect. I’m not up on this stuff but will be packing sweaters. I’ll keep you posted.

PRAISING GOD

For answered prayer and reasons to trust God. I’m afraid that something I ask God for that happens I call a blessing. If it is not happening I am puzzled. God is the giver of all good things and His ideas are better than mine. Praise God!

PRAYING AROUND US

I have added to my prayer journal because, if I am talking to the Lord, I will hear what is challenging people in my sphere. There are prayers that I can now delete because God does listen. Please pray that we have what we need to serve, including heat.

PRAYING SCRIPTURE

Habakkuk 2:14

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

"Thoughts from a genuinely evaluative mind."

Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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