Wednesday July 7, 2021

It is Joshua Zirthangpuia's Birthday. Early in the morning as a part of my quiet time with God I give thanks to God for Zosua's life. Oh, yes, tht's Joshua in Mizo. That's what my mother, his grandmother named him. He has not been in touch with us much since Easter but I (and Will) love im the same. I lifted him up into God's care. Will did that too when we had our morning devotion after breakfast. After Will left for work, I called home and talked with sister Nutei briefly. And then talked with Puia, our cousin who is down with Covid. He is feeling better today. Young and fit as he is - by God's grace and mercy I pray and belived that he will get well from it. I called and video chatted with his wife and children too. Lovely family my cousin has. God is good. A bit later later in the morning I received a call from my sister Seni asking for prayers for her brother in law and son who are down with Covid. He is a pastor and young as well and his son is 17. I prayed to God for them both right away. By God's grace, I hope and trust that they will get well again. Covid has hit home to my family now a second time. Last year one brother in law and a nice in this country got it and by God's grace they returned to full health. I hope and pray with all my heart that these family members of mine will be healed by our merciful and powerful God. I was informed that no one will come to work with kitchen project today. Mr. Xie is cutting the counter tops in his shop. The wall reparing person and the plumber are not available. I am told that they will come tomorrow. I hope so. I ate a simple lunch. Soup and rice. In the afternoon I was led to a Sholin Monk's Ted talk. I listen to it a few times. God is good. I needed to be reminded of how important it is to know myself. I went on watching Brucelee interviews. All about self discipline, meditation and self control - Kungfu, Karate, and Sholin meditations. The 70's and my growing up years trainings came back... On my computer an old picture of me from 1992 Summer in the swimming pool poped up. A picture of the days I was 112 lbs and did yoga everyday and swimming 6 days a week. So, shamelessly I will share it below. Today, I say, "Thank you God for speakiong to me and leading me to this path today." Oh, yes I had a wonderful texing communication with my very kind supervisor Dr. McConnell this afternoon as well. Will had just returned from work. We must go to the the hunt of appliances and supper - May be. God is good. I am grateful. Yes, we went to Home Depot to buy a counter depth fridge and a Bosch dishwasher. Fridge is not available in white. White fridge is a non negociable at this point. We decided to keep using our old fridge. It is fine just that it does not make ice any more. This dicission enable us to buy a higher quality dish washer. We bought a Bosch 500 series. To celebrate this wisdom we went to eat a Mexican dinner. So deliciou! God is good. We are thankful.