{"id":500,"date":"2007-05-02T20:06:48","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T17:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/2007\/05\/02\/anatomy-of-a-good-day\/"},"modified":"2007-05-02T20:06:48","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T17:06:48","slug":"anatomy-of-a-good-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/02\/anatomy-of-a-good-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been blogging much lately because I’ve just been trying to stay afloat.  Tonight is one night where I’m not outside the house so I have a few minutes and I was just struck by how many good things happened today.<\/p>\n

1. I read 1 Thessalonians this morning and saw more new things.  I plan to read the book through each day this month, and I am certain I’ll learn new things every day.<\/p>\n

2. At an appointment in Jerusalem this morning, we were granted visas.  It was sort of the absolute minimum amount of help that the gov’t here could give, but it is sufficient for our needs and a clear answer to prayer after many disappointments.<\/p>\n

3. Walking back from the gov’t office, I spotted a Mountain Dew, only the second one I’ve seen for sale here.<\/p>\n

4. Back in my office a friend and former student (f&fs) brought by the complete, finished set of DVDs he made of my Land and Bible trips this semester.<\/p>\n

5. Lunch in the dining room was good food and discussion.<\/p>\n

6. I got an email from a former IBEXer in the Dallas area who is going on vacation for two weeks the very day we are arriving, and he offered us use of their empty house and car.  Just last night Kelli and I had been talking of needing just something like this to soften our landing.<\/p>\n

7. Another f&fs stopped by the office to ask if she could stay six weeks this summer and help me with projects and Kelli with things around the house.<\/p>\n

8. Everything just came together in a short time on a (secret) project I’ve been working on for many months.  Now it feels like something, for the first time.<\/p>\n

9. Several students came by and asked for advice on teaching, jobs and relationships.  <\/p>\n

10. The mail arrived and it contained only checks, no bills.<\/p>\n

11. I came home and found out that a f&fs had spent the better part of the day at our house helping Kelli on the rather daunting task of sorting and washing kids’ clothes to give away.  A student spent the afternoon here cleaning.<\/p>\n

12. I don’t have any reason to be out of the house tonight (so far anyway).  I hardly know what to do with myself.  I do know this – I’m not going to spend any more time tonight blogging!  God has been extremely kind to us today.<\/p>\n

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Scrapbook gift from Spring 2007 (last week);
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