Calm in the midst of Chaos
Busy activity in a roadside restaurant run by a Muslim family in Northern Thailand. We were high in the mountains on the border of Burma when we discovered this place and its Muslim owners. A pocket of Muslims has been carved out even here. The kitchen was a flurry of activity, but nobody seemed rushed, just focused. That’s an important personal trait, being calm even in the midst of chaos so you think clearly and act purposefully even when in a busy moment. Usually when we “lose it” it’s when we feel pressured and drop our self control. Then we just react instead of acting and usually regret our words and missed opportunities to connect with someone because we lost our quiet center. Food for thought. 
On Our Furlough So Far by Sherry
This entire year has blurred by with so much responsibility and busyness… the first 5 months werespent setting up house in a new country where we could not speak the language…holding a conference in Cambodia….3 trips back to Manila…back to Atlanta for a missions festival and then to PA take care of my dad. CQ to a board meeting in NZ etc…then we did have our month of rest in June, PTL! then to America for Andrew’s wedding…2 days later to our Jamaica church for their 25th…back to Cleveland to get girls registered to school and on shopping for school 3 days later to South Africa for CQ to teach every day for 8 days (i with a broken foot) then back to my folks for 3 weeks of caring for my dad then to Israel and Istanbul then back and on the road every weekend visiting churches not to mention keeping house and kids and all the activities involved in that…then to PA again for 2 weeks of caring for my dad in Oct…..and every weekend we were doing road trips to raise funds…..
