Hey everybody, I hope things are NOT returning to a state of normalcy, but rather that we are all continuing in the direction God has set us over the past several weeks. After a pretty, well, let's face it, boring week after arriving here in Philly, the past few days have been rather eventful. The biggest and probably most important is that some of you knew that I was having some very serious issues with my parents that I felt the Lord was calling me to resolve before I settled in Boston. Yesterday afternoon, my mom and I went out for lunch and had a little talk. I'm not really sure how much sense I could make of it all because I'm still trying to soak it all in. The Holy Spirit enabled me to truly be myself in this conversation, which is something I've always been terrified of showing to my family, and I think it freaked my mom out quite a bit, but I feel that because I've shown that to her that a huge weight has been lifted off of me. I feel like I've done my part, I've stepped out, and now it's up to her if she wants to get to know this wierdo in her son's body. There is still a lot of bitterness in my whole family, a lot of hurt feelings, a lot of things being left unsaid, and most of all a lot of fear, and I still need to talk to my dad, but more importantly my mom needs to talk to my dad because I discovered through our talk that that is where a lot of the problems lie and they've just been trickling down. Unfortunately my mom is not willing to do that, but I can pray that the Lord changes her heart. I really want to thank all of you that have been praying for me and sticking it out with me through all of this, as I can tell and it does make a difference. I was talking with my good friend Derek on the phone a few nights ago and I said I didn't think I could physically do this, and he said, "Of course you can't physically do this. But it'll be the Holy Spirit in you that can do this. Plus, we're all on your side." I've NEVER felt so uplifted by the prayers of others in my life. As for the other stuff that's happened, I found out that my theatre in Boston caught on fire, and the woman who hired me was no longer working there. But then I called and the woman who took her place sounded very eager to still have me come. This all happened over the course of 24 hours. And then today I went to the doctor to talk about that rash on my shin that I thought was a poison ivy relapse. When it started to cover my whole leg I realized that it wasn't so much poison ivy as NOT poison ivy, and the doctor thinks I may have lime disease which is not something that someone with no health insurance wants to hear. So pray that it is not lime disease and that the (thankfully cheap) antibiotics work in the next few days! Okay, so this has been really long, so I think I better just shut up and let you all get away from your computers.
I love you all!
"And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13
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