It's September!

I decided I had to write a post to end the week before I go to bed and wake up to a new morning. This weekend has been quite the productive weekend. It started really with a late end on Friday night, after serving at our weekly Friday Night Meeting set-up. Then on Saturday morning we had a house breakfast before I left with Judy to go on a grocery shopping time. I bought heaps of things, just so that I can feed 7 people this coming weekend. Yes, I am ambitious, ambitious enough to try to make my sambal from scratch for the first time. I'm pretty impressed with what I came out with, although I think it could be better. Maybe there's someone out there who can teach me the keys to crack the code of sambal.

Then I cooked dinner for a friend, who came and had a sleepover too. It was a good time getting to know her, and it was fun baking together. We baked biscotti, which turned out really well. It is so much easier to bake than cookies, which was what Aida told me. Just a few ingredients and throw them together and voila! 

This morning was spent at the church, and I managed to catch a snooze in the afternoon before heading to the base to lead dinner dishes. I had a great team, they worked really fast, efficient and awesome! :) We were done in under 1 hour. Came home, cleaned the kitchen area, proceeded to clean the house shelf in our pantry, then made popcorn with Johanna and then watched a movie! That was a mouthful. Yes, that was my first popcorn and it turned out so delicious. The key is to use brown sugar and real butter. 

Now that we're done with the details of the weekend, it has been somewhat the reflective weekend. I have had time to be by myself, to reflect on my life with friends, and still had more time to be challenged deep inside. I am definitely going through a refining process inside, not enjoying it thoroughly but I am grateful that God even cares to refine. As I was reminded this morning, go to the place of prayer to grow in my relationship and dependence on God. And that was what I did. Maybe I should remove myself from the internet world for the next week to allow God the space and time to speak into my life. I shall consider this right after I am done with this post. 

I am grateful for all that I have, because it is much more than what I should have. To God be the glory.