Nov. 8, 2007 - This and That
I watched a really good movie last night-The End of the Spear. It's about the five missionaries to Ecuador who were murdered in the jungle and it follows the story of the son of one the missionaries and the person who murdered his father. I had heard the story before, but it was good to be reminded of how much these men loved those people and were willing to sacrifice their lives in order to spread the gospel. My favorite part was when Stevie (the little boy) , worried about his father's safety, fearfully asks his father if the missionaries will use their guns if the natives attacked them. The father replied, "We can't shoot them-they aren't ready for heaven, but we are." I just thought that was really powerful.
On to other things-I've been fighting a cold this week, so needless to say, the house has suffered. I woke up actually feeling better and more energized, so I got the bug to clean things out and to re-organize a lot of our "stuff". I read an article recently in a mother's magazine that talked about our dwellings or our homes. The author emphasized the need to live "fully" in our spaces. She then described her experience of re-evaluating her house. She decided to purge anything that wasn't being used and to purpose to actually use the things that were left. (one example was some pretty guest towels that no one was ever allowed to use or touch.) It was an interesting article-and one that inspired me to get rid of our dining room and make it a school room. We have a big kitchen table that we can usually fit our company around-and we aren't really formal dining room kind of people anyway. The school room has been really nice. Eventually, I'd like to line the back wall with shelves and make it kind of a library/classroom.
Anyway...back to my day. I tackled the "babies" room. I cleaned out their closet-and ended up purging 3 big trash bags, 1 box and 1 large laundry basket of....CLOTHING. We were swimming in it. I had boxes and boxes in their closet of stuff I was saving for another baby if we ever have another one. I decided I really didn't need everything I was saving-and it seems like new babies generate new clothing through gifts from family and friends anyway. I narrowed it down to 1 baby-girl clothing box and 1 baby boy clothing box. I also had 1 box of Caleb's stuff that might fit Benjamin one day. I have to admit-it felt pretty good getting rid of all that extra stuff. I gave 1 bag to my sis-in-law that just had a baby, another one to my sis-in-law that's expecting a baby and I gave the box to a girl in my church who's expecting a baby. I took 1 bag to Goodwill, and the basket I'm going to take to a kid's resale shop near me. Whew...their closet is pretty much empty now. :) Yay!
My next project...our closet. Yuck. Anyway...for anyone reading -Have a great day! :)
