The Week That Was and the Week That May Be

It's officially Monday in this part of the world. Now I can go to bed. By waiting until after midnight, I avoid going to bed twice on Sunday. 24 hours ago, I was still preparing for the messages...and after being away from home 12 hours, we feel like we put in a day's work.

In both morning (English) and evening (Portuguese) services, we were surprised by families who showed up that had not been in services for 4 years or so, in one case, and 2 in the other. They gave every indication of planning to be back next week. Why today? We haven't a clue. God has ways of keeping track of people and speaking to them, when we don't even know where they are!

I have several other things to post, but it won't be tonight. Last week was filled with a bit of everything: a surprise visit by the Consul-general from Lisbon that occupied a day; plumbing problems in the office building where the consulate is--another day gone; various translation jobs that occupied all the in-between moments until Friday afternoon; a nomadic sinus infection that moved from one side of my head to the other and then back again. It may be in transit again tonight.

This coming week should be different: the plumbing will surely stay fixed a while, and I can't see the CG turning around and coming back this week. Of course, there are still translations and sinusitis to deal with. Maybe it won't be that much different after all.