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Yesterday was another one of my typically unique Saturdays and the kind of day that filled me up spiritually, mentally, emotionally and yes physically. It all started with teaching my ESL Reading group at my church and seeing my Haitian, Japanese, and Yazidi friends there.

A huge blessing was visiting the home of a family from Iraq with a few friends from church. My friends from Iraq are going through a rough time and to know that a few women from church came to bless them by taking them shopping today was heart warming. The wife/mother was touched and I have to admit when she started to cry, it was hard not to myself. I definitely plan to keep in touch with this family. They sent me home with a bag of apples. Yeah apples 🙂 Love apples with cheese or peanut butter.

In the late afternoon and evening, it was quinceneara time. A quinceneara is a 15th birthday celebration for a girl in Mexican culture. The girl was treated like a princess wearing a gown and having her aunts, female cousins and mother putting various types of jewelry on her and also a tiara. She danced a father/daughter dance. She danced several dances. It was her time in the spotlight and to feel like a princess.

I met her 85 year old grandmother who flew in from Acapulco to be there. I hope I can travel at 85. That is the love of an abuela, grandmother, to travel a long distance. We had fun with sunglasses.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a call for help in the evening from someone struggling. The party was for this person’s daughter. What a blessing to see the family together, her daughter beaming, and my new friend doing well.

I even had a divine appointment to share Jesus with someone at Walgreens. A woman pushed a cart in for someone else and said, maybe I won’t go to hell if I do things to help people. OPEN door to share about the love of Jesus. We talked about how she can know for sure she is going to heaven if she comes to faith in Jesus and that he died for us.

So spiritually yesterday was definitely encouraging. I have found when I share and show the love of Jesus, I feel close to God.

Yesterday was also mentally and emotionally encouraging getting a chance to see a family blessed by visitors, to see a mother be able to celebrate her daughter’s 15th birthday after a difficult time a few weeks ago, and making new friends.

Yesterday was also physically a blessing because there is A LOT of good food at a quinceneara. 🙂

Oh and by the way, I even won a prize during a game for each table at the quinceneara, 🙂

Hope your weekend is blessed.