My family now owns a house again! My parents closed on the house this morning. I went over and spent all afternoon and evening cleaning. It's a great house. I love it! And the office/guest room that I will be staying in is very nice.
Since we have no furniture, my mom ran to the store and bought a couple of gigantic boxes of hot pockets for us for supper. By the time we got to eat them (because we disinfected the microwave before cooking them), we were so hungry that they tasted sooooo delicious!
My grandparents dropped by to drop off ladders, food, and painting stuff. They are visiting from Michigan to help us paint. Painting begins tomorrow at 8:00am! (Instead of painting however, I am taking the girls to spend some time with them while at the same time getting them out from underfoot. I am planning to take them to the library and then swimming here at the Boyd's, but we'll see what actually happens.)
As far as preparation for Kazakhstan goes, I received three more emails today containing more forms to fill out! As I said in my last blog, there seems to be no end of the paperwork. Oh, well.
Well, I hope you all have a terrific weekend! Goodnight!
Love,
Elicia
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About Me
- Elicia
- Jesus is my personal Lord and Savior and I am 100% dedicated to serving God with my life. What I most love to do is spend time with my family, boyfriend, and friends. My favorite pastime is reading, but I also love to watch movies, cook, garden, scrapbook, sew, and draw. I love to be active...especially outside in God's creation.
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Lift Me Up--New!
- Praises first:
- 1) Joshua is back and he got to keep his eye!
- 2) G just got one of my American friends here out of a really scary situation that could have turned really bad, but now she is safe and living somewhere else
- 3) The families here are a huge blessing; the whole community here is like one big family; I have some awesome friends from many cultures and countries!
- 4) I have adjusted to the culture and am thriving here!
- 5) I have running water again! Hot and cold!
- 6) For the first time in 2 ½ months I am no longer feeling sick to my stomach
- 7) G’s continued protection over myself and the M families here
- 8) progress and conversations with local friends
- 9) so far I have been financially provided for!
- Requests:
- 1) That my believing local friends would grow in JC, and s-lv-tion for my unbelieving local friends.
- 2) Tien Shan desperately needs a Principal, a 2nd grade teacher, and a 5th grade teacher for the Fall...yarp that G will provide them quickly so that they can continue to give these children a quality education.
- 3) That progress would continue to be made on the building of the new school and that it would be ready to move into by December.
- 4) My health. I have had chronic fatigue for about 2 months now and no matter how much I sleep (I am sleeping at least 8 hours every night and often more, and napping every afternoon), I am always exhausted. It is very difficult to teach like this and it is very hard to get all of the many things done that I need to do.
- 5) My breathing/eyes. Due to the pollution here and the fact that this is a very dirty and windy city, now that the snow has melted I have a chronic cough; itchy, dry, and sore eyes; and sometimes difficulty breathing easily.
- 6) That G will continue to provide the finances that I will continue to need through the end of August
- 7) Wisdom and grace in teaching.
- 8) Doing good-byes well as everyone is starting to part and go their separate ways this month
- 9) Grace, peace, and strength for me as I try and finish my life here well, and prepare myself for returning to the States
- 10) that G provides me with a teaching job near Germantown, WI, this Fall.
- 11) Wisdom about my future
Current Financial Need: Waiting for calculation from my organization
Total need: $21,000
Support received: $ 16,684.75
Current financial need: Waiting for calculation from my organization.
Note: My dependency on you to support me financial does not end the minute I arrive in the States. My organization made my budget through August 30 to give me time to get a job. Please consider continuing to support me through that time since I have no money and no way to support myself yet. Once again, thank you so much for making an impact on Central Asia! :)
Support received: $ 16,684.75
Current financial need: Waiting for calculation from my organization.
Note: My dependency on you to support me financial does not end the minute I arrive in the States. My organization made my budget through August 30 to give me time to get a job. Please consider continuing to support me through that time since I have no money and no way to support myself yet. Once again, thank you so much for making an impact on Central Asia! :)
Donation Info
If you would like to support me financially:
*one-time donation or pledge a monthly amount
*You must attach my name and account # to your check or pledge (This will ensure that the money goes into my account.)
*You may either just attach a piece of paper with the information, get it from the kiosk at chch, or ask my family to send you a donor card with the information.
*If you choose to send a monthly amount, include a note stating the amount you will give monthly.
Please send in donations AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
Thank you so much for supporting me in the work that God has called me to. No gift is too small! (Remember the loaves and fishes!) :-)
To donate, please contact my family at (262) 253-3758 to get my account #, the address, and the phone # for donations. Thank you!
*one-time donation or pledge a monthly amount
*You must attach my name and account # to your check or pledge (This will ensure that the money goes into my account.)
*You may either just attach a piece of paper with the information, get it from the kiosk at chch, or ask my family to send you a donor card with the information.
*If you choose to send a monthly amount, include a note stating the amount you will give monthly.
Please send in donations AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
Thank you so much for supporting me in the work that God has called me to. No gift is too small! (Remember the loaves and fishes!) :-)
To donate, please contact my family at (262) 253-3758 to get my account #, the address, and the phone # for donations. Thank you!
Little Differences
- Like most of the world, Kazakhstan uses the metric system. Why does America always have to be different? The metric system makes so much more sense!
- "high speed" here is not the same as high speed in the U.S., but it's not quite as bad as U.S. dial-up...dial-up here is positively painful.
- Many American ingredients that I am used to cooking with are not available here, although a couple have been imported
- Directions are given as "uphill" or "downhill" instead of "north," "south," "east," and "west"
- a magazine is not something you read, it's a small (often tiny) local store that has an assortment of produce, food, drinks, candy, medicine, etc.
- catching a taxi means hitchiking...any car is a taxi...stand on the side of the road with your arm out, when a car pulls up tell the driver where you want to go and how much you'll pay. You may have to bargain until you agree on a rate, then get in the car and off you go!
- the heat is turned on October 15, whether or not it's cold and there are no individual apartment thermostats
- Buildings are heated using hot water running through pipes that run around each room, but are not inside the walls.
- The heating tanks to heat the water that is piped into the buildings for both washing and heating may be blocks and blocks away from the building...meaning it takes a ridiculously long time for the hot water to finally reach your shower!
- cell phones are all prepaid plans
About The School
The school that I teach at in Kazakhstan is a K-12 international school with about 150 students. The students and their families are are from 11 different countries. The goal of the the school is to
About Kazakhstan and Almaty
More information coming as I update the website.
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