Love motivates to Serve

God has brought me safely to Indiana!  My parents and I left early last Friday morning and rolled into Lafayette around 7pm.  Jeff and Jana Kessler greeted us with a warm meal of love and hospitality.  It was so good to see them again!!  I had stayed with them in February for the week of the Biblical counseling training conference.   Saturday morning, my parents and I met up with my mom's cousin, Theresa, pictured here.  She works in the admin. office at Purdue University.  That afternoon, there was an event called "Global Fest" featured by the students and faculty at the college. The event offered cultural/ethnic music, food and a marketplace hosted by the clubs of international students on campus.  God used this time with our cousin to catch up and learn about each other.  It was an awesome time.  

The little boy with BBQ on his face was sitting across from me at my table and I could not resist taking his picture...:)  

Sunday morning, we (my parents and I )  went with the Kesslers to the church they attend, Faith Baptist (where I will also be taking my course).  It was so wonderful to be back at Faith, where I had spent many hours soaking in TRUTHS of God's Word and learning about how to apply it to life.  Pastor Viars spoke about what to do during the time you are learning to see others sins against you as good.  It challenged me quite a bit. After church my parents took off to meet up with some friends in Chicago, and we headed up to the Kessler's lakehouse in Bloomington.  Here, I got to meet Jana's mom and son and daughter and their daughter's husband.  Their son brought his 3 friends all about my age and we had a good time swimming and hanging out. We rode out on the lake last nite and were blessed to enjoy the beautiful sunset! (I will post pics as soon as we get back to the K's.)  We will be leaving tomorrow to head back to Lafayette. 

Tonite I am reflecting on the "love" and "service" I have been witnessing.  I have been treated like true royalty since my arrival in IN.  The K's have sacrificed so much of their time and energy to serve me, it humbles me.  They bring me drinks and make sure I am comfortable at all times.  Today Jana and Gran-O (her mom) and I went shopping and bought a few things.  When we arrived home, I caught on to their ritual of "fashion show".  :)  Jeff positioned himself on the couch to prepare for all of us to show him what we had bought!  :)  As I showed him one of the items I had brought (a dress), I noticed he was very attentive.  When I had laid the dress back down on the table, he commented, "I think I like the dress the best".  It was not the fact that he let me know that he liked my dress, but it was the very manner he went about it.  I can't really describe what I am wanting to say, but just that he took the time to listen and care about what we had done today. Im guessing most men are not interested in the many purchases their wives make.  So for him to care about the little things we were excited about buying meant alot.  I have seen so many examples of love between J and J, it just brings me to tears.  It is such an example of Jesus' love for me.  Im so thankful.