Catching Up. Distractions.

Catching up. Distractions.I got a lot of things done last week so I could spend this week in language learning. Lots of admin, visiting the Ethiopians, random to-do list items, etc, etc. Then, I had a group of Ghanaians from Accra come up to stay with us on Friday morning because a church member, who now lives in Tamale, was married. It was a lovely engagement and wedding and thanksgiving service. As comfortable as I am living here in Ghana, I noticed I was more nervous about hosting Ghanaians. Maybe because my food is different from theirs, and it took me some time to like theirs, maybe they won't like mine? Or maybe because they are sooooo soooooo soooo hosptitable and serving while American culture is more "do whatever you want" "make yourself at home" "you do it". It is different. All the people just left yesterday.So, I was hoping to have a good language week starting Monday but I don't think that will happen. Another distraction that has come up and I need to deal with is my computer. Randomly, it will not turn on. I know I should have looked at this problem sooner but...as a middle child...we don't like confronting problems :) so, I keep hoping it will just go away. Well, yesterday I tried turning my computer on and it would just flash. Ei!!! I don't know what to do. I have a friend in Accra I can call but that is not much help. Thankfully, this morning it has turned on but I need to back everything up because who knows what will happen! OOOOOOO!!! I am so clueless and helpless in this area (sigh). "God, please heal my computer!" :)While our team leader is away, I am our Tamale treasurer. When I did a personality test, one thing that I found out was "not good at finances". YEP. SPOT ON. So, how did I get stuck with being the treasurer? I was the only one around at the time. I feel so bad for my teammates. I have been doing this role over a year now and I think I have two months where I did not mess up. It is so awful and really stresses me out and that has popped in this week too. Gotta love life! Oi!!I did listen to my recordings to say I did some language.I have also been preparing for giving a talk this weekend. You can be praying for that too. I have been trying to figure out what to say. I will be talking on "relationships". I will focus on having a strong relationship with the Lord, date only other believers, and remain pure. There will be a question and answer time but I told Pastor Andrew he may have to step in at that point. I don't know all about the "what is ok/not ok" in terms of dating and stuff. I guess I will learn this weekend!It's all about flexibility! Not always easy. Thanks for praying.