One Month Later

I was talking to the girls last night about how weird it is that it's only been a month since the tsunami and since then I've been in CT, CA, Las Vegas, London, and Sri Lanka all within 3 weeks of that event. I can't even understand how that worked out...but by the grace of God.

So today is one month from the day but as far as we've seen there have been no big "events" or anything today...but then again we're pretty limited in our interactions with the ilsanders during the week. We take a "3 wheeler" (which is equvalent to a taxi in NYC only in the amount on the island - I think they run on a lawn mower engine) to the church every morning. We unpack, repack, sort and stack boxes of food and clothes all day except for our little lunch break we take out on to the courtyard. We've been packing good ol' PB & J's and we're cherrishing every bite because they don't have crunchy peanut butter here (that we've seen at least) and we're almost down to the 2nd - and last - jar that I brought. Good call on the 2 jars right Shawna!?! Then we work for the rest of the day and hope to make it back home in time to do our daily crunches and push-ups before dinner. We are very well taken care of by our "host family" who has become such a HUGE blessing in our lives. Sri Lankan food is wonderful but we keep wondering how they are all SO SO skinny cause most of it is bread, fried or sugar. I still haven't figured it out yet, but if I do I'm bringing THAT back to the states for sure!

It's definitely a very simple life that we are living here and it's really beautiful. No TV, no movies, barely any music (but thanks to the iPod we have hope) and lots of reading. It's amazingly refreshing to my soul and my body after a long day of hard work.

I can't help but say thank you every time I get a chance to write because I am overwhelmed by the emails I get every day! Every single one of you are so amazing in the ways you encourage me and you have no idea the smiles I get when I get movie trivia games or I see people's names that I haven't even talked to in years in my inbox. It blows my mind. I am so blessed to have such great family and friends across the world. Keep the emails and comments a comin' because each one reminds me about why I'm here and helps me get excited about what's ahead.

Pictures are definitely to come soon but the pictures on Sarah and Vegas' site are from Sarah's camera and are not mine. I hope to get them up at some point though.

Oh yes, by the way, someone reminded me that because we are not working with Vegas and Sarah at all anymore that maybe our support should go somewhere else but that is NOT NOT NOT TRUE! Mine and Heather's contact is still:

Dave Brubaker
Bayside Church
8211 Sierra College Blvd Suite 440 - Roseville, CA 95661
PO Box 2336 - Granite Bay, CA 95746
Phone: 916-791-1244 ｷ FAX: 916-791-5052

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Keep praying for us daily. I know there is HUGE potential to reach the world through this little country island in the Indian ocean....

Until next time...

Jasmine

Oh yeah, I have to give a shout out to Christine's mom who is an avid supporter and inquisitive reader that wants to stay informed and up to date on blog-lingo. You are a baller yourself Cindy!