फिरे इन मय एअर, फिरे इन मय हार्ट

"Fire in my ears, Fire in my heart"

I ear-candled my ears last night. Just in case you have not heard of this wonderful invention, an ear candle is a cone-shaped piece of cheese-cloth wrapped in wax and pointed on the end. You set the opposite end on fire and place the pointed part in your ear. The ear candle then proceeds to magically melt and vacuum all of the wax-buildup from your ears. For some unknown reason, I decided to begin this process at 12 AM last night. It's not a fast process, either. So here I am, midnight, head tilted to the side resting on my hand, there's a huge flame coming out of my ear, and it is all I can do to stay awake. I had to keep telling myself: "You can not fall asleep with fire in your ear!" In the end the near "death-by-ear-candle" experience was worth it because my ears have been really bothering me lately and they have felt great all day.

Another kind of fire has begun burning in me again. After I moved here, I really took my eyes off of God and began to let myself be consumed by the cares of the world. I spent all my time job-hunting, stressing about how I was being perceived, and throwing a pity party of loneliness. Throughout this entire process, however, God has been nothing but attentive and faithful even though I was neglecting him completely. Finally, last night, I put on Misty Edwards and let myself just "be" with God. I miss him, and I want him to re-kindle my heart so that it eats, breathes, and sleeps for the Kingdom.

So far:
- Given a house
- Given a job
- Given a Frisbee team

And tonight I think God is introducing me to a community of like-minded people whom I will soon call friends.

I love it here, but really I just love that God is involved in every detail and aspect of my life.

PS - I have NO idea why the title is coming up in another language, ha.