Wow! Yesterday I was so busy that I never got time to post in this on line journal. Sorry about that. It was sort of a typical schedule, as far as typical goes recently.
This morning started differently and that is what I want to remember here.
It is cold here right now, July 1st & 2nd. While it is warm and sunny in the northern hemisphere, it is winter here in the southern one. So weird to get used to! Summer is my favorite season by far and it is so ingrained into me that June, July, August and September rock because they are warm, sunny, and full of time off from school. Not so here.
In the Southern end of the world, it means winter - cold air, colder winds, freezing nights, snow...lots of clothes and staying in doors. Well, it is tough for us to stay warm, even indoors. We don't have a gas line so we can't heat the house with gas. While our street is under construction (I pray this changes in the near future!) we have 8 houses all sharing a power line. This means that we can't truly heat the house with electricity either. (Too many heaters working simultaneously and we blow the circuit coming in from the street. The neighbors don't like that, for some reason. : )
So, we heat just the 2 bedrooms with as little electricity as possible. In the morning the rest of the house is very cold. Too help take the sting out of the cold, we try to cook something in our gas oven. This morning I decided to make a pizza.
The pizzas here are awesome, but lack all the extra ingredients that we use in the states. So, I like to add my own. I buy a type of pizza similar to pepperoni called Cantimpalo. It has a good, mild, sausage type flavor. I like to add green and red peppers, tomato slices, etc.
Argentines are not hot/ spicy food eaters for the most part. Here in the NW though we have a lot of Bolivians and they like it spicy. I bought some of their little chili peppers the other day and decided to dice one up and add it to my pizza. I was careful to wash my hands afterwards, but apparently, I did not realize how well the oils soak into the skin! Youch!
I blew my nose & washed my face...I ended up with both a burning nose and eyes! It felt like I had traced a ring around my eyes with scorpion venom! I tried to wash my face again, but this only pushed it into my eyes. Ahhhhhh! I was walking around the living room and quietly trying to deal with the burning pain in my eyes and the fire in my nostrils. (The kids were not up yet. I was trying to warm the house up for them a bit.)
Wow! Even after washing, touching many different things, etc, the hot oils from the chili peppers were still in my flesh. - I started praying for God to help stop the pain. After all, it was not like I had intentionally done this to myself. In fact, I had taken steps to avoid it. - Nevertheless, somethings linger. Their affects are felt painfully long after the fact, even if we did not intend for it to be so. -
There is a fantastic illustration in there that I will let you apply yourself.
As for me, I have to run. It is a long day still ahead:
skype an old friend, finish with lots of office work, prep for some more ministry, kids' classes tonight, etc,
God bless you all -
Peace - don't burn your eyes and nose today!
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