"Do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain." - Philippians 2:14-16

During the various moments of frustration scattered throughout my work today I kept repeating to myself, "do everything without complaining... everything without complaining," but I couldn't remember the rest of the verse or where it was from. Then I remembered the verse as a song on the Steve Green Bible songs tape that I used to listen to at night when I was younger. For some reason the verse sounded childish to me. But then God opened my eyes to the truth that I am a child. Profound right? Sometimes my head can be so thick it's embarrassing. I'll not blabber too much longer. Work is extremely frustrating right now and I have been complaining--subtly and bluntly--quite often. I feel like that verse in Romans 7, "For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing." It was so frustrating today because I kept complaining and then I would remember the Phil. verse, and then the very next thing that would come out of my mouth was a groan or something negative. I hate sin. I need Jesus so much.

Okay enough of my thought process.
Shout out to all my camp buddies! We sang, "I Lift My Eyes Up" in our Sunday night service and I couldn't help but smile, thinking of the summer and my attempt to lead singing at every morning watch. Good times.

Philip (and family), guess what? One of my fellow Hospitality workers is a Gamecock fan. This would happen. We avoid talking about sports. :)
Yesterday (Sunday), because of work, I couldn't get off the ship for church so I went to the ward service instead. This is the service for all the hospital patients. I sat beside my VVF lady, who couldn't understand the language, and just held her hand. She is 47, her name is Diawara and we can't understand each other at all. Most of the time we're laughing at ourselves trying to understand each other. We like to play Jenga though! Games come in so handy when you can't communicate with words. :) She was able to teach me one word: maninka, which means "thank you." I think that's how you spell it.  I'm going to sleep now. Bon nuit!