A THAI dinner in Ina's place
This is the 3rd day in which Ina is helping me to prepare my ILLW
project. For which I'm extremely thanksful ofcourse. During the
weekend she came to my room in the dorm and spend the afternoon in
here. Yesterday night I suggested to send her to her place and have
a walk a little walk around. When we were close to their apartment
she offered me to stay in her place for a while. Eventually I
accepted, they were right to have a dinner. Their fellow-tenant (a
dutch) has prepared a dinner for them. A THAI meal including
chicken with Vegetables and Rise. Wow it was so kind of him. They
invited me to go and eat with them, I told them i'm going on the
down floor in the kitchen only on condition that I'm not going to
eat with them. However the Dutch guy invited me as well so I ate
with them it was really delicision one of the most delicisios meal
that I had here in the Netherlands! I asked him about his
activities is he learning or studying. He said he is working as
chef in a restaurant. After the dinner we had a long conversations.
he shared that he is divorced until 2 years and he really misses
his 13 year old child. He explained how hurted he is because of the
fact that he saw his sons twice for 2 years. In fact yes terrible
stuff .. He then started sharing more and more for his life. It
happened that before he became a professional chef he used to work
in a theater he was an artist. He told us a bit for his past when
he was working as a prince in the biggest nowdays fairy tales park
in the Netherlands. We spoke a lot about religion as well, because
I told him that if he wants things with the relations with his sons
to get better then he can pray. I explained him that prayer works
and told him about my saviour and Lord Jesus. And how I called upon
the Lord in my anguish and how God did heard my desperate and how
he restored my health and all the miracles that he did for me and
all the bad things he has delivered me from. Unfortunately, he was
simply disbelieving. He shared later on that he was baptized in a
Catholic Church and that he used to sing with the Church chorus.
And he was a bit of I would say superstitious and at the same time
he thought that he could achieve everything alone. He wanted to
know about what is after death. So I pointed him to St. Seraphim
rose and his famous work life after death. If somebody ou there
haven't red it yet then I warmly recommend his writtings. His work
is called "Life After Death" and it's nature is a description of
the first 40 days after physical death. Read it please
here . Unfortunately he was disbelieving as the conversation
approached he shared that recently he went through a big shock and
went completely dark his fellow-tenants called the hospital and the
cops and he was psychicly unstable. So they sent him for a
medication. He used to meet psychiatrists numerous times, he wanted
to know what is wrong with him. Eventually he set himself through a
hypnosis process. And the hopnotist told him that this problem is
rooted in a bad accident that happened to him as a child. I asked
him what happened and he said "Well I'll told you what happened. I
was raped!". To be honest I was a little bit shocked to hear that
revelation let out of his mouth .. Anyways I felt bad for the guy.
I tried to tell him as much I could about God and explain him how I
found God or better to say God found me ... etc. etc. It was
getting late and he decided to go to his room so I went back home I
had a little prayer time (I prayed a little bit if it's God will to
save the guy) just like he had mercy on me the sinner back and is
having the same mercy everyday. Today it was the first day for the
new exchange students just like it is the first school day here for
Ina's brother and two other Bulgarians who use to live with Ina.
This are Alexandrina and Ivan. I hope they'll manage it and they'll
complete their studies just well. I'll end up the post with a few
words about today. Today I went to the university at 10:30 after I
had my morning exercises and ate few bread slices with honey and a
kiwi. I went to school met Ina there we worked on the project. Well
to be honest I didn't really worked much Ina is doing most of my
project in ILLW which is so kind of her. What I mostly did is write
a couple of emails to my colleague and research stuff about the
project. In the university I drinked a coffee, well yes nowdays I'm
drinking coffee sometimes. Around dinner time I ate some food from
the food left from the exchange students (every semester the
university organizes a lunch consisting mainly of sandwiches, tea
some fruits a sort of hamburgers etc., becaues a lot of food
remains, until the cleaner comes and gather the remaining food,
everybody is free just to grasp as many food as he wants).Around
4:40 I was back in Honigkamp I don't precisely remember what I did
except that I know I researched stuff about the project and I was
checking my mail regularly. I say HalleluYah! Because the whole day
spiritually I was quite okay. Thanks Lord! Glory to the Father, The
Son and The Holy Spirit! Now and in the ages of Ages! Amen!
Tomorrow afternoon in 17:45, Plamen (Papi)is coming in Den Bosch
and then he should take a bus to Arnhem. And he is gonna stay in my
place! Thanks to God for him coming here. He is a christian and yes
when you have another christian life is much easier. Of course it's
up to God if he makes us to be in a good relations and have fun
living together. Papi with whom I was pretty close for a long time
has always supported me with few words or prayer in a hard times I
went through before. Well he is protestant but if God permits and
grants me I would try to direct him the orthodox faith just like
Stelt (Stelio) a friend of mine directed me some time ago. The
previous days were really hard for me .. as it could be seen from
my previous post. Yesterday I had another great news Praise the
Lord! Bless his Holy Name! I learned that I have passed with 70 in
counseling (this was one of my modules here the previous semester).
Glory be to God! Hallelujah!! Amen I'm still waiting for a grade
for HRA but if God has said so I'll pass there. Because I know it's
completely up to him, everything from the smalest detail in my life
to the highest. Right now I'm experiencing God's love and grace.
Thank you merciful Lord that after the storm, you provide me a
peaceful days in your amazing grace!