Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Oops...
I just realized that the "suction cups" treatment I had done is not called moxibustion. Does anyone out there know what I'm talking about and what it's called? Moxibustion involves burning which would explain the "bustion" part of the word...
Monday, May 07, 2007
Today I started treatment for lower back pain I have had since Nate was born. It used to come and go, usually bothering me for a few weeks after each birth but since Kenny's birth 10 months ago, the pain has only gotten worse. I think it's because he had shoulder dystocia and was so big. And he likes me to hold him a lot =)
My back, after the moxibustion treatment
I've been having so much fun getting to know my new cell phone. It's a Sony Ericsson (Walkman series) and it has a camera.
So, here's the afore promised picture of my new do. I took it myself with my phone because I hate asking someone to take my picture. Man, the top of my fridge needs cleaning.
Oh, Katya darling, thank you for the comment you left on my last post. Right now I'm eating peanut butter chips and thinking about you. =)
Since I try to stay away from medication as much as possible, I opted for the traditional treatment that is widely used here. I expected a massage and maybe a little exercise but was surprised when, after the massage they put those little suction cups on my back. It hurt like crazy at first so I called Hetee in from the hall and asked him if it was supposed to feel like that. He said it was and asked me if I wanted him to call the nurse in to take them off. I refused, reasoning that since I'd come this far I might as well go through with it. Well, the first 5 minutes or so seemed like torture but then, round the 6th or 7th minute I felt my lower back adjust itself 2 times and it felt really nice! After I got home I looked it up on the internet and, as it turns out, moxibustion, as it's called, is good for a bunch of things among them being sciatica and lumbago (lower back pain). Anyway, I have 4 days of treatment left and I can put up with the moxibustion if it means I can have 4 more days of glorious hot oil massages. And all of this for the low, low price of $7.00, believe it or not! I love Mongolia.
My back, after the moxibustion treatmentI've been having so much fun getting to know my new cell phone. It's a Sony Ericsson (Walkman series) and it has a camera.
So, here's the afore promised picture of my new do. I took it myself with my phone because I hate asking someone to take my picture. Man, the top of my fridge needs cleaning.
Oh, Katya darling, thank you for the comment you left on my last post. Right now I'm eating peanut butter chips and thinking about you. =)
Monday, April 30, 2007
Hair Cuts, Camels, and Tire Swings
It's certainly been a while! For a minute there I forgot how to sign in. My cousin calls those "brain farts".
Anyhoo...I feel like I should come clean about something. I cut my hair. Yes, I know I said I was going to donate it and I really, really meant to but it just seemed like it would be 9 inches (has to be at least 10 to donate. Some places only take 12) forever and I was so tired of Kenny pulling on it. Hetee was very understanding, and even thought he loved it long, he gave me the go-ahead to cut it.
For a while my scalp had been bothering me but it feels much better now with my hair short. I'm not sure why it was hurting like that but I think it may be hormonal since I just got my period back since Kenny was born. (Maybe that was too much info for some of my readers but it's my blog and I can talk about my period if I want to)
Back to the hair; I'll post a picture as soon as I get a chance. ( That means next time I look pretty.)
In my previous post I mentioned a women's conference. I'm happy to report that it was a success! We had 600 women attend and about 100 of them received salvation and countless others received physical and emotional healing. We're still reaping the harvest from it. It will be aired on a major TV news channel starting in September. I taught a session on fighting for the unborn. I can't wait until that makes the airwaves!
While I was speaking on abortion at the conference, one woman in the audience who had had 8 abortions in the past, began to weep. She told a team member that she felt as though, that night, she was being healed from all that hurt and pain. Another woman talked to me after I finished speaking and told me that she was 2 months pregnant and seriously considering abortion but after hearing me and seeing the presentation with pictures I showed, she decided to keep her baby. Once again, I was humbled and thankful that God can use even me.
The same week I taped that session for TV, Hetee was asked to be on the radio talking to young people about choosing the right friends and being a good friend. He had several call-ins, mostly girls asking questions about guys and relationships. Some of the comments/questions had me in stitches while I was sitting next to him, trying no to laugh out loud. He was really good and not nervous at all. I was impressed.
Having the American team (who did the conference) here was a lot of fun. The day before they left we went to the countryside and rode camels and had a blast. Except for poor Rodney, the alpha male of the group. (the American group, not the camel group. He was the only male.) He got spit on by a camel. It was nasty, smelly, and bright green, unlike anything I had ever in all my years of experience with regurgitating creatures (my kids). It was too funny for words. And don't you know it, I didn't have my camera!
The kids enjoyed the camels. Even Abi climbed up without a fuss. She was so brave, even when the ornery old camel kept making loud sounds. I thought sure she'd want to stay away from it but it just made her giggle.
Today we were able to take a breather since the team left and the encounter retreat Hetee was asked to do for the World Vision staff finished. It was warm and sunny outside so we worked and played in the yard most of the day. Hetee cultivated around the berry bushes and the kids and I played on the tire swing he made, then we got to work in what is going to be out little flower garden. I hope the flowers grow since the seeds were kind of old. That combined with Nate and Abi's gardening techniques (drop one seed in one hole and half the pack in another...) and my lack of gardening skills is a formidable obstacle.
Well, I'm off to bed. I'll try to post more often, I promise!
Anyhoo...I feel like I should come clean about something. I cut my hair. Yes, I know I said I was going to donate it and I really, really meant to but it just seemed like it would be 9 inches (has to be at least 10 to donate. Some places only take 12) forever and I was so tired of Kenny pulling on it. Hetee was very understanding, and even thought he loved it long, he gave me the go-ahead to cut it.
For a while my scalp had been bothering me but it feels much better now with my hair short. I'm not sure why it was hurting like that but I think it may be hormonal since I just got my period back since Kenny was born. (Maybe that was too much info for some of my readers but it's my blog and I can talk about my period if I want to)
Back to the hair; I'll post a picture as soon as I get a chance. ( That means next time I look pretty.)
In my previous post I mentioned a women's conference. I'm happy to report that it was a success! We had 600 women attend and about 100 of them received salvation and countless others received physical and emotional healing. We're still reaping the harvest from it. It will be aired on a major TV news channel starting in September. I taught a session on fighting for the unborn. I can't wait until that makes the airwaves!
While I was speaking on abortion at the conference, one woman in the audience who had had 8 abortions in the past, began to weep. She told a team member that she felt as though, that night, she was being healed from all that hurt and pain. Another woman talked to me after I finished speaking and told me that she was 2 months pregnant and seriously considering abortion but after hearing me and seeing the presentation with pictures I showed, she decided to keep her baby. Once again, I was humbled and thankful that God can use even me.
The same week I taped that session for TV, Hetee was asked to be on the radio talking to young people about choosing the right friends and being a good friend. He had several call-ins, mostly girls asking questions about guys and relationships. Some of the comments/questions had me in stitches while I was sitting next to him, trying no to laugh out loud. He was really good and not nervous at all. I was impressed.
Having the American team (who did the conference) here was a lot of fun. The day before they left we went to the countryside and rode camels and had a blast. Except for poor Rodney, the alpha male of the group. (the American group, not the camel group. He was the only male.) He got spit on by a camel. It was nasty, smelly, and bright green, unlike anything I had ever in all my years of experience with regurgitating creatures (my kids). It was too funny for words. And don't you know it, I didn't have my camera!
The kids enjoyed the camels. Even Abi climbed up without a fuss. She was so brave, even when the ornery old camel kept making loud sounds. I thought sure she'd want to stay away from it but it just made her giggle.
Today we were able to take a breather since the team left and the encounter retreat Hetee was asked to do for the World Vision staff finished. It was warm and sunny outside so we worked and played in the yard most of the day. Hetee cultivated around the berry bushes and the kids and I played on the tire swing he made, then we got to work in what is going to be out little flower garden. I hope the flowers grow since the seeds were kind of old. That combined with Nate and Abi's gardening techniques (drop one seed in one hole and half the pack in another...) and my lack of gardening skills is a formidable obstacle.
Well, I'm off to bed. I'll try to post more often, I promise!
Saturday, April 14, 2007
I'm Here...
Just barely hanging on. Things are very hectic and busy here (was that redundant?)
Anyway, the main reason I'm so busy is that I have multiple offspring. Add to that the fact that the youngest of my offspring now crawls and cruises freely around the house (and sometimes out the door!) eating everything he can pick up and stuff into his mouth before I scream "KENNY, NOOOOOOO", you can imagine just how busy I am. Today I found cockle burrs in his poop!
I once had a reader comment that she thought I was the perfect mom and that I always seemed to have my act together. I told her my bad moments seldom make my blog. Come to think of it, maybe I should bare my human soul a little for the benefit of young mothers everywhere. I'm not perfect, M. I'm far from it! Today I had the thought that if I had to change one more diaper, I'd spontaneously combust. That was right after I almost fell asleep while sitting on the toilet. I would have had myself a nice nap if not for Nate yelling, "Mommy, when are you coming out? You've been in there for 6 years!" He's the sarcastic exaggerator in the family.
Then there was the time I went to church and came home to find that my shirt was on inside out.
We had a pastors' meeting at our house the other night and after everyone left I took my hair clip out and tried to run my fingers through my hair but there was one of Abi's bright blue hair clips in it right behind my right ear. What happened was, earlier that day I found it on the floor and thought I should pick it up before Kenny inhaled it. My hands were full so I clipped it in my hair and, well, forgot it there. Oops.
Back to being busy; We've got a women's conference coming up on the 19th, 20th and 21st of this month. That's less than a week away and my stress levels are rising. Mongolians are kings when it comes to procrastination so getting anything done is a bit of a pain. As far as the conference itself is concerned, I can't wait to see what God will do. I'm also soooo looking forward to some female company (7 women coming from the US and one from England) not to mention the fabulous conversations we will be having in English! I hear rumored that they are bringing me some Reces Pieces so I'm really excited about that. =)
Well, it's back to work for me. I'll post again when I come up for air...
Anyway, the main reason I'm so busy is that I have multiple offspring. Add to that the fact that the youngest of my offspring now crawls and cruises freely around the house (and sometimes out the door!) eating everything he can pick up and stuff into his mouth before I scream "KENNY, NOOOOOOO", you can imagine just how busy I am. Today I found cockle burrs in his poop!
I once had a reader comment that she thought I was the perfect mom and that I always seemed to have my act together. I told her my bad moments seldom make my blog. Come to think of it, maybe I should bare my human soul a little for the benefit of young mothers everywhere. I'm not perfect, M. I'm far from it! Today I had the thought that if I had to change one more diaper, I'd spontaneously combust. That was right after I almost fell asleep while sitting on the toilet. I would have had myself a nice nap if not for Nate yelling, "Mommy, when are you coming out? You've been in there for 6 years!" He's the sarcastic exaggerator in the family.
Then there was the time I went to church and came home to find that my shirt was on inside out.
We had a pastors' meeting at our house the other night and after everyone left I took my hair clip out and tried to run my fingers through my hair but there was one of Abi's bright blue hair clips in it right behind my right ear. What happened was, earlier that day I found it on the floor and thought I should pick it up before Kenny inhaled it. My hands were full so I clipped it in my hair and, well, forgot it there. Oops.
Back to being busy; We've got a women's conference coming up on the 19th, 20th and 21st of this month. That's less than a week away and my stress levels are rising. Mongolians are kings when it comes to procrastination so getting anything done is a bit of a pain. As far as the conference itself is concerned, I can't wait to see what God will do. I'm also soooo looking forward to some female company (7 women coming from the US and one from England) not to mention the fabulous conversations we will be having in English! I hear rumored that they are bringing me some Reces Pieces so I'm really excited about that. =)
Well, it's back to work for me. I'll post again when I come up for air...
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