1. I have just started eating a meal with a church family when I realize I don't hear anyone's forks but my own. I look up and see that everyone else is eating with their hands. I hear the Holy Spirit, loud and clear in my head, say, "Drop the fork, Amber!" :)
2. The leaders of a Tongan-speaking church and I are gathering to pray before a service. The pastor tells me, "Your English has improved since you first got here. We can understand you much more clearly now." :) A few minutes later, they tell me that I'm basically Tongan now, I just need to learn to speak the language. I say, "I have a bit of identity confusion. One of the Fijian churches told me I have been adopted into the Nawaka village of Nadi in Fiji, but one of the Tongan churches recently gave me a full traditional Tongan dress." The Tongan pastor responds, "The Fijians love in words, but we love in action!" I didn't have the heart to tell him that I had three Fijian sulus in my closet that had been given to me as gifts. :)
3. I'm playing games with a multicultural youth group one night, and one of the students comments on my necklace. I explain to her how it symbolised the fact that my identity is found in Jesus. She then says, "You really love Jesus a lot! You should marry him!" :) I then have to explain a bit about what it means to love Jesus, who He is, and why I can't marry Him. :)
