{"id":603,"date":"2018-12-14T19:17:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T19:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/?p=603"},"modified":"2018-12-16T02:49:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T02:49:28","slug":"lactose-in-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/14\/lactose-in-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Lactose In-WHAT?!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181212_133627-e1544808322691-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181212_133627-e1544808322691-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181212_133627-e1544808322691-768x1224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181212_133627-e1544808322691-642x1024.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"background-color:#f84d4d\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color\">I&#8217;m back in the States, and it feels so good.&nbsp; It&#8217;s only been a little over a week and I&#8217;ve already managed to get myself a part in my church&#8217;s Christmas production \ud83d\ude42 [WHAT WHAT!].&nbsp; I&#8217;ll be the beautiful brown girl, wearing all black, becoming one with the &#8220;snow&#8221;.&nbsp; You&#8217;ll have to come out Sunday to see what I&#8217;m talking about. I invite you to come out and bring your family and friends.&nbsp; It&#8217;s more than <em>just a show <\/em>friends.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181206_215102-e1544808263670-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181206_215102-e1544808263670-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181206_215102-e1544808263670-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181206_215102-e1544808263670.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"color:#03456b\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\">One thing I have enjoyed is being back in proximity of my minion onesies!&nbsp; By far one of my favorite ways to hang around the house.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#032230\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\">I found myself becoming one with the onesies and a cup of coffee at least for the first 2 days of being home, while I tried to fight this jet lag situation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#023349\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\">The not so fun news I discovered is that I am lactose intolerant.&nbsp; This is just complete foolery, as everyone who knows me KNOWS that Ice Cream and I are BEST buds!&nbsp; I REFUSE to accept this &#8211; so I will suffer with a smile:)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Before leaving Spain, I had a conversation with God about how as I return to the States, I was going back, fully trusting Him in everything;&nbsp; He is in control and I am taking my hands off of everything, completely.&nbsp; &nbsp;Even typing this now makes me laugh, because I am not always so good at &#8220;releasing control&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;I literally returned to the States with my own agenda &#8211; plans to get so much done just within the first 2 weeks of being home.&nbsp; God probably laughed at me, as He definitely had other things in mind.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-light-green-cyan-background-color\">Plans that I made to take care of my visa was changed big time, due to a few documents that needed to be taken care of, which meant more time was needed before driving up to DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_103515-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_103515-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_103515-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181209_103515-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\n\nPlans to go to ATL was changed when Snowpocalypse2018 hit us &#8211; in my neck of the woods, we got 11.5in of snow friends!\n\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181210_190558.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Mela and I built ourselves a lovely slope to sled down&#8230;into the street.&nbsp; We hurt ourselves a bit, but it was SO worth it!&nbsp; #badideaswithmaiya continues<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There were other things that I was hoping to get done this first 2 weeks of being home, but those were changed, but ended up being for the better.&nbsp; I am very thankful for the rest God blessed me with by giving us snow.&nbsp; The snow made me stay off the roads, and spend additional time with my family.&nbsp; I talk so much about the importance of family to me, and I thank my God for slowing me down to be able to have that time with them.&nbsp; He even surprised me with some visits from my sisters &amp; my niece &amp; nephew before the weekend even began.&nbsp; He truly did load me up with family time &#8211; first things first, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_2525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_2525.jpg 906w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_2525-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_2525-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>These changes also freed up my schedule to be able to say yes to helping where there was need for help.&nbsp; One need being for the Christmas production, and another need being for <strong>La Posada<\/strong> going on at our Dream Center this weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#f6f946\" class=\"has-background\">God also made it possible for me to bless a mother and her daughter &#8211; which was a big surprise for the daughter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181214_113006-e1544808337486-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181214_113006-e1544808337486-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181214_113006-e1544808337486-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181214_113006-e1544808337486.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I even had enough time to take down my hair.&nbsp; Now, pray for me so that I don&#8217;t go crazy having to comb this stuff daily.&nbsp; Lord knows I am NOT a hair person!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I love how much God knows my heart better than me; that He knows what I need better than I do, and when I need it.&nbsp; <strong>His timing is absolutely perfect<\/strong>, and thinking about these first days of being home, I could not have planned them to go any better.&nbsp; God has allowed me time to be with people I love and care about (friends, family, students), He allowed me to do things I love and care to do (being a blessing to others, spending time with family, eating, resting, etc), and He gave me the rest I needed &#8211; all of this He did in just one week!&nbsp; And talk about His perfect timing, I returned right in time for our 1st Thursday of the month prayer night too.&nbsp; Friends, as my favorite person would say, God is dope!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\">For your enjoyment..the squad is back!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery alignleft columns-4 is-cropped aligncenter wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" 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height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175018-e1544810282261-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"607\" data-link=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/?attachment_id=607\" class=\"wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175018-e1544810282261-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175018-e1544810282261-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175018-e1544810282261.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175015-e1544810296661-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"606\" data-link=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/?attachment_id=606\" class=\"wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175015-e1544810296661-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175015-e1544810296661-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175015-e1544810296661.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175012-e1544810309949-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"605\" data-link=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/?attachment_id=605\" class=\"wp-image-605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175012-e1544810309949-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175012-e1544810309949-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181208_175012-e1544810309949.jpg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For the next 2 months&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I am currently looking for ways to earn some money while I am home, so I can continue to take care of daily\/monthly needs (I am a human after all)<\/li><li>Trying to raise support\/ers <ul><li>as a missionary, I do need support and supporters, financially and those who will pray for me.&nbsp; <em>My previous <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/29\/she-smiles-big-now\/\"><em>post <\/em><\/a><em>explains what I will be doing once I return to Spain in February, as well as ways <\/em><strong><em>YOU <\/em><\/strong><em>can <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/get-involved\/\"><em>support <\/em><\/a><em>me<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Spending time with family and friends<\/li><li>Looking for ways to blessing however\/wherever I can be \ud83d\ude42<\/li><li>Getting my visa, to be able to move to Spain in February<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignleft\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/MaiyaEH\">Paypal<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignleft\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/cash.me\/$maiyaeh\" style=\"background-color:#00d128\">CashApp<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignleft\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/my.simplegive.com\/g3\/\">CityGate Give<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><em>CityGate Give is tax deductible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You may Login, &#8220;First Time&#8221;, or &#8220;Quick Give&#8221;&nbsp;<\/li><li><em>you may also choose to set up scheduled giving each month<\/em><\/li><li>put in the amount you want to give, and in the drop down menu, choose Missions<\/li><li>in the comments, type &#8220;Spain&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Previous posts<\/h4>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 aligncenter wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/february-2026-faster-alone-further-together\/\">February 2026:  Faster Alone, Further Together<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/january-2026-power-of-the-gospel\/\">January 2026:  Power of the Gospel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/november-2025-blessed-to-bless\/\">November 2025:  Blessed to Bless<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/31\/october-2025-light-in-the-darkness\/\">October 2025:  Light in the Darkness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/meetnostrangers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/30\/september-2025-back-to-the-streets\/\">September 2025:  Back to the Streets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The return home has been full of smiles &#8211; and it&#8217;s only been a 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