Back to my homeland!

I have arrived in Rwanda, our first month here in Africa. Back to my homeland! I grew up in Nigeria, Africa from ages 2-8.  Africa was one place I told God I would never go back to. I would tell God, “You can tell me to go anywhere But…Africa”.  I was terrified of Africa for some reason.  I think part of my fears derived from the struggles my family had with health, finances, and spiritual battles while there.  I did not know if I could or even wanted to handle these struggles.  So I told God “No”.
 
But somehow He worked my heart into saying “yes”.  He first started with the World Race.  And then snuck in those three African countries while He was at it.  I guess you could say, “You sneaky God!”
 
So here I am in this beautiful country called Rwanda. Where the dirt literally sticks to your skin.  The kids act as if you’re their older sister.  And your nickname has become muzungu. 
 
I love Africa!
 
This is a new season for me and God has told me He is beginning a new thing in me. 
 
Leading up to this month God has been moving in my squad, team, mommas, and my personal walk to start spending time in His presence.  God has been asking for some one on one time.  Some time for me to be “still and know that He is God.”
 
If you know me, then you know I am a doer. I write to do lists. I organize my time in order to complete tasks.  A lot of times I approach God this way.  I read my Bible, I journal, I pray.  All good things. But where is the God time?  Where is the on your face silence before the Creator of the Universe?
 
This month has been a month of stillness.  God has been asking me to seek Him.  And sometimes that means sitting in the silence and not moving.
 
It means giving him the time to speak in my life.  It means not doing anything till He speaks!
 
I have been blessed this month with time.  I have a beautiful view outside my window that I wake up to.  Feeling God here in Rwanda is easy because His fingerprint is evident in this beautiful country.
 
I expect God to do big things because I am learning to be faithful in the small things. I am learning to listen. I am learning to wait. I am learning to sit at His feet and take it all in.