This month we have mixed it up a bit, we aren’t in our teams or working as a squad. We prayed and teams were formed according to where the Lord was leading individual people. So this month I have a new family. They aren’t a new family like we had when the race first started in June (where everyone that surrounded me was new). We have living and working as a squad since the start of China in Hong Kong in November.
The whole squad at Thanksgiving in China
There was only 2 weeks in China where we were in teams and then in Nicaragua the squad was split but most of the people were in Puerto Cabezas with me. So this family is like taking a holiday from your immediate family and living with your cousins. And it has been a great blessing. God has given us a home for the month. We call it our “haven” and it is outside of the city and therefore we are away from the hustle and bustle. We leave in the mornings and don’t come home until the evenings and it is such a place of rest and refreshment. We come together every night and sit together for a meal. We give thanks as a family, while we hold hands over the meal that God has provided for us. We share our hearts of what is going on, how we are struggling and what God is doing and showing us here. There is usually lots of laughter as one group cleans up dinner, some people have impromptu salsa lessons in the living room (we are delving into Latin culture) and others are cheering them on. Right now there is a pile of people in one of the beds watching a movie. There are friendships and community being built here. We know that the end of the race is near and we understand what a gift God has given us to live in community. We are not taking this month or each other for granted – we are relishing it. We know it won’t last forever but while we have each other we will enjoy each other to the fullest.
Jorje teaching us how to salsa
A new kind of family (+ Jorje)
PS. To my Legos – I miss you and my “lego love”!
