SO I haven’t written a blog for the last part of my month in Moldova/Transnistria, so this one is to catch everyone up with what is up:)
This was a long month for me. We did a lot of construction and we taught English at clubs for the rest of the month. I really did enjoy having a lot of things to do, but it just seemed to drag on, especially when I had experienced my own personal little hell with a job I had to do.
My job was to clean bricks. Basically the church has to save as much money as possible so one way they do this is to collect old bricks and use them, BUT there is still some old cement on them, so we have to clean them off. I literally had to take a hammer and chisel the cement pieces off, and just when it was about cleaned off and ready to go, the whole brick would break. I felt like I was a prisoner in jail and this is what they made me do all day long. I thought I would go crazy. And of course I hit my thumb with the hammer, that’s inevitable right?
But now after I had to do that, I felt like I had a better focus and attitude about everything else I had to do. Level dirt for 4 hours? Sure! As long as I don’t have to clean another brick:)
Being around the construction site for the month was just not what I expected. First I didn’t expect 21 girls to be able to live together without fighting and instead building each other up in love. I didn’t expect to work with rehab men who’s eyes showed a great joy for their life and work. I didn’t expect to have an amazingly humble “grandmother” cooking great food for us every day all day. But I guess that’s what Jesus does, He breaks all expectations.
And the funny thing about this month was that I never thought I would get to do construction because I was put on an all girls team. Well God certainly proved me wrong! And that is seriously what I’ve been loving most about God recently, just proving me wrong more and more. He is so much better than I know!
He showed me that he is invested in that place even before it’s built. I got to be a part of building something that is going to be used to pour into the community and bring people off the streets and show them God’s love. And the thing is, God isn’t going to wait until after the building to show up, He was already there directing every step of the way.
That brick I had to clean off is going to be a part of bringing God’s glory into that small little country that He cares so desperately about.
He is so much better than I know.
