What to inform people about my life…how to put into words all I am learning and all that I have seen in Africa. That might have to wait…. I’ll be flying into Thailand on Wednesday, Lord willing. Thailand is currently experiencing extreme flooding which could reroute our travels but hopefully open up opportunities to serve the country. (Since my dream is disaster relief work, I’m praying we are still able to go). Either way pray for the people of Thailand. Leaving Africa is a needed change although I know once I leave I will miss the people here.
We have been spoiled this month with running water, electricity, our own beds, and couches. I do love a good couch. Moses and his family have been a huge blessing of support and encouragement. It will be hard to leave their home.
The best thing about his month has been the close proximity of our ministry and the deeper relationships that come from that. We previously had been traveling to do the majority of whatever ministry we took part in while staying in Kenya and Uganda, however this month we have lived in the same vicinity of everything we have done. Going door to door in our neighborhood, church in our neighborhood, and bible study @ a sewing school that meets at the church, we were able to build deeper relationships and make a deeper impact on the community. I now have a Rwandan grandmother who keeps trying to marry me off to her grandson. The kids between our home and church hopefully had some extra loving from the mzungu’s (whites) and sat through many church services they generally wouldn’t have attended otherwise. The kids hang on us, walk us home many times shouting Hallelujah….Amen. Praise the Lord many people came to Christ this month. Others that have felt abandoned or previously judged by the church have been welcomed in their own environment. Where teens smoke their weed under the trees we’ve spoken God’s love over them (WHILE we were STILL sinners, Christ died for us…) and by the third time meeting them where they are at many wanted prayer!
Feeling unqualified in many areas and under equipped this month, I preached in the main service of church last Sunday and thought it humorous how God got me here and how He has chosen to us me. I’m learning in Africa how small I really am and find it hard to encourage a church that has experienced more then I can imagine. The Rwandan Genocide Museum was hard to visit as it opened my eyes to the horrors that were faced in this country within my life span. Walking out those doors and knowing many of the people I come in contact with have gone through or have felt the effects of the genocide. Twas a wakeup call.
Change is coming. Tomorrow we will be travelling back to Uganda where we will be flying to our next destination. This will also be a time of needed rest, team changes, and the place where new leaders will be raised up.
Praise the Lord the deadline of $10500 has been met! Still needed is $4300 by February 1st. Thank you to all my supporters, I couldn't do this without you.
