It's been too long since I've written– we've been busier than Panera used to be in the mornings(which I worked approximately two times before being permanent night shift)
Just call me pastor because I've been preaching my butt off this month- lots of door to door, conferences, home visits, hospital visits, open air evangelism(cripes, what have I become)… it's just hilarious to me that they trust me to have things to say in front of lots of people all the time…
Got to plant beans today for a mama at the church, though, which was refreshingly brainless, so that's cool. And, I got to whitewater raft and bungee jump the past week, so I've officially conquered the Nile.
Also got to see my friend from Kenya that stayed with me last time I was in Uganda, which was so cool. She drove all the way here just to hang out and I got to spend a few nights with her-and took a bath for the first time since I left home, yes please.
This is a little on the God squad side, but it's like the only thing I know to write about right now-I've just been having a hard time with the fact that I'm still not OK- not free in a lot of ways-still struggling, etc… but yesterday this awesome old lady(who gave us sweet tea and ice cubes-haven't had for 7 months) prayed for me and I believe God spoke through her in more ways that she'll ever know. I heard the word still and it helped me so much. I wrote in my journal that "I don't deserve God to speak, but He does still. I don't deserve God to be, but He still is. He's still here. Even when I'm not, He still is. I'm still not, but You still are."
Just something I needed to sink in I guess- that God's still my hope, still helping me, still enough, still waiting, still patient, still forgiving, still healing, still helping, still good,still my refuge, still truth, still light, still repairing, still higher, still saving, still redeeming, still leading, still giving,and still worth all of this.
Sounds sappy, sounds like I'm gettin old I swear-but it's been a hard month, and I was just thankful to get a hold of a concept that gives me some strenght to get up and walk through stuff… that lady praying will definitely be a stone of remembrance for me, which is cool that it happened in Uganda-it means a lot.
Other than that, I'm just amazed that India's right around the corner-thankful for all your support,comments, help,prayers, reminders of normalcy, etc.
