It’s
hard to stay present every day.
It’s
hard to stay “checked in.”
It’s
hard to have a word of encouragement or message on the tip of your tongue at
all times.
It’s
hard to continue to live in community when the end is so near.
It’s
hard to have people ask you why you are so fat at such a young age.
It’s
hard to have someone telling you what to do all the time.
It’s
hard to never get alone time.
Yep,
this is my life…
I’m
in Kigali, Rwanda this month and it is going to be a hard month.
Don’t
get me wrong, it is going to be a good month, but it is going to be hard.
We
have a team of five people, but only four can do ministry.
As
we were getting off the bus in our first step in Rwanda, one of my teammates
stepped wrong and she tore ligaments in her ankle.
For
the last week, she has been in a cast and she is not able to go up and down the
hills and the rough terrain here. She stays at home and the rest of us do
ministry. He is healing her slowly by slowly.
Our
schedule last week looked a little similar to this: Get up and eat breakfast,
go to a meeting with a women’s sewing group and share with them for 10-20
minutes, do door-to-door evangelism for 2-4 hours, eat lunch, have team time,
rest, go to church by 5:30 and have a church service for 2-3 hours where one of
us preached.
It’s
been a rough first week of transitioning from Uganda to Rwanda, but the Lord is
good.
There
is goodness in my weakness. There is a reliance on the Lord in my times of
tiredness. There is a need for me to seek Him daily so that I have anything to
pour out.
As
for this next week, the ministry will be less filled due to a “mourning week”
in remembrance of the 1994 genocide here in Rwanda. I’ll be sure to post a blog
with more info about this in the next couple of days.
One
of the days that we went out last week for door-to-door I prayed what one might
call a selfish prayer for the Lord to have children at each place we visited.
He answered my prayer and I found joy in every home through the children.
He
is speaking through our team by giving us a few versus to share with the church
and then He leads whatever comes out of our mouth. He speaks to us and through
us daily.
One
of my favorite parts about this month is hanging out with the sweet daughters
of our pastor. Every time we go to church Lori and Debra walk with me hand in
hand. It brings me so much joy. As I was sitting in my room this morning, I
heard the girls outside talking about me in Kinyarwanda. It was precious.
As
for my living situation this month, we have a super legit place to live.
We
live with the family and there 2-3 maids/helpers that they have.
Our
team of five is split up into three rooms.
I
have my OWN room!
We
have a shower and a western toilet, as well as a squatty outside.
The
food is super amazing with lots of potatoes and vegetables.
We
have visitors all day long.
We
play card games a lot with the nationals.
It’s
going to be a freaking hard month.
But
I can also guarantee you it’s going to be a freaking good month.
Team
Beloved Daughters is going to finish this race strong.
Let’s do this!
