I regret to inform that a correction is in order. This is a very big step for me, to admit that I’m wrong, and an even bigger step to fess up even though perhaps 99% of my readers would never know the difference. The utter shame and humiliation of being placed on the altar of fallibility is nearly more than I can bear. Of course, most of this is just dramatics, but I have made an honest mistake and shall hereby remedy it.
The picture I posted of a Papaya growing was, in fact, not a Papaya at all. A minor oversight, I know, but one that needs attention nonetheless. I’ve hereby taken measures to record an actual Papaya in growth and accurately document it. Thank you all for your grace as a novice horticulturist examines the hue of his thumbs.
In other news; as our time in the Philippines draws to a close, we have gotten some information about what is next on the list for us. We leave on February 1st, which also marks 3 months remaining on our journey. We will be flying to Managua, Nicaragua by way of the United States (since apparently not too many people fly directly) and plan to be arriving at our next sites by February 4th. This will either be helping an AIM couple set up a new ministry outside of Managua, or helping with Hurricane Felix relief efforts on the Caribbean coast.
Towards the end of February, we will have an opportunity to really place our lives in the hands of the Lord by walking in a lot more faith and a lot less planning. It is ripe with the chance to really see the changes in us come to life. I’m excited. I wish that I were in a place to be able to articulate all the things that I have been learning about myself in the last month, but I’m just not there yet. I trust that I’ll soon get the words and my genuine prayer is that in the next 3 months, I’ll be able to live and walk them.
I hereby decree that this child shall be the representation of me in deep introspection.
