i know I know, it’s been a long while since my last post. Please forgive me. I would love to blame our lack of wifi on why there hasn’t been a post, but if I am going to be honest I dont really know what to chat about. I want to talk about life. What our life in Africa has looked like, how life has been and what the lord has been up too. A lot to cram into one post but I am hoping and praying all goes smoothly.
life in Malawi. Well, they say “Malawi is the warm heart of Africa”. The saying has remained true. In our two months here I have met some of the most kind , humble and welcoming people. Have had conversations with teenagers that I will always remember and I have always felt at home. Walking down the street people smile, huge welcoming smiles, ask your name and usually tell you that they are fine. Even if you haven’t asked them yet. As a team we have spent many days giving career talks to young adults. Encouraging them to keep pushing forward in school and in their walks with the lord. It has been wonderful to see their eyes light up, chat with them afterward and being able to know these young humans. There are days we visit the hospital. Going to hospitals can be hard in America but my heart has never hurt like it does as we pray over the sick and hurt in their hospital beds in a noisy, crowded room. Though hard, I have heard people lift their voices to the creator of the universe. It has been in these walls that are filled with brokeness and pain that I have seen the raw need for Christ. The lord gives hope, peace, love (and so much more…obviously) to these people. The need for Christ and all His goodness is so real. it is hard to see people hurt but the Lord provides peace knowing that these precious souls now have an opportunity to live in eternity with all the goodness they could imagine. Bob Goff talks about praying big prayers, sitting in hospitals-really any of our ministries- has taught me that it is so important to pray prayers with all the faith you have knowing the father is always listening. It is safe to say Africa has been sweet. With that I want to talk about Jesus. Our current journey and all that cool stuff.
Jesus has been spitting some very hard truth about identity. In this season we have had to chat a lot of things I’ve done. Things I have really rooted who I thought I was in. Let me tell you Jesus pulled those identities real quick. In that He has also told me some of the kindest things too. He has been telling me im beautiful and loved. He’s been kind while walking this deep dark forest. As we have been walking along we have been having a lot of conversations about processing. How I can process with Him and how that looks for me as an individual. We had a solid chat about how I needed to understand and learn that people process completely different sometimes. In this He has been showing me the importance of processing, sitting and conversing with Him.
The lord has really been moving in Africa and teaching the importance of pressing into Him. He has been showing what it’s like to see light,joy and hope in times when it doesn’t seem like there is any. Thanks for your patience and forgiving hearts in the lack of posts. Feel free to shoot questions if you have any.
