This month our work has looked eerily familiar. There has been a ton of work on the farm, laying of brick on a house, and building a chicken coop. However, this is not all the work that has been done. Several of the ladies have used their background in teaching to formulate a 15 week children’s program. Their hope is to have it running to the point that anyone can jump in and pick it up. Also there are several people here who are gifted with a camera and the skills to use them. They have stepped up to make a promo video and pictures for Sinai 30 Ministries.
But I cannot however separate myself from the manual labor that occurs on and around the farm. I can’t help but feel as if this is a metaphor for how my race will be. Several of us have spent a few days “tilling” the land on the farm. By tilling I don’t mean with a gas or electric tiller not even the old fashion with a horse and plow. Instead we have used a shovel to TEAR up the land so NEW things can grow. It’s been hard, tedious work. But when you TEAR something up it is never easy, it requires hard work so NEW things can SPRING up.
We have also helped add an extension to a house for a family in the community. Also we have had a hand in building a new house for the chickens here. Brick by brick we have been able to measure our progress on what is being built. To stand in a place where there was NOTHING to look out and SEE the mark our actions have made.
The Lord has been wrecking me of a ton of things. He’s been tearing up how I view myself and the world around me and restoring them with new ideas and new passions. Funny how the “work” we do sometimes reflects the lessons we are learning, don’t you think?
