In attempt to fill you in a bit on what happened during our last month here's a sentence or two from my journal for each day. It was hard to pick just one thing from each day since so much goes on and I had to leave a lot out, but here it is: Some serious, some funny, all true.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
"And so It begins…"
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
"Said goodbye to Mom and Dad today. I'll miss them."
Thursday, January 10, 2013
"…not sure when I'll get good milk again. Today was my last day in America for 11 months!"
Friday, January 11, 2013
"Emirates Airways have really nice planes. Food wasn't even that bad!"
Saturday, January 12, 2013
"Arrived safely in Dubai… Took another flight to Johannesburg… It'll be a long night of driving straight through to the Mozambican border."
Sunday, January 13, 2013
"Finally made it to the Mozambique border at 4am where we stayed for the next 5 hours trying to get everyone's visas."
Monday, January 14, 2013
"This little kid came up to the [bus] window and asked for rice pointing at my food then rubbed his belly saying "hungry". I gave him a very small piece of my sandwich, all that was left. He looked disgusted at first but then grabbed it, shoved it in his mouth, and ran off."
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
"I haven't quite mastered the bucket shower yet…"
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
"…we should always be in ministry loving on someone, even if it is self ministry. Laying sick at home in bed."
Thursday, January 17, 2013
"Woke up at 5 to a group of Mozambican guys…singing outside my room. Amazing."
Friday, January 18, 2013
"I patched the hole in my sleeping pad with duct tape."
Saturday, January 19, 2013
"After we had just about given up and we were walking back I heard someone say "Hey Jon!" I was so confused since I was in the backstreets of Dondo, Mozambique. I couldn't think of anyone that would actually know me."
Sunday, January 20, 2013
"Matt, Sarah, and I all went from child to child, woman to woman praying and laying hands on each of them, all wanting prayers for something but I couldn't tell what since they didn't speak English"
Monday, January 21, 2013
"God's words will come to you when he wants them to, and believe me, he is still speaking powerful things to his people even today"
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
"Learned the art of catching a dragonfly! I'm pretty much a professional now."
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
"I would give anything for a personal air conditioner right now, or even just a fan!"
Thursday, January 24, 2013
"I placed my hand outside on his jaw where it was hurting and said a quick prayer stumbling over my words but then asked him if it was any better, he nodded and said yes!"
Friday, January 25, 2013
"We got the outside of the existing building painted… Ended up with paint all over us too, not sure how that always happens."
Saturday, January 26, 2013
"Spent most of the day just relaxing in my Eno as planned… Just the kind of day I needed!"
Sunday, January 27, 2013
"Got to go to Kadesh… It's almost like Neverland from Peterpan, with the Lost Boys!"
Monday, January 28, 2013
"Victorina, the cook is such an awesome lady for the work she does everyday, and she doesn't get tired of it either, every morning you can find her running and jumping around getting the meals prepared for the day, I pray everything I do in life, I do with as much enthusiasm as Victorina does."
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
"Put a frog on my tongue… It was just a little sandy…"
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Ephesians 5:8 "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in The Lord. Live as children of the light."
Thursday, January 31, 2013
"Joseph got up and started playing a game with all the kids and I immediately joined I even though I couldn't tell what I was doing since it was all in Portuguese, but I caught on pretty quick."
Friday, February 1, 2013
"I hand washed all my clothes. It may have been one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. Okay, that may be exaggerating a bit, but it was harder than I thought it would be."
Saturday, February 2, 2013
"I stuck my feet down in the Indian Ocean!"
Monday, February 4, 2013
"Oh happy day! We made it to Nelspruit, South Africa!"
