Week three:
Hello again, I’m sorry I haven’t blogged as much as I wanted. I posted a lot more on Facebook for y’all though!!
If I’m being honest, I do not want to come home yet. I’ve made friends with my team members that I’m not ready to leave. I’ve made friends with the locals and some of the seminary students that I’m so sad to leave. Saturday we went hiking with a few of the seminary guys, all the way to the top of Saidan Mountain. On our way back down we decided to stop by a cave to eat lunch. Abraham brought markers and spray paint to mark our names & “world race 2019”. As we all sat on the side of this mountain eating our grill cheese lunches, I couldn’t help but think about how awesome God is. The one who made these beautiful mountains and all that was in them he made us too. All in great detail.
When we started back for the road the hike took a hilarious turn. Emma, ripped her pants from the beginning of the hike and didn’t quit, wearing all the rain coats to cover up. On the way down, it was steep, and so slippery. All the girls just sat on our feet and slid the whole way down. We fell so hard so many times and laughed the entire way down. The guys made it look so easy!! We came across some fig trees and had a snack, got a little lost. Yes, Abraham admitted he wasn’t sure where we were! Lol anyways that was a blast and I loved hanging out with everyone who joined us.
Fellowship & worship nights with the seminary students has been my favorite, just getting to really know them and their hearts for Jesus. We cleaned walls at the hospital after praying over patients, went to a rehab center, super fun & get to go again this week! We went to a couple schools and helped out, went to Jacobs house to visit & have more tea. Last week Allie, Chaeli & I got to sit in on a surgery at the hospital. We also all got to go see the Khuga Dam, it was beautiful. It’s been great and I love every minute.
I’ve been reading a book I got at training camp, ‘the art of listening prayer’. Listening to His voice, can be hard for me. I’m learning to still my own thoughts and listen to Him. Last night during team time, we did an exercise for listening to Him. We each put our name on a card, flipped them over and passed them around. With out knowing who’s card we were writing on, we listened to God speak to us and wrote it on that card. It was actually so good and I was so happy because it was easier than the last time. Listening to Him is hard at first, just like listening to anyone can be. Being still to listen to a friend is a great thing. It also takes practice, and it gets a little better every time. Anyways, all of that to say I’m learning how God speaks to me and I’m super excited about it!
