Dear friends,
To start, I want to say that I miss you all. I’m realizing how much of a privilege it is to see people you love on a regular basis – or even an irregular basis. At least irregular is more than not at all in the span of 9 months. But I try not to think about that too much. I’ll see you soon, and I’m excited for that.
Here’s an update on what my life is right now:
I’m currently living in Mokhotlong, Lesotho. Three teams from our squad (Unity, Amplifiers, and my team) are staying in a mission house owned by Harvesters Bible Church (which is who we are doing ministry stuff with). Thankfully, all 20 of us have beds to sleep in and a roof over our heads. And we’ve been greatly blessed with women that take the time out of their days to make all of our meals for us. They’re absolutely wonderful.
Our ministry is a variety of things. Every morning, Monday through Friday, a group of 3 goes to the hospital to share the Word and pray for those that are there. Also on Mondays, one team goes to the soup kitchen at the hospital to feed people and give encouragement through scripture. The other two teams stay at the church and school and do construction work. So far, we’ve made a barbed wire fence, moved cement blocks, painted a door, picked up lots of trash, and more. Later in the day, we do landscaping/cleaning up around our mission house. On Tuesdays, we do school development and go visit the high schoolers to share testimonies and scripture with them. On Wednesdays, we go to the prison to share our stories and encouragement to the men inside. Later in the day, we go to the hospital to pray healing and life over patients in hospital rooms. Thursdays are the same as Mondays. On Fridays, we visit the primary school. We play games with them and talk to them. It’s a fun time. Saturdays are open for us to be free and do our own thing (although this past Saturday, a lot of our group went and helped build a church). And finally, on Sundays, we go to church. This past Sunday, a few from my team shared their testimonies, and somebody else shared a message with the church. After that, we went out in groups into the small village to talk with people and share Jesus with them.
Outside of ministry, lots of us love to walk around the town and go to the stores. There’s a place called Tulip Fish and Chips that people have gone to quite often. They have really yummy fries and FAT CAKES. They’re basically fried balls of bread and they’re amazing. There’s also a really small bakery that a woman from the church owns, so some of us go there nearly every time we pass it on the way to and from the school/church to support her. She’s such a sweet lady, and she makes some delicious cookies and muffins. There are lots of little shops with food and other stuff (the food is what really draws us in). The big one is Shoprite. It’s a fairly new grocery store in town, and it’s great. Some of my regular purchases are apples, pears, peanut butter, and chocolate. So good.
Another thing that our group loves to do is adventure. Last Saturday, Mily, Katherine, and I hiked up and down mountains, went down and ate by the river, and got our pants soaked as we walked across the river to get home. Last week, the St. Clair family (a missionary family that lives here) took all of us to a cave, where we had dinner and roasted marshmallows over a fire. (Side note: the St. Clair family is honestly one of the sweetest, loving families I’ve ever met. They have been so generous and wonderful – a few nights ago, they let us come over and have a movie night, and they bought us snacks! Also, they’ve been having groups over at their house to make dinner for all of us. They’ve been such a blessing.) Other times, people have gone swimming in the river, slept in a cave, and hiked about 15 miles up a mountain.
Something else: I haven’t been getting on wifi very much at all since I’ve been here – maybe like once or twice a week. It’s mostly because I want to enjoy the things around me and not have my eyes glued to my phone or computer. It’s also because the wifi is super slow and takes a really long time to load things. So please know that I’m not trying to ignore you at all – if I had more time, I would talk with you for hours, believe me. If you contact me, I’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible, but it might be a few days.
Well friends, that’s pretty much it at the moment. Life is good, and I thank God for that. Life in Lesotho is definitely different from the states (and sells things for a lot cheaper – blessings), but I’m really enjoying it a lot. And with a new scenery comes a new perspective on God – who He is and what He can do – which is pretty neat, I’d say.
Thanks for reading, friends. Love you all. God bless.
Love,
Megan
