Electricity went off at 1 AM. So I risked mosquitoes to get cool and opened the door onto the balcony off my room. Generator roar and bullfrogs croaking from the nearby river serenaded me after that. This post was written while in a wakeful state June 7 at 1 AM.
1 AM June 7, 2014
I think I went to bed around eight last night. This trip has assaulted my creature comforts. That is why when the stewardess from Hungary let Peggy and me alone sit in first class for the short flight back to Monrovia yesterday we felt the privilege intensely . Thank you God.
Peggy and I have been trying to see if we could grasp a bit of what God had in mind by that third day in Sierra Leone. Instead of some big discipline or lesson we needed we think that God was showing is that we really have been learning how better to handle stressful circumstances with more grace. He has done the work in us. Every once in a while I think it is good to look back and see that we really are progressing in this walk of faith. It makes me then remember the verse " forgetting what is behind, I press towards the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus". Now that we have looked behind, we now fix our gaze on Jesus lest a privilege of intercession become a stumbling block to the very thing we want, more love for Him, more dependence on Him and more faith in Him.
The book, "Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus" has taken me the whole week to complete. Between busyness and no power on iPad, it has been a slow process. Probably a good slow process to have time to reflect on the story of Jesus and His love, His pursuing us In the most unlikely circumstances. We have left a copy with Franklyn and one with Emmanuel. May the knowledge they gain help them in their ministry with this dedicated group of people. May my prayers increase.
Magdaline Mulbah, our precious EAFC student who will graduate June 28 came to see us. Thankfully it was a blessing to her too. She visited so long we had to reveal our profound fatigue. (AM praying that God will cause others to share Magdaline's passion for further education so she can really become a medical doctor) Now, let me try to get back to sleep. Prepare me Father for this last day in this land we have been privileged to know. Bless the leadership of the ECOL denomination as they welcome Albert and Priscella home who have been studying in a Kenya this month. May grace and repentance be a part of the process.
Good night again!
I think I went to bed around eight last night. This trip has assaulted my creature comforts. That is why when the stewardess from Hungary let Peggy and me alone sit in first class for the short flight back to Monrovia yesterday we felt the privilege intensely . Thank you God.
Peggy and I have been trying to see if we could grasp a bit of what God had in mind by that third day in Sierra Leone. Instead of some big discipline or lesson we needed we think that God was showing is that we really have been learning how better to handle stressful circumstances with more grace. He has done the work in us. Every once in a while I think it is good to look back and see that we really are progressing in this walk of faith. It makes me then remember the verse " forgetting what is behind, I press towards the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus". Now that we have looked behind, we now fix our gaze on Jesus lest a privilege of intercession become a stumbling block to the very thing we want, more love for Him, more dependence on Him and more faith in Him.
The book, "Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus" has taken me the whole week to complete. Between busyness and no power on iPad, it has been a slow process. Probably a good slow process to have time to reflect on the story of Jesus and His love, His pursuing us In the most unlikely circumstances. We have left a copy with Franklyn and one with Emmanuel. May the knowledge they gain help them in their ministry with this dedicated group of people. May my prayers increase.
Magdaline Mulbah, our precious EAFC student who will graduate June 28 came to see us. Thankfully it was a blessing to her too. She visited so long we had to reveal our profound fatigue. (AM praying that God will cause others to share Magdaline's passion for further education so she can really become a medical doctor) Now, let me try to get back to sleep. Prepare me Father for this last day in this land we have been privileged to know. Bless the leadership of the ECOL denomination as they welcome Albert and Priscella home who have been studying in a Kenya this month. May grace and repentance be a part of the process.
Good night again!
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