I am so exhausted. I left the house at 8:30am this morning and didn't arrive home until 9:40pm. It was a crazy, busy, fun day. I am so thankful for Nicky. We are so alike and have SO much fun together! She makes me laugh a lot. One of our girls (little Faith, she is so small, and only 6 years old) ended up in the hospital today. We think it's Malaria, but not exactly sure. We drove all around the city, ran tons of errands, sorted piles of clothes, brought lunch to a sick missionary, among many, many other things. Although it is extremely exhausting I love the adventures that each day brings here. Simple things become so crazy, and you can't leave the house without seeing something that catches your eye as odd, like army men with guns arresting a man on the side of the road, car accidents which make you wonder how the cars could have possibly ended up in the position you saw them in if they were driving on the correct side of the road (with to be honest probably wasn't the case, they were probably driving on the wrong side of the road, the cause of the accident in the first place
), there are just too many crazy things to even begin to list. I wish that everyone had an opportunity to experience life like this at least once. It blows your mind. It also shows you how big God is.
Every Friday night the director of City Ministries and his wife have all of the City Ministries missionaries to their house for dinner. Well, tonight is what was called "first Friday". The first Friday of every month, ANY missionary in the area (not just city ministries) is welcomed for dinner and worship. There were over 100 people for dinner tonight. Although it was extremely overwhelming, it was wonderful to sit in the presence of so many people and spend time in prayer in worshiping the Lord. There are so many amazing stories of God's faithfulness. It's amazing what you see God doing when you are in a place where you have no choice but to rely on him for everything . . . in a place where you have to pray ALL the time as you are driving down the street, or walking down the street for that matter. Not that God works more here than he does at home, I think that at home we don't realize our need for him as easily because we have power all the time, our Internet works most of the time. People don't drive the wrong way down the streets. You don't see people with machine guns arresting people on the side of the road. You can grab food or coffee or pretty much anything you would possibly want at any possible time . . . it's easy to not pray and to forget your need for God when you can do and get all those things yourself . . . God works just as much here as he does there, and sometimes it's even more of a challenge to remind yourself of this when you are at home. But tonight it was wonderful to be reminded that God can do it on his own, he just invites us to help him. He is SO much bigger than we are. I am more and more thankful each day that I know Christ. I am so blessed to be able to serve God here in Nigeria, and blessed to serve God at home in Shoreline. I am just thankful that I get to serve him.
), there are just too many crazy things to even begin to list. I wish that everyone had an opportunity to experience life like this at least once. It blows your mind. It also shows you how big God is.Every Friday night the director of City Ministries and his wife have all of the City Ministries missionaries to their house for dinner. Well, tonight is what was called "first Friday". The first Friday of every month, ANY missionary in the area (not just city ministries) is welcomed for dinner and worship. There were over 100 people for dinner tonight. Although it was extremely overwhelming, it was wonderful to sit in the presence of so many people and spend time in prayer in worshiping the Lord. There are so many amazing stories of God's faithfulness. It's amazing what you see God doing when you are in a place where you have no choice but to rely on him for everything . . . in a place where you have to pray ALL the time as you are driving down the street, or walking down the street for that matter. Not that God works more here than he does at home, I think that at home we don't realize our need for him as easily because we have power all the time, our Internet works most of the time. People don't drive the wrong way down the streets. You don't see people with machine guns arresting people on the side of the road. You can grab food or coffee or pretty much anything you would possibly want at any possible time . . . it's easy to not pray and to forget your need for God when you can do and get all those things yourself . . . God works just as much here as he does there, and sometimes it's even more of a challenge to remind yourself of this when you are at home. But tonight it was wonderful to be reminded that God can do it on his own, he just invites us to help him. He is SO much bigger than we are. I am more and more thankful each day that I know Christ. I am so blessed to be able to serve God here in Nigeria, and blessed to serve God at home in Shoreline. I am just thankful that I get to serve him.
The picture is of little Faith who was sick today. Keep her in your prayers. She is doing better, and after the Dr. visit, we practiced spelling in the car . . . :) She wanted to know how to spell television, among many other things! :)
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