Salama Salama!!
It's hard to believe I just finished week 4 of classes here!! This week was jam packed and delightfully restful!! Even in the midst of school and duties here I found much time to simply bee and breathe...I had Belgian waffles (last Saturday morning) cooked by Belgian ladies...muito bon!! (sooo good!!) The waffle breakfast kicked off nearly 8 days of making "rest" the topic of my journey...it's really easy here to get "busy" and I guess no matter where we are in the world, there is always something "to do" and sometimes (even with African time delay;)) it is vital to simply slow down.
In the slow down, I began to realize one of the reasons I am here in this time, and it is to be a breather of life to the long term missionaries on base. I cannot offer them the strength they need to live in Africa, month by month year by year, but I can bring encouragement and offer up hugs and prayers...and with that hopefully the missionaries that are here find a bit of refreshment by His Holy Spirit who of course dwells within... In one class session, Heidi threw out the question, "What do good works look like?" It became an assignment to answer...the Bible says that "faith without works is dead..." So what are good works? In painting this mural, I began to understand that even though I am not out in the bush or in the villages ministering, I am playing a role that is hidden yet is bringing life and stirring up dreams in sooo many people... Good works are being exactly where the Lord leads, guides, and directs and being compelled by His love to work, to serve, to give and to partner with the change that is coming along...a nation who's crime rates have dropped drastically over the last years, a province who's test scores have been elevated to the highest in Mozambique, and poverty that is being met head on with hands that practically lead and guide to becoming sustainable living situations... The work here is hard, the harvest is ripe...pray to the Lord of the harvest to send in harvesters...
We made the halfway point and there is much buzz about what we're all doing when school is out...graduation is 4 weeks away!!! Friday December 4...there are meetings with longterm missionaries and back porch sessions for information and q&a's and it's pretty neat to see how the entire group has changed in such a short amount of time. Visions and dreams are being unlocked within our hearts... Most of us are in the same place...we left much behind to come to Africa to have the "What now?" so we wait for an answer and His direction, and it is going to be exciting to see how the journeys unfold!!
Next weekend I will be in the bush bush and I believe we have a 12 hour camion ride to our destination...help us Jesus;)) The mural is coming along, and hopefully we'll be able to finish more before we leave for the bush...
Deus Abencoe (God bless you)
Love,
Desi
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