The past two weeks have been full of challenges and
blessings alike, like most weeks. One challenge in particular was the fact that
my body is still having a hard time keeping up with my heart and my mind. Coming
out of surgery and getting used to the groove of things was at times exhausting
and most of the time pretty frustrating. When your in a place where your work
is where your heart is it’s hard to let yourself rest. God is still showing me
how take it easy and take care of my body…I have a feeling that He will be
teaching me that for years…ha.
As far as our
schedule we’ve been continuing our regular ministries. However, where I am
working we are still ironing out some wrinkles in the ministry and getting used
to new women coming to the stitching classes and our new surrounding community
in our new flat. It’s been really great to build new relationships with new
women and still see the past members walk across town to the new flat. We have
more women than ever and it’s such a blessing to watch the ministry grow so
abundantly after some crazy challenges. Another blessing is that one of our
closest friends on the beach where I live, who was formerly diagnosed with TB
was completely HEALED! How incredible is that?! We’ve been praying and praying
for her, she seemed to be getting worse so we were convinced the results of her
new tests would be hard to hear. Instead, the Lord gave her health and peace
and the tests came back with results that flabbergasted the doctors. We were
all so amazed and then we thought…why? Why are we so surprised that God
answered our prayers? We prayed in faith believing that God would heal her and
He did…OF COURSE he did! We are so silly sometimes.
Part of our crazy schedule was cramming in a lot of events.
We visited a spice farm with the stitching teacher and her family and rode an
elephant there as well. We were invited to an Indian wedding by a women in our
church whose daughter was getting married. That was really interesting and a
great time for our team to let loose and enjoy each others company. We also
celebrated our stitching teachers husbands birthday and their anniversary. We
are really close with their family, in fact I would completely consider them my
second parents. They will defiantly be the hardest people to say goodbye to.
That brings me to the fact that we only have 2 weeks left of
ministry….where has the time gone? I’m dreading saying goodbye to these people
who have touched my life in such incredible ways. They each have such a special
place in my heart and every time I think about saying goodbye I tear up. How do
you say goodbye…possibly for forever? I haven’t figured that one out yet, maybe
I never will. Right now I’m trying not to dwell on goodbye and to enjoy every
moment I have left here. Even though I don’t have much time left I do have a
lot of memories left to make and I intend on being fully present for those
moments.
