xanga!!!
hot dog its been awhile...
im tired so this will be short...
i really love Jesus... a lot.
he continues to captivate and capture my heart in new ways. amaze and bless me beyond belief... what an adventure he takes me on, its beautiful.
Christmas is almost here!! its so exciting! there is even snow on the ground.
but seriously... i love Jesus.

Well I would love to write an entire entry just on what I have learned while at Mfuge, but I just spent the day with God and the evening with Kimi processing the week. Wow. It would take a while, and be the longest entry ever… so your best bet is to call me, or better yet… let’s get together. Whoever you are reading this, Id love to see you and share the wondrous thing the Lord is doing in my life, and more than that I would love to hear how/if he is working in yours!

Here I guess would be an over view of life..

 

-         I am switching churches… again… If you are curious, I would love to explain this to you… God likes to keep me on my toes, and turn my life upside down. But I love every minute of it, and the Lord has just completely blessed me over at FBK. And I have only been there 3 weeks…

-         Some exciting news…. I often say the phrase “Bloom where you’re planted.” –Beth Moore It something I must remind myself on a regular basis along with the phrase “Its not about you” –KM  But chatting in the van with some folks, I have realized that it is one thing to see the Light [Jesus]. Having it in the center of your life, and focusing on it. And it is another thing to be living in the Light. I think I am truly learning what it is to live in the Light and to “do something now” I am so eager to graduate and move on to do ministry, when here I am in a huge mission field. Its cool to see God opening door in ways to serve my own community and loving all around me.

-         I am learning to trust. One of the most challenging days at Mfuge was the day I didn’t talk to anyone on site about the age of 4. I love children, and I love playing but if I had the choice to talk to an adult over a small child. I’d choose the adult. If I had the choice to talk to a homeless man, and a business man. I’d choose the homeless man… So it was a hard thing for me to just play with children, while other talked to the adults. Trusting that God was doing something in that. Serving along side someone, but not being directly involved. [The wife’s role in her husbands ministry… eh? That’s for another discussion…] the kind of ministry where you don’t get to see the results instantly, if ever. It almost seems “pointless” But trusting that God is using you in that. Oh man, its good stuff! What a blessing to see the point in the “pointless”

-         Another cool thing is just first hand experiencing how blessed we are. Spending time with the homeless makes you sick to know how much we have/use/waste etc. For us… what is a good day? Getting off work early, seeing friends, eating good food… etc.  To my new friends, who just happen to be homeless… waking up in the morning is good day. We take the air that we breathe for granted. The shoes on our feet, the dry clothes on our backs for granted, as if its something we deserve… or part of our “rights” We are blessed, just to be alive. I wish I could word this the way it was communicated to me… I hope it makes sense. Ha

-         Huge thing. Get this… Listening is half the battle. I realized with my friends and just people in general… all we really want is someone to listen to us. Genuinely care, and want to hear what we have to say. If you know me at all… I love to talk. But sometimes I just need to shut up and listen. I have learned to love to listen to my friends. Not always giving them advice or affirmation. But just listening. I really feel like that’s something God has taught me with my friends, but also with him. I just need to shut up and listen! Praying isn’t just words we say to Jesus, it’s listening and responding to what he is saying to us. Learning to Listen is half that battle.

 

That is basically it in a nutshell… there is tons more, but these are the big things. Thank you friends, for your prayers. I love you all and please please let me know if there is anything I can pray for you about. Ps. lets hang out.