Africa day 13 (July 15)
It is a bittersweet day!
We are all ready to go home and have a nice hot shower and sleep in our
own beds and see their family and friend but nobody wants to leave! I
know for me if I had all of those things in Africa I would never ever
leave! What could be better than having your family and friends with you
and being blessed enough to serve the people of Africa every single day
of your life! Of course if God does call me to move there I will not
have my family with me, I won't have all my friends and I my comfy bed
can't come too, but you know I will make new friends, your family can
come visit and well I could get used to a new bed! It would still be
absolutely amazing to be able to live here in Africa! If that's what God
wants I will be here in a heartbeat! The next 48 hours of traveling
will be exhausting and filled with mixed emotions of excitement and
sadness. We had a threeish hour bus ride to the airport and then a two
hour plane ride to Ethiopia. We had one of our last debriefing times as a
team it was really cool to hear what all God did in us during our time
in Africa! For me, I wouldn't be able to sum it up in to one thing but
one of the main things is God really showed me about the power of
prayer! I grew/am growing up in a family that loves Jesus! My parents
both raised me not only in the church but in Christ, showing me the
importance of a relationship with Christ not only just following rules,
but recently even before this trip God has laid on my heart the
importance of prayer, and prayer as a family, every night! Not only that
but how serious it is! When you are praying you are talking to GOD! The
God who created the universe, the God who knitted me together in my
mothers womb, the God who loves me so much He would come down to earth
and live a perfect life and die a humiliating, painful death, the God
who lives inside of me! He is so powerful and holy but someone like me
can talk to him! If that doesn't blow your mind I'm not sure what else
will! It is a big deal and I have been treating it like its just
something you do before meals and when you need something! My God loves
me so much and He wants me to talk to him ad he wants to talk back! I
still stand amazed at that! Everyone had incredible testimonies of what
God had shown them here! I am going to miss them especially Gina and
Jason!
Africa day 14 (July 16)
Long
flight and long layovers today! I already miss the sweet little brown
faces of the precious children of God! I can't wait for what else God
has in-store for me!
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