tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297176881889272852024-03-04T22:22:52.478-08:00Go and make disciples of all nations.Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-49338124058407018612016-05-23T01:54:00.001-07:002016-05-23T01:54:39.377-07:00my first month in Doro<div class="MsoNormal">
I cannot believe I’ve been here a month. Not only has the
last 4 weeks flown by but each day seems to as well. My days look something
like this.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Get up around 7am.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sweep my house.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Do any dishes left over from the night before that didn’t get
done before bugs appeared.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Make breakfast.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Water my garden.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shower.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eat breakfast. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Do my devotions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And by 10am I’m usually tackling the other random things
that fill my days.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Clothes washing (at least 2x a week).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Making food for lunch/dinner or baking.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reviewing/writing down new words I want to learn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Having made-up conversations in my head in Mabaan, which
aids in more words I want to learn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Going out and visiting! (A multiple hour experience)<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 day a week, Sabbath.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If I’ve gone out (which is usually 5-6 days a week) I try to
be home by 6:30. This gives me time to warm up my dinner, eat, water my garden
and shower before the bugs come. I’m usually crawling into bed somewhere
between 8-9:30pm to spend some time responding to emails, updating Facebook,
and catching up with family and friends via texting. Most nights I’m passed out
from pure exhaustion by 10:30pm ready to give my mind and body a break before
the sun rises and the busyness begins again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In the midst of the days flying by, when I’m out visiting I
catch myself often thinking, “God I can’t believe I get to do this.” As
relationships continue to blossom and I connect with more and more Mabaan women
in the area, I find myself wanting to be out, pushing my mind and mouth beyond
what they think they can handle and stretch myself way out of my comfort zone.
When I’m out I very rarely have the time to think through what I want to say
before I say it. I think this has helped me so much in growing my vocabulary
because I’m not keeping myself in this box of only trying to communicate what I
want with the few words I know. I just start talking and then I pause and hope
I can do the motion or say a similar word to get the one I’m looking for. So
far this method has proved rather successful. <o:p></o:p></div>
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One of my favorite things at this point is the look on
people’s faces when I tell them in Mabaan "I don’t hear Arabic but I hear a
little Mabaan." I get this look of, “you are learning my language?!” These
moments happen often as I run into new people and it has kept me sooooo
encouraged! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m also finding the best language helpers to be those who
speak no English. You would think it would be helpful to have someone who can
understand a little but somehow my brain knows that person can understand
English and it becomes so lazy! I catch myself saying, an English word followed
by, “A gena te tuk Mabaan? - this is called what in Mabaan?” too much versus doing an action or pointing to
something or talking about someone doing something all in Mabaan to try to get
the word I want. Maybe the words don’t stick as much because my brain isn’t
making as many connections but whatever it is, I love language learning with
those who know no English. With that said, I love spending time with the young
women and often they do speak a few words of English. But it is so limited that
it really doesn’t hinder the learning process of Mabaan and they all seem so
eager for me to learn. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A few of the women I’ve connected with. I hope to add
pictures to all these names soon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elizabeth<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marci<o:p></o:p></div>
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Babua<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mimi<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yaka<o:p></o:p></div>
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Grace<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tabitha<o:p></o:p></div>
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All of these women, with the exception of one, live within a
5 minute walk from my compound. I am so blessed by these young women and their
willingness to let me into their lives and culture. Each one contributes
something uniquely special that who ever I go and visit with, I leave with a
grin that is hard to hide and a heart feeling so loved!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Learning a mother tongue is definitely hard. Mabaan has a
lot of sounds that are starting to seem more normal to hear, but I still find some hard
to pronounce. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A few of my other struggles have been:<o:p></o:p></div>
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showing up and finding the women not home<o:p></o:p></div>
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the market which is only Arabic and I know none<o:p></o:p></div>
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trying to find a rhythm in a non-consistent place<o:p></o:p></div>
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stopping myself at night from wanting to keep studying<o:p></o:p></div>
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not feeling guilty when I don’t get out of the house until
3pm<o:p></o:p></div>
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the bugs<o:p></o:p></div>
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the lack of fruits and vegetables<o:p></o:p></div>
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the heat.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With all that said, it really has been a great first month
here. I’ve gotten to do, be apart of, and learn so much! I take my struggles to
the Lord each morning and He always gives me just enough grace to walk through
whatever He plans each day. Can’t wait to see what He has in store in the coming days!<o:p></o:p></div>
Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-71255598197256583662016-05-14T11:16:00.001-07:002016-05-14T11:45:55.226-07:00food, field & a full day of languageI left my house around 8:45am this morning(Saturday). When I got to Helima's house she was already busy cooking. The asida (brown ugali) was already cooked and the giil"green soup/slim" was on the fire. I got the joy of cooking the famous fish stew.<br />
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They soak the fish for I don't know how long, and then use the broth as the base for the stew. She added dakwad(orange pasty stuff) mixed with what I understood to be oil made from kudra(their green leaves) and ground okra to make the soup. </div>
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the almost finished fish soup (Left). I moved back because the smell was quite strong and was able to take this picture of her and her aunt finishing the cooking (Right)</div>
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Me, Helima and two young girls went inside the house and shared this. The brown lumps are the asida, the far bowl is the fish soup and the green stuff is the giil which is actually really good. (see pictures below for the eating process :D)</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A few women overheard us conversing
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shocked to hear me speaking their language. As we walked she told me what we
were going to do, what we were seeing along the way, and I attempted to tell
her a few stories myself. She is getting so good at filling in
the blanks. When I need a word(usually an action verb) I stop my sentence and say a short scenerio sentence to try to figure it out. The hard part is these words don't stick because I don't get to write them down but we have a conversation and my tongue is getting practice saying funky sounds. One day I'll remember what all those words I learned today actually were! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We got to the field, dropped that water jarican she has on her head with the older ladies, took a small bucket of water and walked a ways away and found a new shade. Another young girl, Umjima, came and joined us. </span></div>
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The two of them had fun cracking open what tasted like a coconut inside, tho it looked much different on the outside. The water inside was so sweet and then I ate the white stuff she would peel for me. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It really shouldn’t have surprised me but it did
when another young girl walked up with food in her hands. I felt like we had
just eaten (and I kept going the first time way past the point of being full)
and wasn’t quite sure where I was gunna put it. But it was all about the
experience of eating out at the field, with the company of these three
beautiful women that I just couldn’t say no to. While they chatted I got to take
these pictures </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 12pt;">J</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times";">When we finished we went out
and helped the boys plant. This seems so backwards to me! In Kenya only the
women did the preparing, planting and harvesting. To see the women sitting
eating and the men out digging and planting was just so amazing to me! We
helped plant a little and then walked back home to make some coffee!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times";">I’ll blog post again in a
few days with the coffee making process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times";">There really
are no words to describe the sweet time I had just sitting talking/listening
with these beautiful people over several cups of sugar with coffee (I'm not kidding, can you see the sugar still at the base of the cup... and that's just after she stirred it!). I had so many moments throughout our time together
where I though “I understood nothing of what they just said”. But it didn't take long for my mind to quickly
turn to, “I’m getting to learn this!” to “oh I heard a word I know, there’s
hope!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I get to be here.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times";">I <u>get</u> to learn this
language. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times";">I <u>get</u> to spend time
with these women.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times";">I am blessed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times";">I am blessed.</span></div>
<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-73632697679861457342016-05-10T23:28:00.000-07:002016-05-10T23:28:12.426-07:00Yeccu ani 'ya<div class="MsoNormal">
Language learning. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Relationship building. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Courage growing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Humbleness happening. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Joy overflowing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I think that pretty well sums up my last couple weeks in
Doro. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I arrived in Doro on a Thursday evening(almost 3 weeks ago now). Friday all my cargo
arrived so I spent the day setting up home. I’m loving it. Little things keep
coming together, like I sewed one of my curtains yesterday. Little by little I’m
making this place home-y and mine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My door is on the right. You walk into my enclosed porch and then into my bedroom.</div>
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Another teammate lives on the other side.</div>
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My porch/kitchen/sitting area</div>
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One side of my bedroom</div>
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The other side of my bedroom</div>
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From my bedroom looking out</div>
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Saturday morning I walked with one of my teammates almost
two hours to a Mabaan village she calls home here. She lives out there
part-time, no running water, no electricity, lots of Mabaan, lots of community.
I got to join her from Saturday until Tuesday morning. I
worked on greetings and listening and smiling. Came back for a couple days and
jumped into a self-guided Mabaan langauge kick-start book! All in preparation
for another trip out to the village, this time equipped with a few more words!
We went again Friday afternoon and came back Sunday afternoon. It was fun
listening to conversations and hearing words, not necessarily knowing what they
meant but knowing I’d heard them before.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once we got back I knew it was time to start getting to know
the young ladies around Doro. There are plenty of young women (16-25yrs old)
within a 1-10 minute walk from my house. Finding courage to just show up, not
as easy! And then I read this...<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alright Lord- you're with me, I’m going out, and without thinking much more I grabbed my bag, notebook and phone and walked towards
a few homes, peeking in and seeing no women continued walking (thinking in my
head “phew one house down!”) but the last one I came to had about 4 women
sitting together. I was able to greet them, introduce my name, and say “I don’t
understand” to all they said. After about an hour I said, “’Ya ootta baanji- I
am going home” to which they said something else. I once again responded with,
“I don’t understand” and they motioned for me to go. It was rather awkward but
it was also my very first time showing up here in Doro at someone’s house alone
with little to no Mabaan.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fast forward a week. I’ve studied quite a bit of words and
our compound worker and guard have been the best language helpers. With a few
more words and phrases in my head (and a lot written down in my notebook) I
walked out the gate to Helima’s house. I was introduced to her by my teammate
and have been looking forward to visiting her. I walk in and no Helima. But
there was an older women. I greet her in Mabaan. In my broken Mabaan I ask her
“Is this Helima’s home?” she says yes. I ask, “Where is Helima”… “she’s gone to
the market”… she tells me to sit, brings water and sits beside me. (All in
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My heart starts racing. Lord Jesus, please give me
understanding. And I pray Helima comes home soon! Amen.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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She starts asking me questions (in Mabaan). Between the few
words I know, hand gestures and lots of laughs we actually had a conversation.
Helima didn’t return for over an hour. I learned this sweet lady, Naomi, is
either the mother-in-law or aunt to Helima’s husband. She taught me 3 colors,
red, blue & yellow. She taught me the word for fingernails & toenails,
she helped me learn the phrase “what are you doing?” and so much more. About half way
through my visit we were talking about different people in the family. With
help from Helima repeating what Naomi had said, it connected, “you are my
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Another sweet moment happened when they started singing. I
listened for awhile and then in between songs I said, "In Mabaan" started singing, <i>J</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">esus loves me this I know… </i>before I
got anything else out she started in Mabaan. I quickly grabbed my phone and
turned on the voice recorder and then gave her a thumbs up. I’ve had it on
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To be honest I didn’t want to leave. I was having such a fun
time. I drank so many cups of coffee and barely was able to put my notebook and
pencil down cause Naomi kept teaching me new words and phrases and made sure I
wrote them down. They walked me about halfway home (I can see their home from
my home so not far) and I asked “will you go to church tonight?” two big smiles
responded with headshakes nodding yes. “Pwetcin-Good!” I walked the rest of the
way trying to hide my excitement on my face. I hope to have more encouraging visits in the next few days, may God continue to give me courage and understanding.<o:p></o:p></div>
Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-39663031728363901422016-04-08T12:26:00.001-07:002016-04-08T12:31:46.009-07:00step one: go shoppingIt's my second full day back in Kenya and I spent the afternoon shopping. More details on that in a sec... let's rewind just a bit.<br />
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The last few days at home were so good and yet such a blur! I'm so thankful for my sending church of Shadow Mountain and their willingness to send me off in prayer. I was so encouraged by the amount of people who joined my monthly support team in the week before I left. 12 families signed up monthly and 2 increased their support, allowing me to hit 100% on Monday afternoon! (Gotta love how God's timeline isn't ours!) Goodbyes at the airport were bittersweet but I was grateful for each one who woke up early to come say bye!<br />
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All three plane rides went pretty well. The ride into Salt Lake City was only preparation for what is to come on the commuter planes I will soon enjoy! The two long flights I had the seat next to me empty and was able to sprawl out and sleep, quite well actually. I arrived in Kenya early, about 9:30pm on Wednesday night, local time. Customs went smooth and on to collect my bags. Five of them came out pretty close to together and I should have known at that point there was something wrong but I held out hope. I checked 4 action packers and 2 suitcases. In order to make sure the action packers stayed closed I had to put airline approved locks on them. When the 3 action packers that made it with me arrived one of the locks had been tore off of each one. To my surprise the insides of all three were still perfectly packed as I had them and nothing was taken! Praise God! And my dear friend Amanda who I've known since I first came to Kenya back in August 2013 patiently waited and waited and was there as I walked out of the airport at about 11:30pm!! What a relief to see a friendly face!<br />
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I waited and waited, hopeful the last one was to come. It didn't. I was directed to baggage claim problem area where before she even had a chance to look at my baggage tickets asked, "Are you Ms. Warford?"... yes, yes I am(and I realize this isn't a good sign). "One of your bags didn't make it." Can you tell me where it is? "Yes, it is in Amsterdam".... at least you know where it is! She agreed to have it delivered on Friday and behold at around 2:30 (today Friday) it was delivered! I found it with both locks still attached(Praise God!) and opened it to find my contents just as I had them! This is amazing considering the stories I've heard of bags getting lost or delayed and things being taken. Thank you Jesus for looking after it and answering my prayers!<br />
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Thursday, my first full day back in Kenya I slept in, went and got a new Kenyan phone number (which works in my iPhone yay!) and enjoyed lunch with Amanda, and then back home to rest. I went to sleep around 8:30 (with the help of sleeping meds), wide awake at 2am, back asleep at 3:30 (with help of sleeping meds again), and finally awake at 5:40am. Oh jet- lag... how I wish you didn't exist.<br />
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And now to today. Had a lovely morning of girl time when one of my teammates who arrived from Egypt this morning and the other from Doro yesterday commenced together in our living room with our cups of tea & coffee to catch up and enjoy being together! We soon realized today was the best day to <b>go shopping</b>. I was definitely excited but feeling a bit stressed knowing decisions were ahead and I was going to be buying everything I needed to set up a home in a new place and everything I got would have to first be organized, weighed, shipped by plane and delivered into Doro before I could really settle. So the idea of <b>going shopping</b> was very much embraced and yet desired to be procrastinated on. But with the help of 3 ladies and my jet-lagged brain we did it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My amazing shopping buddy Bethany! I wouldn't have finished if it wasn't for her!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This amazing guy met us and willingly and quite professionally loaded all my stuff into his car including the big items on top! Thank you Johnathon!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the next step, putting things into piles and into importance. Everything I need for the next 3 months. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All this stuff should go in on two flights, possible three. Tomorrow we repack, weigh & label and Sunday it will get taken to the office for final processing before it goes to Doro on the 20th! </td></tr>
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Whew! I'm tired just thinking about this day! It was great fun reconnecting with old friends and beginning this next step towards making Doro home!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-28269581723148532592016-04-05T00:37:00.001-07:002016-04-05T00:37:25.245-07:00I’m getting on a plane!<div class="MsoNormal">
How do I feel? Denial.</div>
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This is real. And I can’t explain it but at this moment I
really can’t believe it is finally happening!</div>
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This last weekend my home church prayed for me in all of
their services. It was neat to look out into the audience and make eye contact
with so many familiar faces that are behind me in this. But as I stood there
listening to the Pastor explain the ministry and how they can be praying, my
mind was thinking, “huh, that seems like a God orchestrated ministry, but who
would choose to go there?” It wasn’t until I realized everyone was clapping
that the description was about me. Not kidding, it was like I wasn’t even
there!<o:p></o:p></div>
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My bags are packed, weighed and locked. Four action packer
bins and two suitcases. I total of 320lbs of weight. My life in six containers.
Kinda crazy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I can’t wait to step foot in Kenya again. To smell the smell
of Nairobi, to embrace the crazy driving, to hear Swahili being spoken all
around me, to take in so much history. But that is only the beginning. The next
step, orientation, final shopping trips, packing preparation and reconnecting
with old friends leads up to two flights that will allow me to settle in my new
home. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But knowing in this moment, that I am right where God has
me, makes me so excited for the plans He has in the coming weeks and months and
years. It is a joy to walk this path with so many alongside me. The stories I
have heard of people praying for me having heard my name in a church service or
on a plane and having no idea what God was actually doing is just amazing to
me! I look forward to sharing those in the coming days. But for now I gotta
rest. Just a few hours and I’ll be on a plane!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jesus,<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am in awe of You! When I gave my life to You 10 years ago
I had no idea what that really meant. But You have shown Yourself faithful in
so many ways that as I take this step, no matter how difficult the days are to
come, that You are right there with me, and still as faithful as You always
have been. Remind me often of Your presence and may Your light shine bright
wherever You send me! May I continue to be obedient in everything You ask me to
do and say. And at the end of each day may You always receive all the glory
that is due You!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love You and grateful to be called Your child. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It is in Your name I pray,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Amen<o:p></o:p></div>
Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-47692553227420661102016-01-28T20:11:00.001-08:002016-01-28T20:11:28.318-08:00When are you leaving<div class="MsoNormal">
When are you leaving?<br />
<br />
Definitely the most asked question I get. And probably the
hardest question to answer. I’m grateful that lately when I get asked this
question and not sure how to respond, this verse comes to mind…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But seek first the
kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to
you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its
own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. </i>–Matt 6:33-34<o:p></o:p></div>
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But how do you translate that into an answer?<o:p></o:p></div>
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For a while I was struggling through finding peace in still
being here (aka not in Africa). I had set a departure date of January 6<sup>th</sup>
and by mid December I was just over 50%. I had faith and prayed daily that
January 6<sup>th</sup> would happen and it’s hard to answer people who ask
about it when you yourself are wondering the same thing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes, I don’t know either.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But over the last couple weeks God has been doing some
awesome work in my heart. Support has increased <span style="font-size: x-small;">(124% one time and 67% monthly)</span> and that has been a huge encouragement
to see who God is choosing to be a part of my financial and prayer team, but it
really is in the quiet times on the beach or at a coffee shop or in my bed when
God’s truth rings out so loud I can’t ignore it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Trust in the Lord with
all your heart and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lean not on your own </b>understanding.
</i>–Proverbs 3:5<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">many plans in a man’s heart</b>,
nevertheless it is the Lord’s counsel that will stand. </i>–Proverbs 19:21<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But Jesus looked at
them and said, “with men this is impossible, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">with God all things</b> are possible. </i>–Matthew 19:26<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">For we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">walk by faith</b>, not by sight.</i> -2 Cor
5:7<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">please</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> let Your ear be
attentive and Your eyes open, that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">You
may hear the prayer</b> of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and
night…</i>-Nehemiah 1:6<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In all this Job did
not sin nor <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">charge God with wrong</b>. </i>–Job
1:22<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are countless other verses that have helped soften my
heart to see that God can use me here and may just have a bigger purpose than I
could ever begin to see or imagine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Truth: God hasn’t called me to just do ministry in South
Sudan. He has called me to live a life doing ministry.<br />
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As I read His timeless love letter to me I see Him using Scripture to build an
altar of remembrance of His perfect plans and perfect peace in the waiting. I
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So how do I answer the question, “when are you leaving?” I
say <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I’m leaving when God is ready to move
me to do ministry there and until then I’ve got work to do here</i>. I still
feel so excited to get to Africa and transition to language & culture
learning in South Sudan, but I’m not sitting around waiting to leave, I’m
focusing on what God has for me here and now, and that leaves me in a place of
pure contentment and joy in Him alone and <i>not in my circumstances</i>. <o:p></o:p></div>
Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-28644856692288781552015-12-16T00:03:00.000-08:002015-12-16T00:08:35.193-08:00puzzle pieces<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lately I've been pondering the idea of how cross-cultural work is
just like any other job. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I think the ways they are different shine bright. </span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">(These are often exaggerations)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">- living near family vs. living far away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">- paid by a company vs. paid by God through donations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">- viewed as unimportant vs. lifted up on a pedestal of eternal
value<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">- a 9am-5pm job vs. 24/7 commitment<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">- no breaks vs. home assignment every 2-3 years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">But the similarities often times go unnoticed. <o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">When was the last time you or someone you know started a new job?
How nervous were you before the interview? Was this something you've always
wanted? Did you choose it or did God hand it to you? Did you feel completely
unworthy or incapable or fully prepared? Did you know everything the job would
entail before you said yes? Were you excited? Did it come with some changes you
had to make? Were there any compromises you had to work through? Were there
some people who fully supported you and others who told you you were crazy? Did
others discourage you in the process?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I have a feeling we would answer these questions very
similarly. <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Right now I feel like a puzzle has just been poured out on a
table. The completed picture sits on the front of the box tilted for viewing…
we know where were headed. But, we haven't started the job yet... all the pieces are yet to be put together. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">As we
start working, we try pieces and rarely get ones to fit on our first try. We do
find though as pieces start to come together that little corners or pockets
begin to show signs of what is to come. <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Doing a puzzle is a lot more fun with others. When someone else
sits down they often find a few quick pieces because their eyes haven’t been
staring at it for as long as you have. Other people give us a unique
perspective as we invite them in to work on the puzzle with us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Putting a puzzle together is a calming thing for me. I love the
way it causes me to slow down, focus on one thing, and smile when two pieces
fall into place perfectly. The decision to move my faith departure date to at
least February didn’t feel like a perfect fit the first time I tried putting
the pieces together. But I have a feeling I had been looking at those two
pieces for a long time, doubting they would work together. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">The best part… there is still a whole puzzle yet to be put together!
It’s not something to be solved at one sitting. The process is to be enjoyed
over time. A few pieces here and there. People come and sit at the table with
you and sometimes silence while working on the puzzle is the most glorious
thing. However a party happens when one of those persons finds two pieces that
fits and what a joyous occasion to have someone to share it with! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Can I invite you to sit down and work on this puzzle with me? You
have to know we won’t finish it in one sitting… that takes all the fun out of
it. But having someone to celebrate little accomplishments means the world to
me. You’ve got questions? Feel free to break the silence. But know that I
haven’t started that job yet, I may not know all the answers and the puzzle is
only just beginning to be started. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thanks to 4 weeks at MTI in Colorado I will be going back to East Africa a different person. </div>
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First. These people.</div>
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I loved being loved and getting to love these awesome people. Four weeks living in the same space, sharing every meal together, laughing at jokes only we get, crying and "getting it," and having a common goal of thriving overseas makes you close pretty quick. I'm glad we loved each other well and that saying goodbye was hard. </div>
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So what did we do for 4 weeks? A LOT! The first two weeks were all about starting my own "Language Learning Business". We did mouth drills to practice learning the different sounds that exist in other languages around the world. Let's just say this chart makes some sense now...</div>
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A lot of these sounds are in the Mabaan language I will be learning... and this chart doesn't include vowels...and I'm serious when I say these two weeks of learning these sounds and learning the LAPS technique from the creator, Dwight, was so overwhelmingly good. I am really excited to start my own business!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I count it a privilege to have met and got to learn from Dwight and Barbara. Dwight is the brains </span><span style="text-align: left;">and </span><span style="text-align: left;">heart behind the LAPS technique and helped me to love it. Between their own riveting story of their time in Vietnam to the random commands in the "Jeh" language, that still fill my brain throughout the day, I am getting excited to get to South Sudan and get started with Mabaan!</span></div>
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They transitioned us well after two weeks from strong language learning focus to more emphasis on the "Exiting My World to Enter Their World" cross-cultural helps. The idea "frame of reference" was referred to a lot. Taking what we think (in the western world) as normal, natural, right and good and changing that to fit what is considered normal, natural, right and good in their comfort zone was said so many times! This goes so much deeper than how something is said in another language. We had fun role-playing extreme situations to help us understand what it means to visit and be visited by these different cultural norms that are or aren't normal, natural, right and good in our own perceptions. </div>
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We also talked about what we are like under stress, our conflict style, transitioning well, grief and loss, saying good hellos and goodbyes among many others. Something that flowed through almost every session was the idea of yay & yuck ducks.</div>
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Now that I'm back from MTI my main focus shifts to getting to 100% of my monthly commitments. There is a lot of excitement (yay duck) wrapped up in it. Seeing who God will choose to be a part, knowing leaving for South Sudan is near, and the joy in packing and preparing to settle on the far side of the sea. But there are also some hard things (yuck ducks) that go with it. Every conversation is about me leaving. Leaving means having to say goodbye to those I love here. Moving overseas means stress and tiredness and I'm sure loneliness at times. Even right now, I feel the paradox of the yays and yucks that surround me. </div>
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But what I love most about these ducks is that they give me words to share what I'm feeling. Being able to recognize that I'm having a yuck duck moment, just had a yuck duck experience or there is a yuck duck in my life that isn't leaving anytime soon is so helpful. These little guys will be traveling with me for sure!</div>
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I really can't put into words just how much I've gained from this training. But I do pray as I make this transition and settle on the far side of the sea that God will be glorified, people will come to know Him, disciples will be grown and nurtured and ultimately more people will be with us praising Jesus because of it. </div>
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For those who prayed for me while I was there, thank you!! It was so refreshing, challenging, faith-molding and spiritually strengthening. I am changed because of it and I see it benefiting our team in so many beautiful ways!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of my take-a-ways from the 4 weeks forever written on a stone. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our last day, each of us stepped into the center and were prayed for. *tears*</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Every weekend we did something outdoors-y. At Garden of the Gods (rock formations)... that's Pike's Peak in the background</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Two cars caravan-ed up Pikes Peak. Absolutely incredible view!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Megan (who is moving to Kenya!) and I at the Lantern Festival. Think end of Frozen!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the top of Mt. Herman overlooking Palmer Lake/Monument.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had a beautiful afternoon with Jesus at Palmer Lake.</td></tr>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-4805787135333978432015-10-05T13:42:00.000-07:002015-10-05T13:45:14.888-07:00The First Wave<br />
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I just started reading the book of Ezra and the rebuilding
of the temple. As I read each persons name and their family, and the importance
that each person counted who came on board to support the work God had called
Ezra to, I couldn’t help but stop and start counting each person God has called
to support the work God has called me to do in South Sudan.</div>
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The whole assembly together was 42,360 people! And that’s
just the first wave! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Within my “first wave” are 85 distinct individuals (adults
& children!) who believed God has called them to participate financially in
the ministry in South Sudan. 200+ others have committed to praying for the
ministry. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As important as it was for the writer of Ezra to list each
individual family, I think the idea of the “children of Israel…gathered
together as one man to Jerusalem” a much more astounding number. They didn’t
gather to one man (Ezra) nor as an assembly (many people) but AS one man. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We go out as a team as “one man”. Ezra wasn’t the man to be
celebrated for what he did, nor the people celebrated for being willing to
support Ezra and travel back to give of their finances and time, it was God who
was celebrated, “[they] arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to
offer burnt offerings on it…” in other words, they came together and they
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For those 85 people, they have started to offer their
worship to the Lord before I’ve even left! Whether that means beginning their
monthly commitments, sharing the amount they will begin when I leave, or giving
a one-time gift, these all come before the foundation has started to be laid! <o:p></o:p></div>
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And to those who will participate in the second wave, I look
forward to seeing whom God calls… to add to “the one” who goes out to serve the
women and children of South Sudan. My faith departure date is in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">105</b> days! These last one hundred and
few days will include the second wave of people! Oh may He be worshipped as we
come together as one!<o:p></o:p></div>
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And in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">105 </b>days
may we see the foundation laid (me leaving for South Sudan 100% supported) and
respond alike, “Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they
praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.” –Ezra
3:11b<o:p></o:p></div>
Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-33028269864236420172015-05-31T08:25:00.000-07:002015-05-31T08:25:06.819-07:00eyes are upon you<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>"For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You." </i>-2 Chronicles 2:12</span><br />
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I have been reading through the Bible starting with Genesis back in January and coming into Kenya back at the beginning of April I hit 1 Chronicles. As I entered South Sudan on May 14th I was a few chapters into 2 Chronicles. It's not a plan, I don't read a certain number of chapters or verses a day, I've just been reading until God speaks to my heart and then I ponder.<br />
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On Tuesday May 12th, I read 2 Chronicles chapter 20 and was overwhelmed by the story of King Jehoshaphat, the challenge he was up against, his heart-felt prayer back to God, and then God delivering them not through Jehoshaphat's strengths but God's strength and Jehoshaphat's humility and willingness to submit.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="text 2Chr-20-6" id="en-NKJV-11594" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">“O <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> God of our fathers, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">are</i> You not God in heaven, and do You <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">not</i> rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">is there not</i> power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You? </span><span class="text 2Chr-20-7" id="en-NKJV-11595" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Are</i> You not our God, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">who</i> drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? </span><span class="text 2Chr-20-8" id="en-NKJV-11596" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying, </span><span class="text 2Chr-20-9" id="en-NKJV-11597" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">is</i> in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’ </span><span class="text 2Chr-20-10" id="en-NKJV-11598" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them— </span><span class="text 2Chr-20-11" id="en-NKJV-11599" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">here they are, rewarding us by coming to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit. </span><span class="text 2Chr-20-12" id="en-NKJV-11600" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">are</i> upon You.” </span></span><br />
<span class="text 2Chr-20-12" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> -2 Chronicles 20:6-12</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">I pondered the idea of a great multitude surrounding me and what it would feel like to hear, <span style="font-size: x-small;">"</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">You will not </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">need</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> to fight in this </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">battle.</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"> Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the </span><span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant: small-caps; line-height: 24px;">Lord</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">, who is with you" (2 Chronicles 20:17).</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">I pulled out my computer and turned on this beautiful song by Shane & Shane called <i>Eyes on You</i> and let the words meditate in my heart...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;">I don't know which way to go</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">But my eyes are on You</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I don't know which way to turn</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
But my ears are to the ground</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
You say that I can hear Your voice</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
So I am listening</div>
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(Chorus)</div>
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All I know is that I believe</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
It's not with my eyes that I can see</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I'm a blind man fighting the world</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Swinging back at me</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
There's a vision now in another eye</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
You've given sight to a man inside;</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Of a blind man fighting the world</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Swinging back at me</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I still don't know which way to go</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
But my eyes are on You</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I still don't know which way to turn</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
But my ears are to the ground</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
As long as You are lifted up</div>
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I don't have to understand</div>
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Chorus</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
The battle is the Lord's</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
So I'll walk towards You in the dark</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Cause I know that in the end we win</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
So I'm all in</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Lead me I'm Yours</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Chorus</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
There's a vision now in another eye</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
You've given sight to a man inside;</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 22px;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Of a blind man fighting the world</div>
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Neue 55', sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">
Swinging back at me</div>
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The next morning, I had just finished my quiet time and was preparing beans to put on the coals for tacos that night when I heard we had a meeting. Less than an hour later I found out my 3 week vision trip would be cut 2 weeks short and I would be getting on a plane the following day due to <i>potential</i> issues that could arise in the area. There was no fear, not one bit of frustration and a lot of <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"<i>God you be glorified and take control of this whole situation"</i></span>. I'm so grateful for an awesome team on the ground in South Sudan where I was who helped me understand what was going, that there was no immediate danger, and this is what it means to work in a country that needs Jesus. </div>
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12 of us left the next day on a small AIM charter plane which made two stops before landing in Nairobi 7 hours later. I got to sit right behind the cockpit and watch him press a bunch of buttons, look down most the time, and watch us fly on autopilot to our next destinations. </div>
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As eventful as those couple days were, I definitely don't want to miss out on sharing about the opportunity to live in Maban County, South Sudan amongst the 135,000 refugees and 23,000 internally displaced peoples for a week and get idea of what ministry could potential look like. I <u>attended a bible study</u>, began <u>preparing for a training</u> on "how to teach children the Bible"-(which I didn't get to teach), <u>crashed a bachelor party</u> and <u>got henna</u> done on my fingertips, did <u>3 home visits</u> with one of the missionaries out in the camp and <u>met the cutest little 2 year old</u> that came right up, shook my hand and then stood there waiting for me to pick him up, I went to a r<u>efugee ran church</u>, and had way <u>too many trips to the SIM health clinic</u> (because of an infected toe). It was a full week and I look forward with great potential for what God could be leading towards.</div>
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BUT... I still don't really have any answers. As I wait for a meeting in a little over a week from now, I sit with my Bible open, journal open, heart open and wait on the Lord with my eyes upon Him. I've sat in this waiting place for quite a number of times in the last few years that this feeling of uncertainty is starting to feel normal. I know God has answers, I know He has a plan, and so with confidence I <i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">position myself and stand still to see the salvation of the Lord</span></i>. There are literally thousands of people, a lot of them children, who have never heard the good news of Jesus in the refugee camp. But after all they've been through, they are searching for hope, for peace, and I can't think of any better words than Jesus' to want to say to them,"<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." (John 16:33).</span> </i></div>
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I will update again when I know some answers as to what God is leading towards and what the next steps will be. I appreciate your prayers specifically for the decisions that need to be made on whether I plan to return to South Sudan for full-time ministry or if God has a different plan for another country. </div>
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Let's keep our eyes on Him!</div>
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<b>And a few pictures from my week in the refugee camp:</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I flew from Nairobi, Kenya to Juba, South Sudan (1.5 hours) and then Juba to Maban, South Sudan (1.5 hours).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Landing in Maban County at the Doro refugee camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The house that I stayed in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuba church (w/in one of the refugee camps)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henna done at the bachelor party</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us at the bachelor party after getting our henna done with some the Nuba women.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Nuba kids</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful face.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more kiddos... my heart already loves them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such sweet people.</td></tr>
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</span>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-12092076519715458502015-03-14T08:37:00.003-07:002015-03-16T20:01:18.794-07:00I'm engaged.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">When I left the village back in October 2014, I thought I lost
who I was. I had wrapped up my identity not in who I was but in what I was
doing. So when that was pulled out from under me, I was lost. Good thing God
works for our good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Likewise the Spirit
also helps in our weaknesses. For </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">we do not know</span></u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>what we should pray
for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with
groaning’s which cannot be uttered. Now </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He who searches the hearts knows</span></u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes
intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">we know</span></u></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span>that all things work together for good to those who love God,
to those who are the called according to His purpose.</i>” (Romans 8:28)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are things that we will never know nor understand. In
the midst of a trial, we are so consumed with the humanly worries that <u>we
don’t know</u> the words to pray. But in the midst of anything, He knows. <u>He
knows</u> exactly where we are, how we feel, and what we need. And I love the
truth that <u>we, as believers in Jesus know</u>, that all things work together
for good for those who LOVE God and called according to His purpose. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And that’s exactly where I am right now. Through a few bible
studies I am doing right now, God has been searching my heart, broken me more,
and allowed me to see my weaknesses so that I can walk with Him in His
strength. The first week of February a sweet moment happened where I realized (again)
this life is not mine. In January 2007 I gave it to Him and therefore as Paul
says, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to live is Christ, to die is gain</i>”
(Philippians 1:21). My life is in His hands. And this excitement, this joy,
this communion, as I continue to delight in Him, I’m seeing Him wash away the
worldly desires I have as He puts inside me heavenly desires. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Inside, I feel like I’m engaged to the most amazing Man I
could ever find. Every chance I get to talk about Him, I feel more full. And
the love story, that He wrote to me, the beautiful story of redemption, are the
words of Scripture that I can’t seem to get enough of these days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is delighting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the ultimate
engagement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Come Lord Jesus come,
so we may have our wedding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your
heart. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">–Psalm 37:4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that
you may do it. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">–Deuteronomy 30:14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-60398336544371591972015-02-25T17:32:00.001-08:002015-02-25T17:34:33.950-08:00Jealousy.<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Revelation: God is jealous of me and my time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What a sweet realization. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here’s the things God has been teaching me this week and how
they have all come together on this beautiful Wednesday afternoon with the
truth that He is jealous for me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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*Study on Gideon, truth: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">weak person + God = His plan’s fulfilled</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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*FB picture, truth: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">God
uses people who fail- cause there aren’t any other kind around.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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*Seeking Him study, truth: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">for my power is made perfect in weakness</b> –1 Corinthians 12:9<o:p></o:p></div>
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*Missionary Call book, quote: Humanly speaking, you should
be scared of death, but, then again, you already are dead, aren’t you? Truth<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">: there is no need for faith where there is
no consciousness of an element of risk<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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*Randy Alcorn, truth: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I
must say no to good things, in order to be available to say yes to what God is
calling me to do<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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weakness. failures. risk. His best.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The beginning of the week I got a call regarding a full time
job opportunity. Before I get to far I have to say I’m not looking for work
right now. God has been confirming over and over again that my job is to
delight in Him (Psalm 37:4) so that He can reveal to me in His timing the
desires He has for me. (and anytime I doubt He provides something small to
remind me) But I know this is for a season so I don’t want to be irresponsible
and immediately say no to something because God has called me to spend time
with him. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So when I got the call, I wanted to say yes, in fact every
thing I threw at her she had a solution for. And then my head went spinning
into all the possibilities (and heart longings) this could fill. I told her I
would get back to her by the end of the week after I thought it over and prayed
about it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I think I’ve done a lot more thinking and day-dreaming than
I have praying. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Until today. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I connected all the dots with the lessons God has been
putting in front of me and a quote came to mind, I looked up the source. It’s
the one above by Randy Alcorn… I’ll re-write it because it's that good.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I must say no to good
things, in order to be available to say yes to what God is calling me to do.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I couldn’t tell you if this was a test (something that could
fill my longing for motherhood and to fit in with the majority of my friends
around me) or something good that I have to say no to in order to wait for His
best. Whatever the reason for the no, I had this overwhelmingly amazing revelation:
my God is jealous for me and my time! <o:p></o:p></div>
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He loves me so much that He wants all this time for me to
sit and soak up how special it is to just be with Him. I was honest with him a
few hours ago, “God I will take this job and be content with staying here for
this time if that’s what you want”…and I meant it. But this is a good thing,
I’m sure more good things will come, and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to trust when the best thing comes
along I will know without a shadow of a doubt that that is the yes I’m suppose
to make. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My God is a jealous God and oh how loved I feel right now that that
jealousy is being lavished over me!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-81508673034476580752015-02-10T10:56:00.001-08:002015-02-11T04:51:43.669-08:00choosing to delight<div class="MsoNormal">
Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the
desires of your heart. –Psalm 37:4<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are two parts to this verse. There are also two
different actions performed by two different people. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The first action is on the part of the believer; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">delight yourself in the Lord… </i>what a
beautiful verb! Delight; enjoy, being enchanted by, find satisfaction, be
filled with joy, glee and gladness. That is our job. That is my job. My one
purpose in life is to find satisfaction in God. To know Him better, to draw closer
to Him, to fall in love with Him. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Over the last several weeks, I’ve been asked the question,
“so what is next?” or “where are you going next?” “are you going back to
Kenya?” and so on. I hesitate in front of people feeling like I’m suppose to
know the answer. But God’s Word has given me the answers:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A man’s heart plans
his way, but the Lord directs his steps. </i>–Proverbs 16:9<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“For I know the plans
I have for you,” declares the Lord… </i>-Jeremiah 29:11<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">…Show me the way I
should go, for to you I entrust my life. </i>–Psalms 143.8<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do not wear yourself
out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. </i>–Proverbs 23:4<o:p></o:p></div>
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What’s next? I’m working on knowing Christ. Every step I
take, my job is to see how God is revealing Himself in it. It takes such a
burden off myself to try to figure it out. And I’m sure everyone would like to
know “the where”… but rest assured, I desire it even more! But I’m choosing to
delight right now.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Honesty time. I'm having a hard time delighting here. I delighted in God while in Kenya every day. My journal entries day after day always started with, "I didn't know today could get better than yesterday". I lived moment by moment in tune with what God wanted me to do, what He wanted me to say, where He wanted me to go. I was doing what He had created me to do and I couldn't have felt more fulfilled. I know that where I am right now is also where God wants me. But because I'm not actively "doing" all the time like I was there, I often feel the outside pressure that I'm not doing all that I'm suppose to be doing. Every time I question God (usually because doubt has been implanted) He surprises me with something to confirm that I'm doing what He wants me to do; delight in Him right now. </span></div>
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And as I delight… the Lord promises that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He will give [me] the desires of [my] heart. </i>In the original Hebrew
text, the verb “give” can also be translated, “to put”, “set”, “put upon”,
“appoint”, “assign”, “designate”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Get this...</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He will [put] the
desires…<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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He will [set] the desires…<o:p></o:p></div>
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He will [appoint} the desires…<o:p></o:p></div>
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He will [assign] the desires…<o:p></o:p></div>
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God does this action. I am not meant to take on this task. *<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">relief</span>* As I do my job (delighting in
Him), He does His job (assigning me desires that I can live out). There is no
timeline that God promises that He will reveal and when He
will assign. But as I delight in Him, I’m fully waiting with expectation to see
Him implant within me the desires that He has for me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When God reveals the desire for the “where” I will surely
share it with my awesome team that continues to support, love, and walk this
journey with me. But let us let God work in His timing willingly. He is already
preparing the hearts of those I will get to share His love with and the team I
will work with. He is working and I hope you are just as excited as I am to see
His plan unfold.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let us delight. Let us let God give us desires in our hearts
that we may go and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe
all things that He has commanded us. He is with us, even to the ends of the
age. Amen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-84156907985106312932014-12-20T22:48:00.001-08:002014-12-20T22:54:10.900-08:00Answer to prayer: hearts united<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i>But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you. For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan blocked our way. For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? Indeed, you are our glory and joy. -1 Thess 2:17-20</i><br />
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Over the last two months as I sat in Nairobi waiting for the go-ahead to return to the coast, 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 became my heart’s cry and my soul’s yearning. On October 7th, I left where I call home here in Kenya and really wasn’t sure when I would get to return. The goodbyes seemed beyond what I could imagine and I didn’t feel finished. I’m grateful for all the counseling, prayers offered on my behalf, shoulders to cry on and good food to pass the time. I’ve learned so much in the last couple months that I pray I can remember as I transition into what’s next. <br />
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But I can’t begin to put into words how excited I was when I got the email on November 21st and realized God had answered my prayer of 1 Thessalonians. As the days went by I began to prepare emotionally, spiritually and physically for my return. Three days in the village was all we could manage with people’s busy schedules but I was willing to take anything I could get. <br />
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On Thursday Dec 11th I boarded the bus and like so many times before was overjoyed to be headed “home”. The buses have sure improved over the last year and it was the most comfortable trip I’ve had. I have to admit I wasn’t about to take one bit of it for granted so maybe my attitude helped a bit. I arrived around 6:30am the next day so ready to see everyone. I was not about to waste one minute of daylight lying in bed when I could be out seeing people. <br />
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Friday and Saturday, after breakfast with my family, were spent out in the community spending time with different families, catching up with people, getting to hear how God had been working in their hearts over the last two months and encouraging them. Friday, God put together a time of remembrance for Mama Clemens and we got to go back to her house, praise God for her life and put the final piece, a cross, on the top of her tombstone. Just another way God showed me His perfect timing in my return.<br />
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<b><i>My most memorable moment</i></b><br />
Sunday was church. Rewind a bit, when I first came to Kenya with the expectation of learning Kiswahili, I set a personal goal to be able to greet the church and share a few words all by myself at the end. Because this wasn’t “the end” exactly, and I fully look forward to my return in April (I’ll leave that for another blog post), I was prepared to speak to the church but with a translator. I had a beautiful little message in English and expected someone to translate for me. I asked Elizabeth, I got the look like I was crazy with a very determined no. I went up and asked Pastor if he would “help me”. He smiled and said, “You know Swahili you can do it”….I can try… and so I did. I did scratch a lot of what I was going to say but I was amazed (thank you Holy Spirit!) for how well the words just flowed. I said everything I wanted to, I read from my Kiswahili Bible and really wasn’t nervous at all. I enjoyed it actually and looking back this was most definitely my most memorable moment of the trip. <br />
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After church we took lots of pictures (see below), I got to join choir for their practice and learned a few Christmas songs and dances and laughed a lot! I went to Elizabeth and Selina’s afterwards to get some good pictures with them and their family, we prayed together and then said the extremely hard, tears falling, heart wrenching see you laters at the gate of the primary school. <br />
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The hardest part of the entire trip was the following day, boarding the bus for the 10hr drive back to Nairobi. As soon as the bus pulled out of Malindi the tears fell. By the time we reached “my stop” I was shaking I was crying so hard. I texted Elizabeth to let her know we were passing and I really was not okay. Her response, “my heart is crying”. <br />
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I’ve put off writing this because of just how painful it all was. But really, looking back, I don’t think I could have asked for anything more in those three days than what God gave me. I do thank God over and over for the reconciling that happened and now wait with eager expectation for April, getting to return to celebrate a wedding! I got the closure that I needed that I can now enter the New Year ready for what the Lord has next. I’m thankful He allowed these last few months to be focused on healing and I really can’t wait to see what He has next. The ministry at the coast was beyond anything I could have asked for or dreamed of. And therefore I know that whatever is next is going to be even better if that’s even possible…<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thankful for my Kenyan parents. Loved getting to spend the weekend with two of their girls and two of their grandsons.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shadrack and his beautiful new wife. So fun to get to see them there! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Mariam, loved how she attached over the weekend :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost got the whole family! There are 7 sisters in all and one brother, wrangling all of them was a task :) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved getting to unite with this beautiful girl! She has the most amazing voice and I enjoyed getting to worship with her again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two guys have been such an encouragement to me while I've been here in Kenya. Thanks Silas and Samuel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me with my Kenyan brothers... Peter, Shadrack and Samuel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More group pictures with Selina, Elizabeth and all the kiddos at their house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm big Kadzo, Selina's Kadzo and then baby Kadzo :) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mercy! I love this girl! She's grown up so much in the last two months. I loved teaching her and I think she equally loved being in my class. She told her mom (also a teacher) who would teach her when I left?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asha.. one of my students</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bahati</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jumwa, aka Joyce... Selina's oldest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So thankful I had Monday in Malindi to connect with this awesome girl! She starts form 4 (senior year of high school) in January and we as a team will help contribute so that she can finish this year strong and hopefully continue into computer work. </td></tr>
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Thank you Jesus for allowing this sweet reunion to happen. What a privilege it was to get to know each one of these beautiful people you created, that you have drawn to yourself. I pray I was able to be an encouragement to them as you continue to equip them to spread your good news! I can't wait to see how you will use them in my life as we continue this adventure together. I also pray for all the little people that I got to love and teach. May they desire to shine your light through their lives and make decisions to follow you wherever you will take them. Thank you for the smiles, laughter, and songs we got to share together in school. I pray those simple English songs about you will forever be in their hearts. And I can't wait for April! May you continue to work on my heart during this time of ministry transition here in Kenya. I love you Jesus. </div>
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It's in your precious name I pray, Amen</div>
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The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your
relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I
will make you into a great nation. I will bless you . . . and you will be a
blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat
you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through
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- Genesis 12:1-3</div>
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God made this promise to Abram. <i>I will show you</i>. God called
Abram to go and then said He would show him where. And then there was another
promise. I will bless you…and you will be a blessing to others. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I read this from my Christmas Advent devotion by Ann Voskamp
and was overwhelmed with the reminder of how God answers our simple prayers. I
haven’t prayed a lot lately, especially for myself. It’s mostly been something
along the lines of, “God can you just show me where to go.” And He always only
leads one step at a time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The last month I’ve finally had enough strength (so I
thought) to start talking with leadership here in Kenya about long-term
ministries. We’ve tried to walk thru many doors only to find them close in our
faces before we even took a step.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
closed doors on an already tender heart. I wasn’t sure I could take much more.
I started journaling, trying to see what God was doing. And I realized, as I
searched out all these new places with new people, I felt like I was abandoning
my village family from the coast. I don’t feel finished there, I need that
closure.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So the next step. I get to return to the village. I get to
return to my home here in Kenya. I get to return to the people that stole my
heart. I get to return to my Kenyan family who has blessed me beyond words. <i>I will show you. </i>And He has answered. And I have peace. I travel Thursday night Dec 11th and return Monday night Dec 15th. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I will bless you…and you will be a blessing to others. That
is my prayer as I return. That God would bless this small amount of time together.
That God would bless each conversation, each meal that is shared, and each hug
that is exchanged. I pray that it would be a great time of blessing one
another. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So that is the next step. I’m so incredible grateful that I know
something. Once I return to Nairobi I will get to celebrate the birth of our
Savior with some great people and then start the New Year looking for that next
place where our Great God has already ordained for us to go and continue to
share the Good News of His birth and death and resurrection. I think good
things are ahead.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let the blessing begin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWahR0__8_YpniN64z39H7sTJhCC8fn5w6VAkLlvSZ2E9aPkLlPmgkjbdGwrxxE-ugT7EACVZtIj03t4mznH9td8bwhA77nora8-pqjvXr0IvC__FFsMQmB2GfVw9crH5Epn-AtWorIA/s1600/IMG_2226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWahR0__8_YpniN64z39H7sTJhCC8fn5w6VAkLlvSZ2E9aPkLlPmgkjbdGwrxxE-ugT7EACVZtIj03t4mznH9td8bwhA77nora8-pqjvXr0IvC__FFsMQmB2GfVw9crH5Epn-AtWorIA/s1600/IMG_2226.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I haven't gotten to see this couple since this day! The groom lived at the church as the associate Pastor my entire time in the village. He was on his honeymoon when I left but has since returned. Can't wait to see them! This is the group that I traveled with to his wedding, a full night traveling Kenyan style with all Kenyans! Love love love these people!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter... my Kenyan big brother. I hope we can cook a few meals together and laugh like we did every night. We refused to say bye, we said see you later. And I'm sure we will say it again this time too. And little Mercy. Her and I shared tears together the night before I left, her head rested on my shoulder just outside my house. Once I calmed down she nodded in agreement when I asked her if we could eat together. She's also the one who asked her mom who would teach her when I left, her mom being the teacher who had taught her almost the whole year. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My giriama sister big Kache won't be there...sad face...by our two twins will be. Can't wait to see these kiddos and their siblings. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this summarizes my heart for the village and the people there. Life is all about people and this young lady I can't wait to hug again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I can't wait to take this same picture again but with me in it! Selina and I will definitely do something laughing together. I've loved our phone dates every other night getting to catch up on what's going on there. It will be like I haven't even left thanks to this one!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And of course getting to share meals and live alongside my Kenyan parents for a few days again. Can't wait to see these faces and hopefully get the opportunity to give a lot of blessings to one another.</td></tr>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-11602682418825889082014-11-22T07:19:00.003-08:002014-11-22T07:19:28.119-08:00Over the top fried rice<div style="text-align: center;">
It's been awhile since I've posted anything about food. Fried rice (or what I have to call American fried rice living with Asians) has been my go-to dinner when I can't think of something better. However, tonight I decided to throw in a little of everything that I had. It's amazing! The flavors that are being processed by my taste buds at the moment are so rich and just about perfect :)</div>
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So nummy I may just got back for my third bowl right about now!</div>
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1) Add 2 tablespoons <i>sesame oil</i> and 1 tablespoon <i>vegetable oil</i></div>
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2 <i>green onions</i> ....and fry it up together in the oil combination</div>
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3) Cook 1/2 - 3/4 cup <i>rice</i> in separate pan</div>
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4) Once the veggies have gotten some color add 2 strips of cut up uncooked <i>bacon</i></div>
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5) Stir occasionally so the bacon and potatoes get cooked on all sides</div>
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<i>6) </i>Once the bacon is cooked add 1 <i>egg</i> and stir until fried</div>
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7) Add the cooked rice to the fried veggie mixture and add 3 tablespoons <i>soy sauce</i></div>
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8) Stir until all the rice is coated</div>
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9) Cut up 1/2 of a ripe <i>avocado</i> and a few uncooked <i>green onions</i> for toppings</div>
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So instead of the third bowl of fried rice I remembered dessert. </div>
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Behold...vanilla ice cream with a salted caramel sauce (thanks Amanda!)</div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-42269657306325990802014-11-18T00:40:00.001-08:002014-11-18T00:40:29.870-08:00This is the way... Isaiah 30:21<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>To walk along the path of freedom, you must keep your mind firmly fixed on Me. Many voices proclaim: “This is the way for you to go,” but only My voice tells you the true way. If you follow the way of the world with all its glitter and glamour, you will descend deeper and deeper into an abyss. Christian voices also can lead you astray: “Do this!” “Don’t do that!” “Pray this way!” “Don’t pray that way!” If you listen to all those voices, you will become increasingly confused.</i></div>
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<i><b>Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” —I SAIAH 30: 21</b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Young, Sarah (2004-10-12). Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (p. 336). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. </span></div>
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I'm confused! It's officially six weeks since I said goodbye in person to all my people at the coast and have been missing them like crazy ever since. Besides talking to my best friend from the village everyday, I get a call from at least one other village friend a day. These people love me, they care about me, they desire for me to keep up my kiswahili and giriama. They ask how they can be praying for me, and often they do over the phone! I can't begin to tell you how loved I feel by those that I can't be with in person and how much those simple phone calls mean to me. They care, they don't want anything from me, other than to share this life with them. How cool is that??</div>
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So each time I talk with them I get to update them on what's going on. This door is opening so we're praying about that right now. A few days later, that door closed, we're praying about another door. A few hours later, that door shut too, can you just pray that I would focus on God and let all the pieces fall into place when God so desires. At this point I often hear the inevitable question, "why don't you just come back?" *heart breaking again* ...it's the question everyone there asks and up until a few days ago I wasn't sure how to answer it. God finally gave me that answer.<br />
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<i>"I absolutely loved getting to live alongside you, eat your food, hang out at your house, work in your shamba(farm), attempt to teach your parents English, worship the Lord together, mourn together, celebrate together, and everything else we got to do. But as far as ministry goes, you are filled with the same Holy Spirit that is within me. That means you have the same power I do to love your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ as well as share God's truth with those around you who don't know Him yet. My prayer is everything we talked about, whether it be living in the Spirit, being a good friend, loving your husband well, serving with arms wide open, caring for your brothers and sisters, whatever you want to take away from my time there, don't waste it! You do it, you be me. Don't be scared. You can do this and I'm praying for you every step of the way!"</i><br />
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So what about what's next? I get that question here in Nairobi a lot! And I can imagine those back home may be wondering the same question. Can I just tell you, our God has no time limit! And I'm sure other people are just as frustrated as I am when I say, "I don't know". I don't know what's next, I continue to try to walk through doors and lately God has been slamming them in my face (or at least that's how it feels). But over the last couple weeks He has shown me what He has called me to do, live in a rural area where the gospel hasn't been before. Whether that is here in Kenya or somewhere else in this world I don't know right now. But can I ask you to pray with me? Pray that I would keep my mind fixed on Him as much as possible and that I would hear that voice behind me when He answers and be willing to obey it.<br />
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It's scary. Who knows what He may ask me to do next, but its also part of the adventure of being a Christian. Constantly laying down my own life, my own plans, my own desires and taking up His Cross and following Him.<br />
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- Keep my mind fixed on Him<br />
- Be patient but willing to hear that voice behind me<br />
- Healing of my heart. I still cry a lot, I'm still mad, and sleep hasn't been easy these days.<br />
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-28336265791832476872014-11-09T01:21:00.000-08:002014-11-09T01:21:06.407-08:00Prayer for Samuel<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Can I ask you to pray for sweet Samuel. He is one of 32 kids in one family. He was the oldest student in our school because his family struggled to pay school fees. He became one of the students we supported and will be finishing KG3 (last class in nursery school) this year and entering into Class 1 (primary school) in January. Over the last year he was often in my class because he couldn't behave himself in his own class. We've had many talks, me encouraging him that he is able to sit down, do his work and do it well. I've worked with him often on learning to read and loved to see this smile when we correctly sounded out the word we had been struggling with. <div>
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He struggles mostly because he wants attention and receives it most when he makes poor choices. Since leaving the village I have talked on the phone to him a few times when his teacher wanted to send him home. I challenged him as I had before that I didn't think he could do his work and do it well. The texts are always the same, "thanks for talking to Samuel he did so much better after talking to you." He attends church on a weekly basis and is often times around the church compound because it is a safe place. </div>
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Shortly after leaving the village I got word that he was really struggling at home and his mom was wanting to give up. Competing with 31 other kids isn't easy and he falls fairly close to the middle. He has been on my heart so much lately and since I can't be there physical may our hearts join together for him. Pray for his home situation, school fees, and that he would come to trust in Jesus for salvation.</div>
Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-9189996478453069692014-10-30T02:03:00.000-07:002014-10-30T02:03:16.222-07:00Scars. everything sad isn't coming untrue<div class="p1">
I have been listening to the Jason Gray album, “Love will have the final word” constantly since my return from the coast on October 7th. All these songs have been speaking directly to my heart. Lyrics have become my prayers. </div>
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<i>Song #1: Tell me of the hope that you know is true, ever feels like a lie from a friend, when the world’s all salt in an open wound, and they just can’t seem to understand, that you haven’t even stopped the bleeding yet. I know someday, I know somehow, I’ll be okay, but not right now, no not right now… </i>-<a href="http://youtu.be/ullv_XN2d8M" target="_blank">Not right now</a></div>
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<i>Song #2: I have no choice but to cry out for You, Please help, cause I’m helpless now. You hear my prayer when my whole world comes unglued, I know you can fix it, but I don’t know how, I don’t know how… </i>-<a href="http://youtu.be/_OymuXd-r4A" target="_blank">I don’t know how</a></div>
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<i>Song #3: It goes out to you when there’s nothing more that you can do, It goes out to you </i><b><i>when everything sad isn’t coming untrue</i></b><i> and every dream you chased got away from you. There’s never been a night so long, there’s never been a life too far gone. When you come to the end, you can begin again…It’s never too late for a new start, If you give God the pieces of your broken heart, when you come to the end, you can begin again… </i>-<a href="http://youtu.be/9Tp7oMNjB58" target="_blank">Begin again</a></div>
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<i>Song #4: Do you feel the pain of every blow that knocked you down? Or do you bear the shame of every wound you handed out? No matter what you gave or what you received, if you were left or the one to leave, even though it’s hard to hope again, this is not the bitter end… Even this will be made beautiful, even this will be made beautiful. Scatter the ashes on the wind, everything will be born again, In His time, in His hands, beautiful, beautiful… </i>-<a href="http://youtu.be/tZ-m5mzxhug" target="_blank">Even this will be made beautiful</a></div>
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I know I’ll be okay but now right now and I don’t know how but one day I will be able to begin again but the bleeding hasn’t even stopped yet. I wake up every morning, I sew, I move to the kitchen to bake something hoping to escape reality when I realize over and over and over a thousand times each day that <b>everything sad isn’t coming untrue</b>. How does one deal? Let the wound heal, don’t apply salt and in time, even this, even this, will be made beautiful.</div>
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<b>Scars</b>. We all have them. Physical, emotional, tender, obvious, almost gone, hidden scares. I bare three physical ones.</div>
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One is between my knuckles on my left hand. I was making ugali bent over the jiko in the kitchen of my home in the village. The associate pastor was there like he was every night doing dishes as I used every ounce of energy to stir the flour ball into the perfect consistency to enjoy. I felt the spat of boiling flour hit my hand but I was too busy to wipe it off. The longer it sat the deeper the wound became. The next morning it was huge and when it finally popped a few days later my co-teacher insisted on using warm salt water to clean it out. Even though I totally cried each time she cleaned it I now look at that scar and remember cooking over the jiko, I remember how much my co-teacher loved me and cares for me to want to heal the burn in the way she knew how. I look at the scar and don’t feel the pain of the burn anymore. I see love.<br />
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Another one is on my right arm. In August I traveled with 8 of my village brothers and sisters to the wedding of our associate pastor about 14 hours away. Traveling Kenyan style is definitely different (a lot cheaper) but a lot longer and more interesting than traveling western style, let me tell you! We went to Mombasa and were walking around waiting for our bus when I felt something under my skin. Some sort of creature had decided under my arm skin was where he wanted to make home. It wasn’t until 3 days later when we were back home in the village that I found a sharp enough knife to dig it out (and he was still alive!). However, from the digging I have a forever scar that reminds me of time. Kenyans in a village view time completely different than I have ever known it. Time allows for laughter, for conversations, for travel, and for the deepening of relationships that I never thought I would get to experience in another culture.</div>
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My third physical scar is on my right knee. It happened while I was walking down (and I mean down) a dirt road the day after I returned from the coast this last time. My brain and my body were not in sync (for obvious reasons) and walking became something I had to think about and I stopped for a second and down I went. By the time we made it to the store I had blood coming down my leg. I took care using an antibiotic cream (instead of warm salt water!) but a tiny scar remains, reminding me of grieving, of goodbyes, of what it feels like to be so disconnected from this world you don’t even know how to walk. But Jesus conquered this world through His death and He rose, giving us hope even in these hard situations. Even this will be made beautiful.</div>
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And I haven’t even mentioned all the physical and emotional scars that are on the inside. Those seem to take longer to heal and seem to hurt a whole lot more. But as Jesus does the healing, (and He is working over time these days!) I know that one day I will be able to see something beautiful out of them. I will be able to see how God used this to teach my village community something about Himself and see why He chose to end my time at the coast after completing 13 months because He had another assignment for me to complete. I see that, as the bleeding is beginning to stop which sometimes means you can feel the cut more deeply, I know that that pain means healing is in the works. Something new has to grow but there will forever be scars on my heart to remember just how amazing my relationships, my ministry, my life was there for that time.<br />
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-40353422268946415372014-09-12T08:59:00.000-07:002014-09-12T08:59:25.214-07:00Laura in Kenya!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Ahh it all still feels like a dream! As I look back thru all our pictures I'm reminded of just how good our two and half weeks were together. Laura could not have come at a better time! Not only was it right after my one year of leaving San Diego but it had been a really emotional and trying couple weeks and it was nice to have someone who understood me as a person and just get to talk thru things with. God allowed for lots of laughs and good tears, many memories made and a deeper friendship for sure. </div>
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Thank you Laura for flying to the other side of the world (literally) to see me! Words really can't thank you enough for the encouragement you brought, the willingness to live my crazy but awesome life for 2 1/2 weeks and make saying goodbye so darn hard! As for our time together... I shall go down memory lane with pictures to tell of our fun adventures!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1st stop - the village!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arriving in the village for the first time. She landed in Malindi and then we took a matatu (public transport minivan) down to my village.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laura's view on our walk home. I'm not sure what she was thinking but it had to be along the lines of...how long do we go for??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a crazy two days at the funeral for Mama Clemens we got a few hours together in the church to catch up on life. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the days of school we realized all three of us matched! This picture is priceless!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had a meeting one day so I left Laura with Ellie to do some fun baking...yay for funfetti cake cooked village style! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to let her experience ALL of village life which of course includes washing clothes by hand... I was a good friend tho and did the washing leaving her to rest and take pictures :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She did help hang up everything... quite a bit of wash between the two of us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our our last night in the village my Kenya Mama asked me to make chapati for Laura. So fun for her to get to see me in one of my favorite places in the village...the kitchen!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I waited til the last day to take her on an official take pictures tour of the property.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Witnessing the way we get our water in the village. Praises that it came during the day for the whole time she was there!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2nd stop - Malindi!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 3 of us rode together so that Ellie could enjoy some ice cream with us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got some awesome connecting time with the Indian Ocean as our entertainment. We only got bothered a handful of times which was a huge blessing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay us hanging out together talking about Jesus, what we do best... btw Laura did you see how well we are still matching :) We adapt quickly to Kenyan culture!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay beautiful ocean!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3rd stop - Maasai Mara Safari</span></div>
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Day 1 of Safari</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast before we started the journey to our safari (which really doesn't make since because I said journey twice so really the sentence should read <i>Breakfast before we started the journey to see animals</i>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay safari vehicle! This is really going to happen!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Potty stop #1! We prefer natural toliets here! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our awesome tent that housed us for two nights. It was a perfect balance between village and city to make us feel very comfortable. Even had indoor plumbing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am so incredible glad these two got along so well! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Safari Day 1! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Enjoying a cup of chai after our day of travel and first safari!</td></tr>
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Day 2 of Safari</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our guide noticed our bad breath and found us some natural toothbrushes (made out of a tree) that the Maasai use to brush their teeth. I sure had a lot of bacteria because it burned! I'm sure he was thankful we did it tho.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Safari Day 2 group pic!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us with a cool Kenyan bird... Kenya has 1,000+ different species of birds!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're in Tanzania!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our passports may not have gotten stamped but they were in the country of Tanzania...we have proof!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank goodness Ellie waited until just the right time to snap this picture...our kind of toliets for sure!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">picnic lunch in the reserve. We didn't see any animals while we ate but just knowing we were where they could be was really fun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The food was delicious!</td></tr>
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Day 3 of Safari</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We left where we were staying just after 6am (still dark outside) and it was pretty chilling but it was so worth it! Early game drive is awesome!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We successfully marked our territory three times in Maasai land! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back for breakfast, chai and snuggles!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fourth and final stop - back to Nairobi</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Started it out right with cinnamon rolls and coffee!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had fun cooking village style, cracking coconuts and everything!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm so at home in this picture its ridiculous!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just hanging out cooking dinner of a jiko...no big deal!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how we buy fish here...completely whole and fried to a crisp. We cut it into three pieces and then added it to our coconut stew...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is the final product! It was so good!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner together... fried chicken, garlic mashed potatoes and milk gravy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eek so much delicious goodness!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">enjoying our meal and chatting about our time together as well as making plans to see each other all together in the future!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's writing on the back but its hard to see, it says <i>Tumpe Mungu Shukurani - we give God thanks</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just minutes before the taxi got there. A few minutes later and there were tears. Laura, words just don't seem like enough. I'm so thankful you had such a good time and didn't really want to go! See you friend in 9 months!</td></tr>
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-60863503087383434742014-08-16T02:28:00.003-07:002014-08-16T02:29:22.787-07:00heart reflection part 4 - one year later<a href="http://makedisciplesmatt2819.blogspot.com/2013/04/heart-reflection-part-3.html" target="_blank">heart reflection part 3</a> which includes the links for 1 & 2 as well.<br />
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Last week I was encouraged by another book I was reading to read Zephaniah. I have to admit when I sit down to do my devotions I don't always choose an Old Testament book. I feel like I can relate a lot better and somehow think Jesus will speak clearer through the New Testament books. We are on this side of the cross anyway. But Jesus spoke loud and clear through Zephaniah and I've still been mediating over these scriptures and thoughts God gave me ever since.<br />
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<i>Be <u>silent</u> before the <u>Sovereign</u> Lord, for the day of the Lord is near. The Lord <u>has prepared </u>a sacrifice; he <u>has consecrated</u> those he has invited. -Zephaniah 1:7</i><br />
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*God spoke when I went to my room, closed the door and was silent. No music, no people, nothing. Just my Sovereign Lord, I and silence.<br />
*<i>has prepared</i> and <i>has consecrated</i>...past tense. Even though this was written before Jesus even entered into a human body the preparations and consecrating was already done. He is prepared in heaven for us and we are consecrated already!<br />
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<i>The Lord <u>your </u>God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take <u>great delight</u> in you, he will <u>quiet you</u> with his love, he will <u>rejoice over you</u> with singing. -Zephaniah 3:17</i><br />
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*My God takes delight in me, a sinful human who deserves constant reprimand and discipline. Delight, he enjoys me, he is happy when we are together. Our great God delights in me!<br />
*1:7 said be silent, 3:17 says he will quiet you. God is the one doing the action now. Once I find the quiet location God does the quieting of my heart, soul and mind.<br />
*I imagine a little baby wrapped in a blanket in the arms of his dad or a young child snuggled in dad's lap while he sings over him. But this is so much greater, that our Lord would rejoice over us.<br />
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So with these awesome thoughts in my heart, the room was silent, my heart, soul and mind were in the presence of Jesus ready to lay everything at His feet. So I started asking questions...<br />
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- How are us?<br />
- How is my heart?<br />
- What plans do you have?<br />
- What is your purpose for today? for the rest of my time in the village? for this life?<br />
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And then God spoke, that small still voice that said <i>It's not about what you can do for me it's about our relationship.</i><br />
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Wait. If you are reminding it's about our relationship, then obvious we are not okay because that is not what I'm focusing on. And then another thought. I have been stressing to my Kenyan friends the difference between religion and relationship and how when events happen in our life we see whether we have a religion (that will fail us) or a relationship (that will sustain us). And now my relationship is not okay? That's like trying to give marriage advice and your not married or your marriage is falling apart. It just doesn't work.<br />
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He continues...<i>the outflow of our relationship is service. Going back (to the village) and finding more to-do's is not my purpose for you, go back and find more time alone with me.</i><br />
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But soon I realized that I wasn't filling up to a jug-size portion anymore. I listened to music, read the devotion but my Bible sat there on the corner of the table. I was now only glass.<br />
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The few days before I left for Nairobi for some time away, I shamefully admitted I'm only a tablespoon. I might have opened my bible, I might have listened to a song, I might have even prayed but my heart was so far that nothing was penetrating and therefore I had absolutely nothing to give. I was tired, worn out and had a horribly bad attitude.<br />
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One year. one whole year has passed and I've lived the entire thing in another culture. and then take that one culture and split it between two places. Nairobi and the village are <b>very different</b>! It's definitely been a challenging year and has stretched me a lot, and it's been a challenging last month to say the least and yet here I sit and God is still speaking. Even though my relationship with Him has suffered, he still desires me, stills my heart, soul and mind and rejoices over me with singing as long as I find a quiet place to be with him to feel it. </div>
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Easier said than done in the village but it is possible. Actually the first 8-9 months I would say I succeeded with finding a quiet space. I'm not sure exactly what happened. Maybe I became too comfortable? Maybe I thought I had figured it all out and could do it in my own strength? Maybe it was a slow fade and I didn't realize what was happening? Whatever it was it happened. Now the cool part... God continued to speak...</div>
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<i>imagine a waterfall. the top of the waterfall (just like the jug, glass, cup and tablespoon) must be filled in order to spill over. In order for your waterfall to be full enough at the top of the mountain to overflow you must find a <b>quiet</b> place where we (<b>God, Jesus</b> and the <b>Holy Spirit</b>) can meet with you, where you can mediate on the <b>sacrifice</b>, you will feel <b>delight</b>ed over, you will be filled up with <b>love</b> and we can rejoice over you with <b>singing</b>.</i></div>
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<i>once that portion is full it can begin to spill over. the water now represents the fruit of the spirit that come out of that quiet place and time. <b>love. joy. peace. patience. kindness. goodness. self-control</b>. these fruits don't flow out of someone who tries on their own and to survive in another culture you have to have all of them! Missionary's job is to give away these fruits right so that unbelievers see Jesus?</i></div>
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<i>once there is enough spill over the land below becomes satisfied and the water now represents everything new. <b>new life. new time. new service. new heart. new peace. new purpose. </b>everything is made new, the ground becomes a place where trees, plants, and flowers can grow and blossom. Life in animals can survive. </i></div>
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My relationship with Jesus has potential to be a beautiful waterfall with enough water that flowers could grow and fish could make their home in the lake below. If I represent this waterfall, then others could see their reflection in the water and see cleansing because Jesus can make them new from the presence of Himself (the whole reason I'm here, for people to meet Jesus!). Children could swim and laugh together. Adults could enjoy the serenity of the sounds and sights that take place. My soul, my heart and my mind has potential to be this beautiful destination.</div>
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With this beautiful picture and a few days to rest, reflect and recover I'm excited to go back as an overflowing waterfall. And if the only thing I have to do is find a quiet place and God will do the rest of the work, I think this next year will be even more fruitful and fun in my small village that I get to call home here in Kenya. My purpose, life, and service all flow out of my relationship with Jesus instead of trying to do so in my own strength and might. May God get all the glory for not just sustaining but even helping me to succeed in what He has for us together. </div>
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<i><br /></i>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-16665647250079515372014-08-15T02:57:00.000-07:002014-08-15T23:30:02.375-07:00Twakukumbuka - We will remember<div style="text-align: center;">
It has taken me multiple attempts to write this blog. I couldn't seem to do her justice without just speaking directly to her. Then I remembered I had wrote her letters in my journal the day after I heard of her passing as well as the day we laid her body in the ground. This blog therefore consists of three journal entries, all letters to her, straight from my heart, and hopefully will give you a little window into the beautiful creation of Mama Clemens and the huge impact she has had on my life.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mama Clemens and I</td></tr>
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7.20.14</div>
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Dear Mama Clemens,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sometime just before 10pm last night you left this world and
entered into the presence of Jesus. I know you are rejoicing like a Giriama
singing and dancing just like you did when you were here. However, I still
can’t believe you are gone. It hasn’t hit me yet that I won’t get to greet you
walking by your house or see you in the morning bringing us milk. You made my
first year in the village a very special time. You were so patient with me as I
struggled to find each word in Kiswahili. You selflessly gave me plenty of soda
so we could fellowship together. You were always encouraging me to join you to
practice the dances for choir and I loved that you danced to your own beat
(even though it made it more challenging for me!). <o:p></o:p></div>
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You, Mama Clemens, impacted the lives of so many people and
we miss you terrible. My heart is broken that I won’t see your smiling face or
joyful voice anymore. I know the tears are only for a time and you wouldn’t
want us to sit around mourning forever but this place will never be the same without
you. One day we will get to dance side by side again in the presence of our
Savior. Oh what a day that will be!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, Mama Clemens and my Kenyan Mama on my first day in the village! August 2013</td></tr>
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7.26.14<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mama Clemens,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Today we laid your body in the ground after celebrating the
beautiful person God molded you to be. It was a joyous celebration. Our Mama
did a great job talking about who you were as a person as well as a member of
our church. Pastor gave a message on the hope we have. Your body looked
beautiful, but I have to admit it was obvious you weren’t there. I caught a
glimpse of the beautiful white wedding dress you were wearing which reminded me
that you are now united in the most beautiful union with Jesus. As painful as
my heart hurt today, it broke even harder watching the older girls who had
grown up with you mourn your absence. Specifically E breaking down after the
viewing and P not being able to stop crying for over 20 minutes once everything
had finished. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There was an opportunity for your family to present a song and the words were beautiful and one of your cousin looked so much like you but the hardest part was she danced <b>just like you.</b> Those fisted hands out in front going back and forth to the beat of the song. That was hard. The tears started falling as soon as I saw her. It was like you were there.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mama Clemens doing what she did best, dancing for her Lord.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wish I could remember which song she was singing but I can guarantee it was a praise song.</td></tr>
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As I look back on today I am grateful for the time to mourn
alongside our brothers and sisters. I am sad you are no longer with us but we
will never be the same because of you. Thank you for everything you did in
Jesus name to make such an impact on our village. You were a big part of why
our village feels like home to me and I’m so grateful to you for that. Keep
dancing and singing and I can’t wait til the day I get to join you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mama Clemens and I together at a wedding October 2013 It was this beautiful woman who baptized me with my Giriama name, Kadzo (beautiful girl in Giriama) Ziro</td></tr>
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8.14.14<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mama Clemens,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Almost four weeks have passed since your spirit left this
world and entered the holy presence of our Savior. It’s been almost three
weeks since we had the opportunity to mourn your earthly death and lay your
body in the ground. You were still so beautiful to me. As we wore our lessos as a church that said, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twakukumbuka
daima hata kama umetuacha</i></b>- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">We
will always remember you even though you have left us</i>” and sang some of
your favorite hymns together, I couldn’t quite grasp the fact that you weren’t
there because you were cooking or praying but rather because you had left this
world. You never missed a church gathering, you were always asked to pray and
it has been hard watching the pastors and elders pause before choosing someone
to pray because you aren’t there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mama Clemens I have to tell you that choir on Sundays during
church as well as our two practices a week are still my hardest moments
realizing you aren’t there. You stood to my right every week and there were so
many times I stopped singing (not necessarily because I didn’t know the words)
but because I wanted to hear your voice. I’m so thankful I have some recordings
of us practicing because your voice is a beautiful sound to hear. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We also have yet to find someone as generous as you to bring
us fresh milk everyday. It was such a blessing to us not necessarily to receive
the milk (that was a bonus!) but to see your joyful face everyday of the last
year I was in the village. Your milk not only allowed me to be able to drink chai but helped us make delicious breads and pancakes. </div>
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in particular you joined us for breakfast and you held a baby just days old on
your chest like she was your own. At your burial I held that same little girl
in the same way you had praying that through her Mama and other relatives that
she would be told about who you are and fall in love with the same Savior you
worshipped and adored and served.</i></blockquote>
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The lesso you gave me is one of
my favorites and I was overjoyed to hear one of your daughters holds the other
half. Every time I wear it I think of you. Your presence in the village is
missed! People are still trying to figure out how to keep going but God is
providing us with strength. You were (by God’s help) such an amazing example to
me and the rest of the women of the church (and I know you impacted the
wazee(old men) and the children as well) about what it means to have humiliy
and serve Jesus with everything you could. You had taken the role of so many
positions in the church (only female elder, choir participant, Sunday school
teacher, previously a weekly school teacher, school cook, special events cook
and organizer, and faithful to tithe all you could) to name just a few.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now that God is finished with you here in this world I’m
looking forward to seeing how the church members will step up and fill in the
gaps. You left your mark on the church by providing the pesa (money) and having
made the front door of the church. You were such an great example to me of what
it means to serve the church in a way I may never have understood if it wasn’t
for our time together. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As I look at all the pictures we took together, what I see
the most is the life you had in your face to give every ounce of energy to
Jesus. What fun you must be having with enough energy to never stop praising. I
miss you so much here and still have a hard time walking by your duka(store) but I
know you are rejoicing with the angels in front of our great God with a new
body in pure white. Thanks for everything you taught me about what it means to
be Kenyan, about what it takes to serve Jesus wholeheartedly and what it means
to serve His Church. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Love you Mama Clemens,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Praising our Savior in the same spot she sat every week. A part of me wants to put a chair there just to honor her but the people would think I'm crazy :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mama Clemens was the only person from our village to travel to Nairobi for the wedding of Pastor and Mama's daughter. We sat at the reception where she was telling me fun stories and always had that smile on her face. <br />
November 2013</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mama Clemens with Tabitha on her wedding day. Always so excited for others. February 2014</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with me and Dr. Fawcett one afternoon. February 2014</td></tr>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-78578039758804178532014-06-20T02:04:00.000-07:002014-06-20T02:04:03.136-07:00Tim the Tarantula<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Last March God taught me a lesson on how to become friends
with a spider that I named Sam. Him and I spent countless hours together in my
bathroom while I recovered from an allergy to cheese. He prepared me in many
ways to survive here in Kenya, taking speedy showers, living with spiders and
other creepy crawlers and gaining confidence to be able to kill bigger and more
scary creatures that exist here.</div>
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But on Tuesday of this last week, a new record of spider
experiences occurred that I believe (and sincerely pray) will never be broken.
I was sitting on my bed in the village (minding my own business!) writing in my
journal about the day and listening to Shrek on my computer. It was a beautiful
evening actually, a slight breeze blowing through the window as I wrote down my
fairly uneventful but good day that had taken place. I glanced over to the wall
at the foot of my bed because I saw something out of the corner of my eye move.
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My body paralyzed, my net down but not tucked, my voice gone
for about 30 seconds, no I think it was closer to 5 minutes I really had no
idea what to do. If I move it may move. If I speak it may move. I was obviously
not thinking rationally but how can anyone when this thing is so close to
you??!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I know the picture really doesn’t do it justice. And just
for fun here’s a comparison of Tim the taratula from Tuesday and his cousin,
Sam the spider, from last March. Tim was hairy, a big body and about
3.5-4inches in diameter (my American roomie vouches for the measurement).</div>
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I refuse to take pictures but I have gotten a bit more
confident killing cockroaches. They are huge here, many fly/have wings, and
they are soooo fast!!! Two nights ago I went to the bathroom in the middle of
the night to find one near the “toliet” and there was no way I was going back
to bed without accomplishing what I had come for so I bravely (because everyone
was asleep) smacked the very large roach with our broom. Unfortunately that did
nothing to him and he quickly tried to make a run away but they only way to go
was at my feet. Since God was the only one able to see I’m pretty sure He was
laughing because it was a sight to see. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I did win the battle though, him dead and in the water I was
able to “flush” him down and then complete my business. I still don’t like
them, I do prefer someone else to accomplish the task but if it comes down to
it, I will complete the job. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve come a long way in almost a year. Who knows what God has next!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-28114125405458352502014-06-06T04:59:00.002-07:002014-06-06T04:59:47.410-07:00Culture Shock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After 16 hours of travel, and all potty breaks done on the side of the road, I found myself on the western side of Kenya and I was ready for a bed. With a few hours of sleep I awoke to my alarm and immediately knew I had another alarm inside my body that had been ignored the day before. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I live north of Mombasa about 2 hours, the drive from my home to Nairobi took 10 hours and then we went through Naivasha and stayed in Nakuru 6 hours later.</td></tr>
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Before I go any further I have to help you understand that at this point just about every part of Kenyan culture, Kenyan life, Kenyan everything was wrong, frustrating, and I wanted nothing to do with it. My attitude was horrible, my behavior even worse and I was ready to give up. I was over the mundane meal choices, lack of manners and the language learning. I was not my joyful, smiling self and everyone in the house was suffering. (yes culture shock had hit full force)<br />
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So when I was 16 hours away from the triggers of these feelings, in a hotel like what you would find in the western world, you would think I would be thrilled to find a toilet off the ground. But to be honest, the tears fell, because I wanted nothing more than my squat potty to make going to the bathroom that much easier. Out of all the things that I could have rejected and easily left behind, the toilet was not one of them!<br />
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I hope you can laugh with me because as I reflect back on this strange moment I’m totally laughing inside, but I think it explains the unexplainable feelings one feels when suffering through culture shock. It’s not always the immediately noticeable differences that frustrate one person, it’s the little things.<br />
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During the early days of culture shock, God gave me this beautiful picture to help me understand what I was feeling both emotionally and physically. I am a bird that had been born in the wild, within hours of birth I was soaring, there was no place I couldn’t go and I was free to be me. That bird that knew freedom was now trapped in a cage that wasn’t large enough for his wings to open. God had created me to soar and now I was trapped, unable to be who God created me to be.<br />
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I think those who really know me can testify that I am one of the most independent (and stubborn) people you will ever meet. I soar when I can do things on my own, make my own decisions, and have time alone. Living with parents in their house in their culture, where no matter how old you are you are treated like a child, was bound to have some effect on me at some point. Hopefully, with that you can begin to understand that almost a year into this term its about time I go a little crazy.<br />
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So this last week we sat down as a family and had a meeting. To be honest, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be to put into words (and be culturally sensitive at the same time) what I was feeling. Actually, I didn’t do a very good job at all. Even through the tears, my words were taken personally. Not only am I still dealing with culture shock, but now continually trying to explain that all the things I communicated as wrong are not actually wrong, they are just different to what I have spent the last 25 years knowing. Even when situations come up and I try to use them as teaching moments to explain, yes that is completely normal in your culture, but we don’t do that in America, it still doesn’t fully make sense in their minds. Things are still difficult but my heart is doing so much better. I’ve been smiling a lot more and my kids continue to remind me just how much I really am needed and wanted here.<br />
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I’m blessed to say I’m posting this from Malindi, one night away with my American teammate, to get some space, spend some time at the beach (one of my favorite places to meet with God), enjoy some different food, make our own plans and who knows what else God has planned. Culture shock is not fun, at all. And it’s also not something to brush off. It’s completely real and life jolting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This will be me in again about 30 minutes! (Picture taken during my first trip to Malindi in August 2013)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful beach of Malindi that is about a football field away from where I currently sit. I can't wait to put my feet in that water, its been way too long!</td></tr>
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As I expressed my feelings and attempted to help them understand how I might feel by giving them an example of how it might feel for them to be called to America (alone), I was given this advice: You need only to be strong and push through because God is with you. However, I responded with scripture, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Jesus words, <i>My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your <u>weakness</u>.</i> There is absolutely nothing wrong with admitting I am weak, for it is in my weakness that God’s power can shine through!<br />
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I have found much comfort in meditating on the fact that Jesus knows my pain greater than any person ever could. He left the comforts of heaven and entered a foreign land, a land where every person did things different than He would have liked. He made it through by clinging to his Father. What better example and support can I find than in Jesus Christ himself?<br />
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<i>Jesus, thank you for being willing to come to earth, in your humility, putting aside your physical God-nature and put on the flesh of humanity and limitations of man. You understand my desire to want to wear jeans and show my shoulders because you knew what glory meant in Heaven. You lived with people who did everything backwards to what you had always known. You accepted the things that were noble but stood up against those that hindered your relationship with our Father. Help me Jesus to do the same, to accept the things that won’t separate me from your love, but the things that go against your truth, help me to be bold and a voice here where you have called me. Thank you for bringing me to this place, to serve your kingdom, to be a tiny seed in the great harvest that you are growing. Help me to remember just how small I am and that my being here is not about me or my comfort but about your glory and honor to be seen in those around me. </i><br />
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<i>You have knit me together in my mother’s womb to be the person that I am, not by mistake. Show me Jesus how I can soar here, how I can be free to be me, within the limitations of this culture. Give those I am living with an understanding heart to what my heart is struggling through. Help us all to have patience with one another, grace when we have hurt one another and lots and lots of forgiveness. Help me to decrease so you can increase. In your name Jesus I pray, Amen</i><br />
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<i><br /></i>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02631367178514583618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329717688188927285.post-6959295092134251222014-05-07T05:00:00.002-07:002014-05-07T05:00:52.179-07:00My 26th village bday Here in Kenya the happy birthday song goes, “Happy birthday
to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Daniella, Happy birthday to
you…How old are you now? How old are you now?” and then you answer. Family and
friends in San Diego have always made my birthday a special day so I was
definitely missing the quality time with family and friends that come during
this time of year.<br />
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But God didn’t disappoint here. First there was a wedding!
The kids from down the road did a great job dressing up one of their brothers
and sisters and celebrating together. I was blessed to be their “photographer”.
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Over a cup of chai I opened a care package from Laura which
was a mixture of Easter candy (oh how I love my peeps!) as well as a few
birthday surprises. I walked with Mama Clemens and my newest American teammate
back to Mama Clemens duka (or shop) to buy oil and eggs to make cake and ended
up staying for awhile (not really a surprise anymore), sharing a soda and
talking about birthdays, getting married (funny topic for sure), and laughing a
lot. I love sharing moments like that with the people here and it made it all
the more special to do so on my birthday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When my teammate and I returned my Kenyan mama was preparing
dengu (or green grams) so we thought it was a good time to fry some ugali
Kikuyu style! I made some ugali and let it cool. Then we worked as a team her
making some cakes and dipping it in an egg mixture of egg, tomato, onion and
garlic and then putting it on the chapati pan with some oil. I then was in
charge of not burning the pieces, flipping when they had reached perfection and
removing to enjoy. There was some definite hesitation and maybe some lack of
faith but they were a hit!<o:p></o:p></div>
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After lunch it was to the kitchen to prepare cake! For the
last (too many years to count) I have had a funfetti cake on my birthday.
Thanks to so many of you from home I was fully prepared. My Kenyan Mama has
done a great job teaching me how to bake over a jiko so I was on my own this
time. We created our “oven” using a piece of tin and some sand. I mixed the
cake mix and put it in a sufuria and then covered it and put more sand and some
coals on top. Perfection doesn’t begin to describe how well BOTH cakes turned
out! Seriously, perfect. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After baking we enjoyed a few minutes of relaxing outside
under the mango trees before our weekly praise and worship church service.
After Church it was back to the kitchen to begin preparing tacos! It was a team
effort, I was pouring with so very much sweat but it was so worth it! <o:p></o:p></div>
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We prepared two types of chapati (white and brown flour),
two types of beans (refried and black), two types of meat (chicken and
hamburger), and two types of rice (Mexican and white) with onions and tomatoes
to top them off. Pretty sure even as I took bites I still had a smile on my
face, I was in heaven. I managed to eat two but that was forced… how in the
world has my stomach shrunk living in Kenya?? <o:p></o:p></div>
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We were so stuffed after dinner it was a joint decision to
clean up first before cutting the cake…I may have been the motivator in that
verdict, I really had no room left!<o:p></o:p></div>
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After dishes and filling a few yellow junkins of water it
was not only time to enjoy cake but also sleep! The cake was just as perfect if
not better than any cake I’ve had cooked in an oven. The pink frosting (thank
you Laura!) may have persuaded my taste buds a bit though. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> Seriously such a
special day and so glad to share it with so many different people here in the
village that I get to call home for this time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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God has done so much in this last year I couldn’t stop
praising him for what He had accomplished. A great last few months in America,
not only leaving on my faith departure date but doing so fully supported (you
all are amazing!), getting a few months of coast life mixed with some Nairobi
breaks, a beautiful thanksgiving that included a turkey, stuffing and my
favorite, sweet potatoes. Christmas was a special time to remember Christ’s
birth and gave me a renewed spirit for why I am here, 3 consecutive months in
the village, getting my own classroom of kids and so many more memories and
adventures that it would take too long and you might fall asleep…<o:p></o:p></div>
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But really, I am so incredible grateful to be here. I know
its hard, especially during my birthday and holidays alike to be separated from
family but I know without a doubt that this is where I’m suppose to be and this
is what God has created me to do. Knowing that so many of you are apart of my
team through finances and prayers I know I’m not here alone. (That and so many
of your pictures hang in my room that even though I don’t hear your voices I
see your smiling faces so often!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Happy Birthday to me! Who knows what next year will hold??<o:p></o:p></div>
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