YESU ALAMASIFU! (Jesus!) The other day as I was spending time with God, He showed me my verse for my time here in Africa. Matthew 12:21 simplfies the ministry I have been doing here in the beset of words:
"In His name the nations will put their hope!"
My task has been to spread the name of Jesus throughout my village. This verse just captured my heart that morning I read as I sat in awe looking back at the past weeks at how much of Alkwara (my village) knew that Dani and I were Christians and were here to tell them about Jesus. God has been guiding us each step of the way and been giving me wisdom- the two things Dani and I have prayed for everyday we have been in the bush. Jesus is the only hope for these people whom I have come to love and cherish and "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved!" (Joel 2:32) There is so much power in just the name of Jesus!
I now only have seven more days left in the bush. I will most likely be going back to the bush tonight by myself. Dani is very sick and will be staying in Niamey to get rest. So please keep her in your prayers that God will heal her and she can spend as much time as she can with our village. Also pray for me as it will be myself and the Africans. I'm kind of excited about it though :-)
I don't have time to list specfic prayer requests this time, but just continue to pray!!!! God knows what I need and when I need it. He also knows the hearts of these people and those whom are searching. My time here is coming to an end and it really hurts to think about the future (the next two weeks). Good-byes will be hard because part of my heart will be left here just as it was in Serbia and its not so easy coming back home.
I love you all and I'm doing wonderful!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
El Shaddai--- God Almighty
"Look at the nations and watch- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told." ~Habakkuk 1:5
My heart breaks for these people I live with and the triumph that evil has now and has held for years among these people. I am in Niamey again for a couple of days, but truly I would rather be in the bush with my family. Its really hard to leave the place I call home now, especially when I look back and see how fast the weeks have passed. I absolutely love life out in the middle of nowhere and God has been working in some incredible ways. Once again like always I appreciate the continual support from all of you back home. Your prayers are a huge blessing to me and keep me going each and every day. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I wanted to let y'all know of some of the ways God has been at work over here. I can't tell it all or every detail but I did want to posts some exciting work of God.
- My Zerma is coming along much better! It's still broken and far from perfect, but its becoming less of a challenge. I am now able to pray for the people in Zerma, their own heart language, which means alot. I always ask God to intercede and speak to the people I pray for himself, so that they too can hear directly from God.
- Speaking of praying... the other day while we were prayer walking I group of devout Muslim men stopped us. They were sitting on their mats under the tree relaxing and greeted us. Once they found out we were Christians they asked us to pray for them. Oh my goodness how amazing, because these men are those really strict Muslim followers. It was a God thing. I was actually kind of nervous being put on the sot like that to pray for these men, but God was totally with me and spoke through me.
- Every afternoon we hang out with our family. Dani and I love our family and hate being away from them. We consider our family the two families who live in our compound and the family right beside us. They love us and we love them and have wonderful afternoon together. The other day I got to hold a baby goat. It was so cute. I always love when Ridwand or Abu have fish and are cleaning them. It reminds me of home. They older boys had a pigeon killing the other day and massacared like thirty of them. We took pictures and they thought it was great. And I have also held chickens and baby pigeons. Oh the good times in our compound. You can really see how our family misses when we go to Niamey and most importantly its the presence of God they miss yet maybe they don't realize that for sure right now. They know we are Christians and we have played the tapes for them. We sing many songs with the children and just take the light of Jesus with each day.
- Dani and myself have got ourselves in a mess a couple of times with our water. We usually get two buckets a day and it is enough for baths, washing dishes and such. However when our clothes are washed we use a lot more. Also the other predicament is when it rains the pump is closed and during the hottest part of the day. So to say the least, we have ran on about five gallons of water some days. Even when it seems we are going to run out God always provides and somehow in our storage container in the back of our house there has always been just enough water to meet our needs even at its lowest point.
- I am feeling much better now! My cold is gone and have all my energy back. The heat isn't so bad anymore, maybe just because I'm getting use to it :-) Yet the flies will drive you crazy! I still have not been sick from the food at all, so praise God!
I could write for hours and hours but at some point I must share my computer time with my other teammates :-) These are just a few of the things God is doing and I give him the glory for all that is good over here and the many ways he is at work. Praise God for being our God the one who reigns over all the earth!! He is God Almighty- El Shaddai!
My heart breaks for these people I live with and the triumph that evil has now and has held for years among these people. I am in Niamey again for a couple of days, but truly I would rather be in the bush with my family. Its really hard to leave the place I call home now, especially when I look back and see how fast the weeks have passed. I absolutely love life out in the middle of nowhere and God has been working in some incredible ways. Once again like always I appreciate the continual support from all of you back home. Your prayers are a huge blessing to me and keep me going each and every day. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I wanted to let y'all know of some of the ways God has been at work over here. I can't tell it all or every detail but I did want to posts some exciting work of God.
- My Zerma is coming along much better! It's still broken and far from perfect, but its becoming less of a challenge. I am now able to pray for the people in Zerma, their own heart language, which means alot. I always ask God to intercede and speak to the people I pray for himself, so that they too can hear directly from God.
- Speaking of praying... the other day while we were prayer walking I group of devout Muslim men stopped us. They were sitting on their mats under the tree relaxing and greeted us. Once they found out we were Christians they asked us to pray for them. Oh my goodness how amazing, because these men are those really strict Muslim followers. It was a God thing. I was actually kind of nervous being put on the sot like that to pray for these men, but God was totally with me and spoke through me.
- Every afternoon we hang out with our family. Dani and I love our family and hate being away from them. We consider our family the two families who live in our compound and the family right beside us. They love us and we love them and have wonderful afternoon together. The other day I got to hold a baby goat. It was so cute. I always love when Ridwand or Abu have fish and are cleaning them. It reminds me of home. They older boys had a pigeon killing the other day and massacared like thirty of them. We took pictures and they thought it was great. And I have also held chickens and baby pigeons. Oh the good times in our compound. You can really see how our family misses when we go to Niamey and most importantly its the presence of God they miss yet maybe they don't realize that for sure right now. They know we are Christians and we have played the tapes for them. We sing many songs with the children and just take the light of Jesus with each day.
- Dani and myself have got ourselves in a mess a couple of times with our water. We usually get two buckets a day and it is enough for baths, washing dishes and such. However when our clothes are washed we use a lot more. Also the other predicament is when it rains the pump is closed and during the hottest part of the day. So to say the least, we have ran on about five gallons of water some days. Even when it seems we are going to run out God always provides and somehow in our storage container in the back of our house there has always been just enough water to meet our needs even at its lowest point.
- I am feeling much better now! My cold is gone and have all my energy back. The heat isn't so bad anymore, maybe just because I'm getting use to it :-) Yet the flies will drive you crazy! I still have not been sick from the food at all, so praise God!
I could write for hours and hours but at some point I must share my computer time with my other teammates :-) These are just a few of the things God is doing and I give him the glory for all that is good over here and the many ways he is at work. Praise God for being our God the one who reigns over all the earth!! He is God Almighty- El Shaddai!
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