Sunday... not a day of rest when you're in ministry, but today was as close as we get...
Josh got up at his usual 5:30am to spend time with the Lord and work on his sermon. I couldn't get the kids ready in time for 8:00am service at Peter's church, so Josh went to the service for a little bit while I finished getting the family ready. By 10:00am, we all piled into the car to go to Home of Love where we participate in worship service each Sunday.
It was still breakfast time, so we got some maize porridge with odi (peanut-sesame-paste) - yum!
Eventually, the worship time started, with fantastic singing and dancing led by the Home of Love children! I will never tire of it! Josh preached. Noah wiggled and rolled around on the floor. ('sigh!') Micah tried to sleep and couldn't commit. Ana read her Bible. Moses looked at the pictures in his Bible.
After worship time, we had a wonderful time just hanging out with our two interns and Bosco. We seldom have time where we're just hanging out. We intentionally did not talk work. We talked, joked about cultures, ate lots and lots of mangoes. The children played with their friends, got really really dirty, ate lots and lots of mangoes.
This day was perhaps more what we imagined life would be like for us - relationships, eating mangoes, playing with children. It was sweet relief and simple joy.
We praise God for such exhausting days of rest!
Josh got up at his usual 5:30am to spend time with the Lord and work on his sermon. I couldn't get the kids ready in time for 8:00am service at Peter's church, so Josh went to the service for a little bit while I finished getting the family ready. By 10:00am, we all piled into the car to go to Home of Love where we participate in worship service each Sunday.
It was still breakfast time, so we got some maize porridge with odi (peanut-sesame-paste) - yum!
Eventually, the worship time started, with fantastic singing and dancing led by the Home of Love children! I will never tire of it! Josh preached. Noah wiggled and rolled around on the floor. ('sigh!') Micah tried to sleep and couldn't commit. Ana read her Bible. Moses looked at the pictures in his Bible.
After worship time, we had a wonderful time just hanging out with our two interns and Bosco. We seldom have time where we're just hanging out. We intentionally did not talk work. We talked, joked about cultures, ate lots and lots of mangoes. The children played with their friends, got really really dirty, ate lots and lots of mangoes.
This day was perhaps more what we imagined life would be like for us - relationships, eating mangoes, playing with children. It was sweet relief and simple joy.
We praise God for such exhausting days of rest!
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