8/14/2010

What a week!!! No, not even a week, 3 days. After a whirlwind of events, we ended up moving off the New Life property where our base was located. There are no hard feelings toward the New Life people. It is just best for our relationship that we are not squished onto the same property. Now, Hannah, Dani and I are staying with Lucy and Peterson, the guys are staying at the church where Mission Adventures used to be and some of them are still at New Life. We have til the end of August to move all of our stuff off, but we are hoping to get the rest of it done tomorrow. It is funny sometimes how what could seem like a blessing ends up being a burden. We loved having all the teams come through this summer, but a lot of them left a lot of stuff and now we have to figure out what to do with it. It is a blessing, but we are not set up to distribute the stuff right now. We have tons of clothes right now, and also a lot of materials for kids’ programs. Hopefully we will soon figure out when and where to take it all.
It has been a really rough several days. I’ve cried several times, didn’t know what was going on most of the time, nor did anyone else, been yelled at by frustrated people, gotten several really good hugs by people that care. I’ve been stretched to my limits and grown a lot. Although it has been frustrating a lot of times not knowing what was going on, I could still rely on my God that knows everything. He knew everything that was going to happen this week. He knew when He called me here long-term what I was going to go through. Some days, I wonder what God was thinking, but I know that He has me here for a reason and I am glad for it.
I don’t know that I can explain how hard it is to have to leave my friends at New Life. It is really hard to not be around them. Sometimes I would just go get a hug from one of the kids and it would brighten my day. I love hearing my name called across the compound! We will be going back there to work with the ministry they have there, but not living there will be hard. I am glad to say that today a broken relationship was mended, so there are no hard feelings in leaving.
Thank you, Lord, for being the same yesterday, today and forever! Thank you for knowing everything. Thank you for knowing how I would be stretched and what my limits are. Thank you for putting me in the midst of some great staff. Thank you for putting me under the leadership of Peterson and Lucy. Thank you for being a steadfast God and for never failing.