My (Un)Expected Gift
"Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it." John 14:13-14 As some of y'all know, when I arrived in August, I had to purchase a car for my daily needs. Although I bought the car, in order to actually get the title into my name I have to have a traffic registration number with South Africa Traffic Services. Back in November I went and applied for my number with the appropriate authorities and they told me they'd give me a call back within 6 weeks to pick it up. (Fast forward to April - I am still… Read more >>
His Ways Are Not Our Ways
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:8-11 Have you ever… Read more >>
Breaking the Rules
One day I was working in the garden with one of my new friends from Mzamomhle, and he says to me, "How many likes do you think we would get if we took a picture?" I thought his question was a little funny, so I laughed and replied, "You mean 2 people working in a garden? I don't know...2??" My friend laughed and said, "No, you don't understand. You're a woman doing a man's work. Actually, you are a white woman doing a black man's work. But it's not just that. I wonder how many likes we would get because you are white and I'm black and we are working together. A lot, I think." It's so hard to… Read more >>
Comfort in Suffering
I finally made it! 25 months after I began praying for an opportunity to serve using my skills and gifts, 19 months after I learned about GoCorps and environmental/agricultural ministry opportunities and 11 months after I made ministry my full time job, I am in South Africa. Honestly, I wasn't always sure I was going to make it. This road has been a long and winding one, filled with highs and lows, curve balls and obstacles, and the journey has only just begun. But if I can be confident in anything, it's that the Lord is faithful, He works all things for good, and whatever I experience can be… Read more >>