Pictures

Heard that my link to my safari pictures didn't work... so I'm trying it again.


http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150290737668704.356525.520513703&l=f2ac8ecf1e&type=1

Notes

It's been a long time and I just wanted to give you some idea of things going on here...
I am still alive.
We went down to the jungle last week (Bongolo) to attend a child safety seminar down there.  While I was down there I had my teeth cleaned by Nennie at Bongolo Hospital!  I did zoomba for the first time - what a workout!!  And I had my hair cut... will post pictures when I remember to!  Also took a canoe ride down the river - fun!

Week before that we went to a medical clinic with OSPAC in Mitzic... which is about 6/7 hours northeast of Libreville.  There was one lady at the clinic who I couldn't get a blood pressure on... she was very thin.  Last week when I was headed to the dental clinic at Bongolo I saw the same lady.  As I passed her I turned around and did a double take... was that the same lady???  So I went back and asked if she was in Mitzic... she said yes and I told her I was glad she had come to the hospital to get additional help!  Mitzic is in the north of Gabon and Bongolo is in the south so she travelled quite a ways!

Will write more when I think of it or when I look through the pictures that remind me of what I have actually done!

Mail

So recently received two letters from people that came to Gabon…


One glowing with all the things that God has blessed him with… relationships with people on the team that he came with, a calling to be more involved with God’s ministry, experiencing a love and kindness that he wants to give to others… amazing things that he has learned and experienced during and since his time here.

One expressing frustration as she struggles to hear from God; dealing with the regret of feeling like she didn’t fully experience her time here in Gabon.

To be honest I was encouraged by both letters…

The second writer did learn that missions is hard (I second that!) and that she needed God – two huge lessons for those who want to serve Him.

But I think the thing I like about both letters is that they were both learning and growing from their experience here. Sometimes that growth can be a struggle or something that we have to wrestle with.

Have you ever sat back and watched your child struggle through something? A math problem, a puzzle, a video game… you know that the child can do it so instead of helping them you just stand back and watch?

How much wisdom, character, strength, and perseverance are gained through just having to struggle?

Traveling Chucks

Want to know more... Hannah and Alace wrote wonderful tales of our trip!  Times like these I wish I was a writer... but I'm glad that I went on vacation with two women who are writers!  Next year we should probably take a photographer along and I won't have to do anything!! 

http://alacecatherine.blogspot.com/

http://iheartgabon.wordpress.com/