I want to start out by sharing some praises and some answered prayers. First of all this past Friday was my last set of shots, so I want to praise the Lord for that. When I first got here and they told me I was getting 11 shots I was not looking forward to the prospect of being a pin cushion, but I give God all the glory for getting me through all 11 shots. An answered prayer is that my teammates and I all got our Visa's. Thankyou all for praying for that.
Well we have one more full week here at FPO, and one half week. I can't believe it is almost over, and we are only 3 weeks from finally going to Niger. This past week was however a fun week. We spent time with our regional people, and were able to go to their house for some real African food. As you know I am a very picky eater, but I really enjoyed the food. I had two helpings of it. We had rice, chicken, and a pea-nut sauce. We also had this strange gooey stuff, that did not really taste like anything. I just mixed it up with my rice. It reminded me a lot of Toe Foo(I don't know how to spell that) in that it took on the taste of whatever you put it in. We also went to the International Mission Board in Richmond and got to see a life size replica of Lottie Moon. She was a very tiny lady.
Another high-light of this week was some Biblical truths that God revealed to me. We talked about Philippians 5:2-11 in our regional time. I will let you look it up, but it just talks about how our attitude is supposed to be like Christ's. I am so thankful that Jesus was willing to come and humble himself, make himself a servant, and obey even unto death on a cross. My prayer is that I would be able to have that same attitude.
This week ended with more snow which got me to thinking about how quickly God can change a landscape. One minute everything is green and brown and the next minute it is white as snow. Pray that God would change the landscape of the Fulani in Niger. Pray that the dessert parched land would have streams of living water. Pray for us as the weeks dwindle down, that we would have boldness to share, and that we would always walk in obedience to what God is calling us to.