Tuesday January 18th, 2011 - Power!

Power is back on, and I can't believe how much I appreciate it! Being back in the States for just a month and I got so used to the continuous flow of usable power. But being back here, we have only been having power on most evenings until morning. (Which makes evenings much easier to endure, especially since the sun goes down at about 7:00/7:30pm) But my trusty headlamp and I are being the best of friends once again. We do everything together...read books, work on projects, do dishes, and clean. It's great to have illumination wherever you turn your head...ooh! I can see!

Today was the end of our Envisioning Week. It really was a good week and so much better than I had anticipated. The fact that I was still trying to recover from jet lag at the beginning of the week made for some rough afternoons, but my reliable standby (java) helped me pull through.

The past week of Envisioning was really a challenge to me as I am called to serve at New Hope. I mentioned in a previous post how this theme challenged me in how am I letting His Name and His Renown be the Desire of my Heart. And now, how am I joining Him in His purpose? I often find myself contemplating, "what is my purpose?" "where am I fitting in the middle of all of this?" But if His Name and Fame are the Desire of my Heart, than I will feel content in joining Him in His purpose. A constant battle of suppressing my selfishness and independent will and walk hand in hand with Him.