1) warm milk and sugar
2) cold bucket shower after a day of sweating
3) “paved” roads that don’t kill your back
4) bridges: seriously, there are 1 million rivers here, and canoes + motos are not a good combination.
5) plantains with lots and lots of vegetable oil
6) face wash…I give myself a nice refreshing wash of the face at least 4 times a day.
7) Being called “Muzungu” – I can’t help but smile when the k ids yell it as I’m driving by – and it’s probably the most predictable thing I have.
8) the Bible. I never realized how blessed I am to have a Bible, much less many different sizes and versions; the biggest request here is I just want a Bible, just one.
How much do I love the meandering river!!!
If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. -Colossians 3:1-2
4 comments:
Ah. I remember the bucket showers. We only got one every other day though. Eeeewww.
yay! ok so i think i finally understand this blog thing.. haha.. so i'm going to leave you lisa one of my dearest loves.. a comment and then we shall be blog buddies haha
:D
Hello there Lisa: I'm Tom Slack . From North Hills California . I'm a long time member of Canoga park congregation. Your Father Ross was here last sabbath. It was awesome. I hope that this comment finds you in the best of health and cheerful.I am from a large family of eleven brothers and sisters, and when I saw you surrounded by all those children I remembered all us children in an old car going to church. circa 1964.
Anyway I may not have the means to give financial support,
but I do believe in the value of prayer and you'll be there before the awesome prescence of our glorius God and all your cares I'll bring to Him who does hear and always responds.
My E-Mail address is catenterprises@verizon.net I'm a sixty two year old Locksmith and I share my rent for fifteen years ,with a single women that could use your prayers she is obese and disabled. Her name is Cheryel, No we are not a couple now anyway.
I'm sorry I thought that a little background was appropriate.
So anyway I also looked at your sister Heidi's missioary project in Guatamala . your whole family ois a real blessing from God thank you for all the danger and sickness and risk you take upon your safety and well being on behalf of those so many needy lives. Hope in the kingdom should God allow such circumstance to avail itself we'll talk and sing and praise God as brothers and sisters , Praise HIM ,His Holy Spirit, and His awesome son Jesus our Provider .Thank You Lisa, Keep up the hard work labor of love... God Bless You Always.
In Sincerity and Truth;
Tom Slack
Dear Lisa,
I'm sitting comfortably in a coffee shop in Durham NC on a rainy day. I'm a writer researching for a story I hope to write from the point of view of a young girl in and around Goma, and came across your web-site (blog) in the course of my research.
I wanted to say, though I"m not Christian, blessings on your good heart and your courage in going into hell to bring help and love to those who reside there.
While knowing that all the world suffers horribly from human cruelty, remember that all the world is blessed by human kindness which I think of as God's presence on earth. Thank you for all you give.
with love, Jennifer Justice
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