Blessed in unexpected ways

I am so thankful for the way God and others have been blessing me over the past few weeks.

There is no way I could plan and raise the money I need to go to Tanzania for a year all by myself. It has been great to receive unexpected blessings, from the donation of a new laptop (a huge blessing since mine is from 2003 and on it’s last leg), to some one designing awesome prayer cards for me to hand out, to people hosting events in their homes for me to share about my trip and God’s work at Hananasif, even to someone offering to put together a video about Hananasif and my trip.

All these things and more have been such blessings in my life. I have also taken these as signs that God’s hand is in this. It is great to feel continued confirmation that this is what the Lord has for me – that I am pursuing the things God is calling me to do.

I was watching videos and pictures last night that I had taken in 2008 while at Hananasif. It brought forth strong yearnings to be back there. These yearnings have been present for a long time now, but there is such joy and excitement in knowing that on June 5 of this year, I will be back there. I will again have the chance to laugh with Msekwa, to prayer with Victor, to learn more Swahili from Sunday, to tutoring Kasim , to sit and eat with the younger kids, to sing and worship the Lord with them, and to build further and strong relationships with the kids, students and staff!

Munug ni mwema! God is good!

I am reminded on a regular basis of God’s goodness and am so thankful that He is granting the desires of my heart!

Trust in the LORD and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him and he will do this:

He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Psalm 37:3-8