I can think of quite a few things that could use a bit of prayer.
Let's start with the most annoying, although not the most important. I have a miserable cough. I'm pretty sure I feel fine otherwise, which is a blessing. But I most certainly don't have the time to be sick this week, and so far I've spent the weekend trying to avoid coughing fits that still manage to come every 1-2 minutes and they HURT. And when I'm not coughing, I'm trying to not be really annoyed by the fact that my lungs are growling when I breathe. It doesn't sound good. If I was your 2 year old, you'd feel really bad for me.
Since I'm not, I'll suck it up. No worries. I have an inhaler.
Another point for prayer is Cynthia, our training co-ordinator and main trainer at Zanokhanyo. We start a training course on Monday and she is going to be out the whole week due to needing a CT scan. Why do you have to be out all week for that? Public health care. Outpatient scans take months, but if you are admitted, it should be within the week. So she's checking into the public hospital and waiting for a scan. Pray for her, as this is scary and really aggravating and you'd best believe they cram tons of people into each room. Pray for us, since we'll be covering for training and it's the week of emotional healing and identity. Which will be hard for us non-xhosa speakers to teach. Especially with a distracting cough/headache.
While we are on the subject of hospitals and sickness, I still have a really heavy heart. Particularly for Henry Kelley, and for all of his family, but also for several others who are dealing with grief and learning to trust God in huge painful circumstances. I find myself crying a lot over hurt that I see and I cannot ease. I'm tired of crying. Pray that I'll convert that burden to prayer, not to despair.
Pray for Dumisa - one of our graduates and a friend of many who have come for short term trips - as she will be having her baby any day now!
Pray for Phambili, specifically for God to provide funding. While we hoped to find South African support for this, since it's geared toward South African economic and social development, that's not been very successful. Pray that we will develop the right contacts, the right partners, and God will provide exactly what is needed to accomplish HIS will for our project, not our own plans.
Pray that our graduates will find work, and that they'll be able to provide for their families and for themselves. The average working adult in South Africa is providing for 7 dependants, including children, siblings, parents, etc. And they make something close to $350/mo. And they can't ev
There are a ton of other little things, but these are a good start. God has been good to me, and I'm praising Him for the blessings I see all around me. I think I am just going through a season where I am very aware that this world is not my home. And I'm ready for home because I am tired of seeing all of the brokenness. But hey, I'm here to bring hope. And hope there is, in abundance. That's the biggest blessing of all.
Let's start with the most annoying, although not the most important. I have a miserable cough. I'm pretty sure I feel fine otherwise, which is a blessing. But I most certainly don't have the time to be sick this week, and so far I've spent the weekend trying to avoid coughing fits that still manage to come every 1-2 minutes and they HURT. And when I'm not coughing, I'm trying to not be really annoyed by the fact that my lungs are growling when I breathe. It doesn't sound good. If I was your 2 year old, you'd feel really bad for me.
Since I'm not, I'll suck it up. No worries. I have an inhaler.
Another point for prayer is Cynthia, our training co-ordinator and main trainer at Zanokhanyo. We start a training course on Monday and she is going to be out the whole week due to needing a CT scan. Why do you have to be out all week for that? Public health care. Outpatient scans take months, but if you are admitted, it should be within the week. So she's checking into the public hospital and waiting for a scan. Pray for her, as this is scary and really aggravating and you'd best believe they cram tons of people into each room. Pray for us, since we'll be covering for training and it's the week of emotional healing and identity. Which will be hard for us non-xhosa speakers to teach. Especially with a distracting cough/headache.
While we are on the subject of hospitals and sickness, I still have a really heavy heart. Particularly for Henry Kelley, and for all of his family, but also for several others who are dealing with grief and learning to trust God in huge painful circumstances. I find myself crying a lot over hurt that I see and I cannot ease. I'm tired of crying. Pray that I'll convert that burden to prayer, not to despair.
Pray for Dumisa - one of our graduates and a friend of many who have come for short term trips - as she will be having her baby any day now!
Pray for Phambili, specifically for God to provide funding. While we hoped to find South African support for this, since it's geared toward South African economic and social development, that's not been very successful. Pray that we will develop the right contacts, the right partners, and God will provide exactly what is needed to accomplish HIS will for our project, not our own plans.
Pray that our graduates will find work, and that they'll be able to provide for their families and for themselves. The average working adult in South Africa is providing for 7 dependants, including children, siblings, parents, etc. And they make something close to $350/mo. And they can't ev
There are a ton of other little things, but these are a good start. God has been good to me, and I'm praising Him for the blessings I see all around me. I think I am just going through a season where I am very aware that this world is not my home. And I'm ready for home because I am tired of seeing all of the brokenness. But hey, I'm here to bring hope. And hope there is, in abundance. That's the biggest blessing of all.