Lots of pictures had to decide, some of the missionaries working, some of our history class prepration, and then from today's military pickup! I realized today that i need to give the camera to someone else so you guys can see my mug every so often..ill work on that mom!
So- what a good week- i have been so busy no time to blog. Lots has happened, seems like some days NOTHING happens and others..EVERYTHING happens. God is Good- all the time i keep reminding myself.
This week I was blessed to help host 24 missionaries from Oregon..they were great. Very helpful and came with a servants heart for sure! They helped do trash collection and toilet duty in the camp- learning a new appreciation for these tasks that are barely paid on a daily basis. THey donated the money we normally pay the workers back to us to purchase gloves, proper wheelbarrels, face masks, ect. Very needed equiptment for the workers. Over $600 worth of items. God is Good.
We made contact to train the builders for Samaritains purse TShelters- the training will be MONDAY & Tuesday- and we will build shelters starting Wednesday! WHOOHHHOOO!! We will give the majority of these temporary homes to people in our camp. THe tricky part is deciding whom to give these to, to reward the good people means they leave our camp- bummer to get rid of the good ones! The good thing is that these people will have homes after 7 months. God is Good.
Today we spent all day back and forth from the Port. My friend Lut. Col. Brian that I met at a Cluster meeting at the UN 2 months ago contacted me and he has to get rid of a TON of food items the next 2 weeks. He is really interested in our camp and project, and is willing to help us. Its been fun to work with him the past few weeks- he's done a lot with us- including networking us to possibly get solar panel lights from IOM. Today we spent hours and hours at the port..it was pretty fun. We took MRES, Juice, Breakfast packages, ect today..ill attach some pictures, its rediculous how much they have to give. We will be doing a distribution at the camp this week..along with going back to Seaport to get more. God is Good.
Tomorrow we will host something that I set up for a non violence conference. I met Max Paul back in March, he is the head of the national convention of non violence..he is going to come for a few hours tomorrow- and do the conference...then we will continue classes. This is important to do all over the country- as they are not..let me repeat are NOT violent people, but when people are hungry they will do anything. So Im very thankful for this network to Max Paul to teach the people. God is Good.
Im tired-and am going to eat an MRE for supper. (OH by the way we fired our cook, she now just does laundry...we decided we wanted to save money- and we have some MREs from brian..so now im a SOLDIER! haha)
I found this today doing some research- and find it encouraging. Take time to read it.
“Hope and despair are not opposites. They are cut from the very same cloth, made from the very same material, shaped from the very same circumstances. Most of all, every life finds itself forced to choose one from the other, one day at a time, one circumstance after another. The only difference between the two is that despair shapes an attitude of mind; hope creates a quality of soul. Despair colors the way we look at things, makes us suspicious of the future, makes us negative about the present. Hope, on the other hand, takes life on its own terms, knows that whatever happens God lives in it, and expects that, whatever its twists and turns, it will ultimately yield its good to those who live it well. When tragedy strikes, when trouble comes, when life disappoints us, we stand at the crossroads between hope and despair, torn and hurting. Despair cements us in the present; hope sends us dancing around dark corners trusting in a tomorrow we cannot see. Despair says that there is no place to go but here. Hope says that God is waiting for us someplace else. Begin again.”
(unknown author)
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