T plus 2 mois, 10 jours
the quality of english spoken around me continues to improve, mostly do to the work of tom, but every once in a while i get to chip in a little too, my part is usually just random, mostly useless phrases, but none the less english, and all still good fun
plans proceed rapidly around here for the missionary retreat and the events of the month of december, it's more difficult to believe that we're already in such a month since it's nothing like a familiar winter around here, it hasn't rained for quite a few weeks and won't for a few months (though i don't notice too much since i grew up in kansas), the temperature is cooler but it's definitely not a previously known type of winter, i think these 10 months in burkina just might have the distant feel of a long summer
sometimes i wait to long, most times not enough, i continue to find things that are distinctly different from the states and are logical ideas/concepts, yet aren't fully grasped until after an infringement and when revealed by another, c'est vrai quand ils disent que vous ne pouvez jamais apprendre tout en une année
tom and i have been doing some running on the local airstrip each evening, we usually only have to dodge 3 or 4 planes a night ... except for the fact that the strip isn't certified to land on and thus no plane has ever landed or taken off from it; however, we do meet a few younger people also running for to be in shape for soccer, the army, etc., i got to see his courtyard after Barro Mohamadu and i talked for a bit while running, he also came to see the mission and some of my work
this past weekend was another spent in bobo sending samples to israel and also hanging out with tom and kay, swimming, eating out, and going to church with dan and kathryn smith-doerksen on sunday morning where i got to meet lots of old timer missionaries and burkina workers, most knowing someone i knew, from the states or through burkina, then again, that's not too different from home or from playing the mennonite game
God's will is perfect
thus the question becomes
do i wait for it
or follow my own
God's will is perfect
thus the question becomes
do i believe it
or make my own
God's will is perfect
i am part of it
so let me wait
and eventually
i will see it
meet it
walk in it
and live the peace and grace within it
the quality of english spoken around me continues to improve, mostly do to the work of tom, but every once in a while i get to chip in a little too, my part is usually just random, mostly useless phrases, but none the less english, and all still good fun
plans proceed rapidly around here for the missionary retreat and the events of the month of december, it's more difficult to believe that we're already in such a month since it's nothing like a familiar winter around here, it hasn't rained for quite a few weeks and won't for a few months (though i don't notice too much since i grew up in kansas), the temperature is cooler but it's definitely not a previously known type of winter, i think these 10 months in burkina just might have the distant feel of a long summer
sometimes i wait to long, most times not enough, i continue to find things that are distinctly different from the states and are logical ideas/concepts, yet aren't fully grasped until after an infringement and when revealed by another, c'est vrai quand ils disent que vous ne pouvez jamais apprendre tout en une année
tom and i have been doing some running on the local airstrip each evening, we usually only have to dodge 3 or 4 planes a night ... except for the fact that the strip isn't certified to land on and thus no plane has ever landed or taken off from it; however, we do meet a few younger people also running for to be in shape for soccer, the army, etc., i got to see his courtyard after Barro Mohamadu and i talked for a bit while running, he also came to see the mission and some of my work
this past weekend was another spent in bobo sending samples to israel and also hanging out with tom and kay, swimming, eating out, and going to church with dan and kathryn smith-doerksen on sunday morning where i got to meet lots of old timer missionaries and burkina workers, most knowing someone i knew, from the states or through burkina, then again, that's not too different from home or from playing the mennonite game
God's will is perfect
thus the question becomes
do i wait for it
or follow my own
God's will is perfect
thus the question becomes
do i believe it
or make my own
God's will is perfect
i am part of it
so let me wait
and eventually
i will see it
meet it
walk in it
and live the peace and grace within it
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