Dress: check. Venue: check. I guess those are the main things I needed to get done but there sure are a lot of other little details! It is a little complicated to register for gifts by sending Brian emailed pictures of plates, duvet, towels, etc...!!! I think we're making alot of progress but it will still be a very busy couple weeks before we get home!
Time away from Langano has been mostly full of family and wedding thoughts, but I want to take time to evaluate what is going on with my job/ministry, and get some New Year's perspective. My thoughts:
1. Use the systems already in place- show up at the community meetings instead of creating my own, work through the women's association (I had no idea until recently there was such a thing!), work along side the government paid agriculture guys, and health girls.
2. I don't want to do community health alone. The support staff at the clinic are people that live in the community- that means THEY can be the agents for community based change! So I don't want to show up at the meetings alone, they should be with me! I think they are happy to get out of the clinic and go to meetings where there own interests are at stake and where they get to hang out with their friends.
3. Spiritual work: This is a wide open door that I want to walk through. The wife of the evangelist is eager to start some kind of woman's ministry, but she needs encouragement and someone working alongside of her, at least at the beginning. People have done this before, why hasn't it lasted? How can I get her to really own it? I think we can work together really well in this area.
So, here and there I am thinking, between bridesmaid dresses and fine china.... how does God want to use me in this next little chapter??
1 comment:
Dress check, venue check! That is good to hear! Hope you are having a blast at home! love,
jeana
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