Battles.

Jennifer, one of the babies of Zirobwe

This has been one of those weeks that's just impossible to sum up in a blog post... Well, really, it'd be hard to sum up in any way at all, but for you all, I guess I'll try!

On Saturday evening, I had the opportunity to go with the team to Watoto church here in Kampala. The thing that hit me the most came from Exodus 14:14. It says "The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." I feel like I've been fighting battles all week. First of all, we had over half of our team leave to go home on Monday, so we've all been adjusting to a smaller group. But most of the struggle was due to hearing about my community back home going through a rough time. After learning at the beginning of the week that a beautiful lady in our church who had been fighting cancer was doing badly, my heart was divided between here and home. All of my prayers and thoughts were back at home, but I also had to be present here. On Thursday morning when I heard of her passing, I honestly didn't know how to handle it... (really, I still don't), but it has been one of the hardest struggles to be here when I know my whole spiritual family back in Kansas is mourning. After being so prayerfully and emotionally invested in this woman's struggle, I've felt as if I were a part of the battle. But God has called me to let Him fight the battle; part of me wants to keep my battles in my own hands, so I can feel somewhat in control. The truth is - I can't control them. I've had to give the battle I was fighting for her up to God and trust Him with it, and He's had to remind me that understanding something and accepting something are two different things. I won't lie and tell you that I've accepted it yet, because I haven't quite been able to do that yet. But I can tell you that I'm living on in hope from past experiences that struggle brings growth, and in the end, growth in Christ is worth struggling for.

The inside of the church

The roof of the church is finally on!

On a different note, progress on the church building in Zirobwe is coming along! The roof is now on and the next step is buying doors and windows. EAC is asking people to donate money to help with this next step of the project (which you can contact me about if you have more questions). But it's so exciting to see the progress both in the church building and the people of Zirobwe themselves, even in the short time I've been here.

Nothing is impossible for God.



Blessings!