The Friday Report – Day 8 April 18

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A day truly God’s gift – warm and sunny with soft breezes that helped ease us into a day of counting and packaging medications for the upcoming clinics. After yesterday’s detailed personalized report, today’s recounting of our continuing adventure in faith and trust will be general in application. We were up a bit later, and breakfasted at an individual pace. Sharon gathered us for an extended morning devotional focused on the consistent Biblical theme of God’s love – each of us was assigned verses out of a hat that we then read as a way through a Biblical journey highlighting various ways and circumstances God’s love is present in our lives – and through our lives. We then prayed our way into the day of sorting.

Sort, count, pack. Sort, count, pack. Until 2 for lunch. Then the same routine until 5:30 – with counting by some out in the delightful sun and shade of the Church yard – the rest to the sound of Prashan’s music, interspersed with some great music from Amita – who knew their hearts and ear for songs of faith. Norberta, Hilda, Sharon , and Mercy did a major shopping run. A good day of accomplishment – all meds fully counted!

Bible Study at 6 – focused by Rev Rob (translated by our Zulu friend Gungu) on God – God’s mercy, grace, and forgiveness – as Sharon pointed out – mercy, not getting what we deserve, grace, getting what we don’t deserve, and forgiveness, forgiving and forgetting, and giving us ever new ways in which to praise and please God.

We prayed with and for each other. Mercy closed and we walked home under a starlit nearly full moon sky. Hilda and Norberta spread a meal of choices that more than satisfied.

Devotions with songs new and old led by Andy, and a look into Brian’s heart through his gift of guitar and song writing and singing. Life Bible verses and life tokens shared by Hilda and Susan that moved us by the depth of their individual faith journeys – capped a very good day with a further deepened awareness of God’s presence and graceful loving work among us.

Encouraged to sleep early by the 6:30 breakfast call, we look forward to the clinic tomorrow focused on the children in the ACM program.

Thank you for your constant upholding of us in prayer. How good our God has been.Faithfully for the Team – In His Name - Rev. Rob and the Team