{"id":717,"date":"2012-08-07T11:05:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/?p=717"},"modified":"2012-08-07T11:05:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T15:05:04","slug":"our-greatest-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/2012\/08\/07\/our-greatest-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Our greatest blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-718\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2012\/08\/IMG_0855-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-718\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/303\/files\/2012\/08\/IMG_0855-Copy-300x224.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2012\/08\/IMG_0855-Copy-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/francois-hattingh\/files\/2012\/08\/IMG_0855-Copy.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>During a family worship time this Sunday, we talked about 2 Corinthians 1 and how the Lord uses difficulties to teach us how to encourage others and to learn not to lean on our own strength.  We talked about good things that can result from \u201cour troubles\u201d.  I witnessed about how the Lord called me into missions: I didn\u2019t want to at first, because I didn\u2019t like changes.  I wanted to live and bring our kids up in one place, one community.  However, the Lord showed me that I should not put my faith and trust in places or people, but in Him.<\/p>\n<p>This led to us talking about what difficulties might lie in our future\u2026 and that we will have to move away from Mwinikaland one day.  Our kids\u2019 reactions surprised us!<\/p>\n<p>Heidi: \u201cAre you SURE we\u2019ll have to leave one day?  Can\u2019t we just stay here forever?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franco said: \u201cOh, how we will miss this place if we ever have to leave!  I hope we can move into another tribe after we leave here!  I love this kind of life!\u201d  Waldo also agreed: they don\u2019t want to leave here or live in any other situation than the \u201cremote bush\u201d as we have here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about living back in our passport country?\u201d we asked, \u201cWouldn\u2019t you want to live there?\u201d  Their answer:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, maybe for a little while, but after some time, we would really like to move back to Mwinikaland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To be here in Mwinikaland truly is our privilege and joy!  May we (and you!) always be open to recognize that the things we might think is the \u201cworst thing that can happen\u201d, could become our greatest blessing.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Family devotions in the kids\u2019 own \u201chouse\u201d, built from blankets under a table. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a family worship time this Sunday, we talked about 2 Corinthians 1 and how the Lord uses difficulties to teach us how to encourage others and to learn not to lean on our own strength. We talked about good things that can result from \u201cour troubles\u201d. 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