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Keep Walking

February 22, 2015 by Joel and Andi

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The last time I left you we had just been to a wedding in Dakar where we had the adventure of cooking on the roof.  The next week brought us another big wedding, but this time we were able to actually able to be spectators.  These weddings summarize for me a lot of how we feel about life right now.

There are times of high encouragement when I finally see the pieces coming together.  There are realities of life here that are finally making sense to me.  There are moments when a key piece of the puzzle slips into place and suddenly I can start to see more of the picture.  Our first few years it felt like we were only gathering pieces and so it feels good now to start to be able to put them together in to a picture that is starting to make sense.

Then there are moments when I feel lost in confusion as to what my role is or how I should respond.  Those time when I realize I can still only see a small portion of the picture and so much is still hidden from me.  Like those moments when I stare at a butchered cow and am told to grab the good sections of meat and deep down inside I scream…”How should I know!?!”  Yep there is still so many things to learn, a life time of information that we are still catching up on and in many ways will always be.

We are on a journey.  We have made progress and are to the point where we function in life here just fine, but we still have so much to learn.  We restarted Wolof this week which is one huge section of the puzzle we are missing.  There are times that I get tired of learning and putting pieces together and then there are times that I look at the picture that we have put together so far and remember that it is worth it.  So we press on each week and each day, knowing that God is accompanying us each step of the way.

A Celebration

One highlight of my week last week was to see our churches here gather together for the first time.  It was a gathering of all denominations together under tents to worship together.  I was reminded of how God celebrates when his body is united.

It was encouraging to gather together to worship
It was encouraging to gather together to worship
All our pastors worked together to see this take place
All our pastors worked together to see this take place
Our youth united together
Our youth united together
And led us in worship
And led us in worship
The message was on unity
The message was on unity
I was encouraged
I couldn’t help but we encouraged
I am sure that God was smiling
I am sure that God was smiling
Seeing his body worshiping as one!
Seeing his body worshiping as one!

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Comments

  1. Chelle says

    March 7, 2015 at 3:20 am

    That is exciting to see the unity of the church! What a testimony to us in America! Glad you are seeing pieces of the puzzle come together. That is so encouraging.

  2. Carolyn says

    February 23, 2015 at 4:18 am

    Beautiful! Behold how good and pleasant…

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