It has been a blessing to pour into the lives of three new workers in our compound and get to know some of their families. We have met some really great people here in Kitale and work for Doug, though busy, has been great. We have also had friends from Jinja come visit. They helped us laugh when in fact we wanted to cry and they helped the kids transition better too. I absolutely loved having them here during this transition time and how they helped us turn this house into a home. One of the best blessings is that my parents were able to come and spend a month with us. We are happy and humbled still that God has chosen to use us here in Kenya. Those things have kept us sane in the midst. The ugly brings us closer to Jesus, the one who turns ashes to beauty.ĭon’t get me wrong, there are plenty of things to be grateful for in this journey. The ugly makes us more dependent on the only one that can make it good. The ugly is not always a punishment, but a refinement. Sometimes in our walk, the ugly is inevitable in order to be made into something better.
#SONG I SURRENDER ALL TO YOU WITHHOLDING NOTHING HOW TO#
I told you, withholding nothing.Īs I have been praying through how to best handle some of these situations and trying to talk to the boys on how to handle their struggles, allowing them to see that Doug and I also struggle, I felt God telling me that we have this wonderful network across the globe, that sometimes, to be honest, I feel like I should only share the good, some of the bad, and none of the ugly to. Finding friends for adults is hard enough, but asking your boys to leave friends again and finding no boy community yet after 6 weeks is heartbreaking to this mama. The two brand new chest of drawers we bought both have a drawer that does not work.
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This makes it very challenging to hang curtains or pictures. Not only does nothing in the house match, (which is growing on me), but nothing is level. One example is that we had three different plumbers in one week and still had leaks.
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Transition is not meant to be easy and I get that, but it just seemed like things were piling up almost to the point of being comical. We have all struggled greatly leaving yet another home and a great support network. This transition to Kenya has been rewarding but hard to say the least. So….here it goes, withholding nothing….well maybe some or this could get really long. God has spoke to me this past week that it is OK to be real and transparent with him, because he already knows, and with you so that you know how to best pray. I have thought about this blog post for a while and I just could not write many positives, so I delayed.
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Now God was speaking this to me I think because I have been withholding from him. The words are very simple: I surrender all to you, everything I give to you, withholding nothing, withholding nothing. I felt like God was speaking to me personally through the words and this verse came to mind. The last two Sundays, at different churches, we sang the same song. O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.” Psalms 84:11-12 Daniel Johnson) Still Moving Only You Can Satisfy (feat.“For the Lord God is a sun and shield the Lord bestows favor and honor no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. Travis Greene & Nathaniel Bassey) Finished Work (feat.
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