Learning...

First of all i have to apologize, I haven't been very consistent in writing blogs. I could make the excuses that I have been busy, which is true, but no excuse. I'm sorry.

As I go through life here in Uganda I become more and more used to the culture and the slower way of life. Know one is in a hurry, which I like, but at the same time it is not very helpful when I have a certain amount of time left on my visa and the people in immigration haven't processed my work permit yet. This last Tuesday a friend and I made the two hour journey on public transport to Kampala. Where we were hopefully going to be paying for our work permits. Well of course we get there and look in a couple different books and find our file number in one but not in the other. The second one is the one that counts because this means that they have looked over your file and have either approved or denied your application. The way things are done here however means that you just never know when things will be done and there are no phone numbers to call to see if things have been completed so you use your time, energy and money to go and see. :)

God has been teaching me his timing and what it looks like to be patient. Yes it is frustrating but I know that God is in control and that there is really nothing I can do except pray and trust him. I have been reminding myself constantly that it was the Lord who opened the doors for me to stay and it will be up to him whether I stay or go. It would break my heart to leave but, it would break my heart more to not be sensitive to the Lords leading.

Please continue to keep the whole process of the work permit in your prayers. And whatever the Lords will is that he would prepare me for the out come.

"Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." Phil. 1:6

On that trip to Kampala the Lord revealed a vision to me. I have been praying and seeking the Lord about this vision and I would ask you to pray with me as the Lord leads you.

"I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning ANYTHING that they ask, it will be done for them by My father in heaven.
"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them." Matthew 18:19-20

As I continue to live by faith I am reminded of Philippians 4:19 "And My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Rochelle