In my attempts to be real and honest about this adventure, I am afraid that I have come across like i have been complaining. Certainly I was on day 1, but despite the adjustments, I am very grateful for this experience.
I am grateful for high quality dust masks.
I am grateful for tiny wicker stools that are strong enough to hold me up.
In the midst of extreme poverty, I want to be generous and give money away. I forget that money is not really the answer to their problems and in fact, it could make things worse. God's ways are higher than my ways and his thoughts are higher than my thoughts. His definition of good is not often the same as mine. This nation is very poor in Spirit. The lack of basic gospel teaching much less discipleship can be overwhelming. I realize how often I give out of my own strength instead of being filled with God and allowing his strength to flow through me.
I have much to be grateful for. I just wanted to make sure that everyone knows that.
Also, the Christians say Je Masee (Jesus is the Messiah) instead of Namaste as a greeting.
Tomorrow I get to go shopping. I am hoping to have a tailor make me one of these:
As for research, I am just at the beginning stages of meeting people so I don't have many insights. I may get to explore gender and Christianity here because I will have a lot more access to women. On Tuesday mornings, several women gather for a Bible study and we will begin Philippians.
Please continue to pray that God will guide me and that my time will be well spent.
Je Masee
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