Swing the Pendulum...

Prior writing mistakenly put aside...

It has been far too many days away from here and away from Africa... Spiritual warfare takes place for me as it does for everyone, I too am tested constantly. It's okay and I have learned to be greatful for it as it helps me to conform to my true path, it is perhaps a bit of healthy criticism from HIM and isn't that what is at the root of all my praying? In solitude my connection to God is at it's highest level and I am very open to his teachings and to the instincts he has fine tuned inside of me. My desire grows to be face to face with people with such depth of spirit that expect so little. If I can raise that bar for a few with my hands and my heart I will be Spiritually full up. A team of us can do much good, this I know. I'll know when it is time to proced with what it will require to pull a ministry together. There are many, many things that need doing here before we can put cement onto blocks to build a Camp there...Learning to discipline myself and accomplish these tasks will be harder for me than caring for sick children. Discipline will ultimately help to get that first cement block in place and keep it there.

Africa is waging some very heavy Spiritual Warfare right now and it at times weighs on me. I have come to realize it can make my heart heavy and tire me. It makes it very hard to not simply board a plane. It is probably good right now I can't afford to do that as I have a lot of work to do in the immediate future in preparation. There have been a few coups in the last few months making it seem that it is as a nation suffering spiritual aftershocks and I believe it in fact is.

The desperation, that need that runs so deep has in an absolute form, turned to evil in the weaponry of Piracy, oppression and rampant murder. The entire Country seems impervious almost to any attempt at making and keeping laws in place. Yes of course there are parts of the Nation that are more stable than others but overall when one place starts to unravel yet again, another soon follows. WHAT can possibly fix this broken Country other than the power of Hope and Faith placed in the hands and the hearts of these people? My impossibly naive heart wants to believe that we can swing the pendulum if we band together in numbers as foot soldiers of God. FIRST...we must overcome our own obstacles whether they be that of apathy, fear, greed or countless other flaws that are seemingly contagious. Seems much of civilization has forgotten that a full and meaningful life is one that affects the world for the better, we surely were born knowing this intrinsically. How is it we forget? Mimi Nakupenda, Malaika~ “My grace is enough; it’s all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)