God is good! Once again, His provision comes in unpredictable yet amazing ways.
I have been considering purchasing a small trailer in which to store whatever belongings I still have here in the states when I take off for Cameroon. Though they seem terribly expensive, it would still be WAY cheaper than paying for storage for a couple of years. My parents got word of someone wanting to sell a trailer (14 foot I think) for a really reasonable price, so they called him to check it out. Though he lives an hour or two away from them, he was going to be in their area tonight, so volunteered to bring it along to save them a trip. As it turns out, the young man is a pastor, had purchased it for a similar reason (though he ended up not needing it), and gave them an even BETTER deal than they had anticipated. My dad is going to have to do some work on it to ensure it is water-tight and critter-proof, but it sounds like that shouldn’t even be too difficult.
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As I plant myself behind the keyboard in hopes of putting the many thoughts bouncing around in my head to paper, I am completely distracted by a fly buzzing around my room. It has been circling without landing for several minutes now as both my cat and I sit mesmerized. How can something so tiny may so much noise and so completely capture my attention?! Now that the buzzing has stopped, I wonder what God is trying to teach me through this fly. That may sound silly, but such an annoying and useless creature MUST have SOME purpose. Right? Well, my brief trip into the land of google didn’t produce anything terribly exciting about flies, but the thought remains and is joined by an acute awareness of the many mosquito bites that cover the lower 18 inches of my legs. Perhaps today the fly is simply a reminder that no matter how small or how much of a nuisance, it is ALL a part of God’s grand design. Maybe a good reminder as we head back to school tomorrow. . . May the Lord help me to always be aware of the overflowing love He has for every single child who walks through my classroom door from the quietest to the loudest, from the most compliant to the most obnoxious. Let me see them as God sees them.