Hello to everyone! I am sorry that I have not written in a while. Last Saturday until this past Wednesday I was living with an Ivorian family. I was with the family of one of the clinic workers here. Her name is Natalia. Her and her husband have three children as well as her sister that live with them. Living with them was a very good experience although it was a lot more challenging then I expected. I did not expect to miss my own family so much by staying with them but I did. I felt really out of my comfort zone, which I am sure it exactly where the Lord wanted me to be. I was hot and sweaty most of every day because they had no fans and we had to walk everywhere we went. Even though there way of life is hard and I wasn't very good at it, I really had a wonderful time with them. They were so gracious and so kind. They really are a wonderful Christian family and I feel so blessed to have had the privilege to be a part of their lives for a few days. I had the morning off today so I did not go into the clinic like I have the rest of the week. I did some much needed laundry and just sort of relaxed. This afternoon I had a tropical medicine lecture and then spent some time talking with a wonderful missionary family here. Tomorrow morning I am in the clinic again. It will be my next to last time there. Monday will be my last day at the clinic. Tuesday will be a free day and Wednesday we leave for Abidjan and I fly out of there on Thursday. It is hard to believe that three weeks have almost come and gone. Unfortunately I feel that I am right in the middle of processing my time here. I don't really know what to say of my time here thus far. I am sure eventually I will come to a conclusion about it. I know there have been some lessons learned, some hard things witnessed and some good times, but I don't know where everything fits just yet. Once again I know I will have to be silent and wait on the Lord. I am confident that he will reveal what needs revealing in his time. As for now... I am missing my family... I will be leaving in a few days with lots to think about and knowing only one thing for sure... Africa has left her dusty footprint on my heart. The purpose.. I guess I will have to wait and find out.
I love and miss you all. I am not able to use the internet that much in the next few days, so I will try to get one more post before I get home..
can't wait to see you all!!!
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Sweet Amber,
I was so glad to get your recent post. I miss you so much and am so
Blessed to be able to read about what God is doing in your life there. We are going to take your sisters with us to Branson Friday and Saturday, We Love YOu,
Tina and the gang
I am so glad I found this blog before you got back! I saw it written on the dry-erase boards in one of the Sunday School classrooms and have been wanting to look it up, even during this busy time.
Anyway, what a great blog. I just sat down and read through the whole thing...it's made me rather homesick...but in a good way.
Isn't it true, though? Being beautiful just seems easier there. Also, the realization of our desperate condition in sin and the truth that only God can save is so much easier to see there.
I am SO happy you got to stay with an Ivorian family! What a privilege. During my last summer there I was able to stay with a Pastor's family in Abidjan and I learned to love every minute of it. It sounds like you had a wonderful time.
Please, PLEASE greet the Bledsloes for me...well, for all the Andersons. And M. Henri and Mme. Evette and their family if you see them.
May God grant you safe journeys back, and may He clarify the work He has set out for you. Hopefully we can talk when you get back. :D
Yours in Christ,
Cara Anderson
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