So things are going very well here for sure, eenice, as some would say. I have a big house all to myself (well mostly it is a duplex), I have three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen in which I am learning to cook. It is a good life, and God has been blessing me.
But oh no, hold on, this is not a vacation, so not be jumping to that conclusion as I discuss how God has been greatly blessing me. I have been very, very busy. In honest truth I am rarely even at my house at least during the day. My work so far is threefold. I have become what in Canada would I guess be called the Sunday School superintendant. I make sure on sunday mornings at 9 that all the teachers are where they are suppost to be, that they are teaching their lessons, I make sure they have their cirriculum at the beginning of each new seaons as I have just had to do, as I get to pick it out for them. I am still very new in all the responsibilities that have been given to me, and I am still growing in them. The second part of my responsibilities is to Kids Club on Sunday afternoons. It is from 3-5 and I have pretty much set up the detials and order to this full program and am constantly working to help move forward all the kids ministry programs in effectiveness and organization. That's kind of what I am here to do it seems, be a servant to the leaders in kid's ministry by helping to empower them in the ministry they do by helping, suggesting, organizing and planning as much as I can. That is the essence I guess of my job description here. The third part of my job right now is these two new kid's Church cells that are starting up next weekend. One at my house and another next door in the duplex. That will be on saturdays at 4. So there is a lot that is going on, and my weekends are seriously packed. During the week, it is all sorts of planning, preparing, random office work, etc., Doing anything I can to help facilitate and better equip every area of children's ministry at Kigali CLA.
You now may ask yourself, how can you do all that? Youve barely done anything like that before except for help as a leader at kids and youth ministry programs before. And I say to you I have no idea other than by God's grace alone. God is really doing some awesome stuff in me, and I am drawing nearer to God in my devotional life than I ever have before, praying, reading the Bible and spending time in a spirit of worship. It is a very good life for sure, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I really do not know how to do or handle all that I am doing. I am getting a bit of help from Sherry Komant, as she is sort of like my boss here, but God is directing me and helping me to become the leader He wants me to be. It is incredibly challenging, but I am here or a challenge, that I can only accomplish with God's help, so let's have the challenges continue to roll in.
I am still working on some issues, like transportation. That's a large one. Hopefully sometime soon I will be able to get a moped and that will make getting around a lot easier. As for now I stick to taking the bus, which is just a large, white van packed usually with about 19 Rwandans, and then of course me when I use it, and also motorbike taxis have been a very useful way to get around as well. I am getting quite comfortable with riding on the back of motorbikes. Ive had some experience with it before, but never this much though. And I haven't burnt my leg yet or even come close, how great is that? (If you don't understand that it's okay it's more an inside thing).
Adapting to Rwandan culture is coming along slowly. I am picking up my French again rather quickly, and am even picking up some Kinyarwanda slowly. Im not tanned black just yet, but Im sure I will get there. Kigali is really starting to get into the dry season, so the whole area is starting to become a bit of a dustpit. What I mean by that, is that does is building up the ground everywhere. I hear at its peak of the season, the dust is two inches on the ground and whenever a vehicle goes by it goes up into the air and leaves a huge cloud that stays there for quite sometime. I am already really starting to see this.
Anyways, there is my brief entry on what exactly is going on. I promise I will try to make my entries more regular than once every month and a half. And I think I should be able to now. Thankyou for reading and keep diligent with checking my site enough to see that I have updated it again after all this time. Thankyou and God bless. Pray for me, I need Him more than ever right now
