We drove down yesterday and - oh my goodness - there was soooooo much water!!! Water coming from everywhere... the sky, running down the mountains/hills, coming through the holes in the walls. It was so crazy, Petula kept saying "I have never seen it rain like this here..." The roads were like starting to flood; and there were even a few mud slides. There was one point where we had to sit and wait for them to clear the mound of dirt (mud) on the road. It was a beautiful drive down though.
Our meetings are at Mark & Viviane's house. We had a few devotions that we worked through. Actually, Petula's pastor from the States made a pod cast for us on the 2 devotion sessions. It was almost as though he was here with us. They were really good, I got a lot out of them. Last night we talked about timelines and plans and how God's timing is not always our timing (hardly ever actually). It was about how we need to be patient and wait - God has amazing plans for our lives and while right now we want things 'here and now' God is working on His time. This is something that I am working through because I really struggle with the unknown. My parents remind me of this constantly and while I know it in my head it is hard to actually be patient and wait. Then this morning the session was on now worrying. It was the whole 'don't worry about tomorrow' thing. You can guess that if I don't like the unknown then I also am working through this. But when you really think about it, time is so precious so why would you waste time today worrying about something that may or may not happen in the future? You miss out on what God is giving you now when you worry about the future. I really really enjoyed these.
We also had some business meetings, so Allix and I got to see this side of missionary life. This was interesting for me to sit in on and listen to. I knew about this sort of stuff but I don't think I ever really took time to think that this was actually part of it all.
