Patience

It’s been a difficult few months here. We are waiting to start building. We are waiting on our visas being renewed. Everything is taking so long. It sometimes seems like we are adrift and quite alone.

More than ever, we miss the fellowship and all the familiar faces and conveniences of home. So, we petitioned God for answers and help and direction. I found myself asking God to show me that He was still near.

I think perhaps that it is only in these uncertain, discouraging times that I truly seek God. What if these sleepless nights are what it takes to know He is near? What if, what I feel is a difficult time, is the means by which God helps me to let go of my ways, and adopt His Ways?

Monday morning, the director of the school in Aningas told me that she had written a petition, and the town people had signed it, telling the authorities about how much they wanted us to stay here, and asking the Federal Police to please renew our visas.
This morning, Valda’s husband Van told me how much Valda has changed since she got saved. He said that what she has is real!

If there are months that are hard, there are also reminders, just like these, of the real reason we are here.
Please continue to pray for us. Pray that God has His way with us, and it makes us more like the Lord Jesus Christ, and less like our same old selves.

But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness (‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬ AMP)