28 April 2010
The pace of life in South Africa is brilliant! I work hard during the day, try to tend to the spiritual needs and planning necessities of ministry, and then at night I crash. Which in all reality, I used to not be receptive to rest… life at Shades Mountain Baptist Church was full of to-dos, people to see, places to go. Because my life isn't as 'full' as it used to be, I now can come home 50% of the weekdays and just chill. I read, I write, I watch dvds on my laptop.
When I was in my junior and senior years in high school (way back in the day), I was truly hooked on the TV show Felicity. We had viewing parties at friend's houses, we talked about the drama at school the next day and religiously kept in touch with the life of Felicity. My friend Kendra (from TN) has all the episodes/seasons on dvd and has let me borrow the first two seasons thus far. I'm addicted. As stupid as I think the drama can be, it's a true guilty pleasure these days. Maybe it's because I don't have a TV and yearn for American dramas, but I also think it brings me back to my high school days with fond memories of hanging out with my friends and anxiously waiting for the next episode to show each week. Strange. I know. But I love that Felicity is back in my life!
I've gotten a little adventurous with my cooking these days. I long for Mexican and Greek so badly that I've put together some home-made concoctions that almost taste like American renditions of my favorite ethnic foods. I've made home-made salsa (Laural's recipe) with tortillas and avocado. I got creative and blended together some hummus -chic peas, olive oil, pesto, garlic. But my favorite has to be the Greek rice – plain white rice with herb feta and black olives.
I haven't learned to cook traditional South African meals yet, but I'm sure my time is coming. I'm doing good just to cook at the end of a long day in Capricorn!
Some of you have asked how driving is these days. It's a piece of cake! Praise the Lord I'm able to say that after only 3 months. I'm not a pro at the stick-shift yet, but I'm getting good! I've got a general lay of the land and can find my way home after every event I'm at. Driving on the left hand side of the road is natural now.
Each day is starting to feel like 'life.' I don't feel like a missionary; I don't feel like I'm out of place. It feels like I'm doing life here. Ministry is my career – just like it was in Alabama. So each day, I wake up and know that the Lord has great things ahead. Life here doesn't feel like Alabama. Life here is more dependent upon the Lord. I must greet each day with a breath of thankfulness and ask God to be in every action and every word spoken. I don't have the 'comfort' of ministry I once had… but I'm very thankful for that. I love depending on the Lord for each and every minute of the day.
So that's the update of some of the most basic things in my life. Praying you have to depend on the Lord for each breath too!
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