March 2006

“The month of potty training!” Now that Kaden is officially 2 ½ and has an interest in going on the potty we have been slowly going for it. Doug got tired of consistently having accidents so he picked up the potty training in a day book, and did it with Kaden. It was so funny to watch Doug get a doll put a sponge in her making her go potty. The funny thing is it worked, for now. We are still having some accidents, but he is a big boy. You will hear him yelling “I’m a big boy” over and over again when he has to go as he is running for the bathroom!

I am still going down south to one of the rural areas Phuzumoya (poo-za-moy-ya) every Tuesday. I has been a challenge doing so as the teachers themselves do not know English very well. I have to have a translator with me at all times. Yet we are plugging away.

Doug had the opportunity to preach at the International church here on Sunday and it was phenomenal! One of the queen’s who often attends was there, which was pretty cool too. He preached on intimacy with God and it was very powerful. The next day one of my girl friends called and said she had brought a friend to church and she wanted to accept Christ in her life, but wanted to talk to Pastor Doug first. They both came over and had a nice long chat with Doug and I and right there in our living room she knelt down and accepted Christ into her life!! I have been with others accepting Christ, but this was different God was so pursuing Lynette it was amazing and she was soooo incredibly passionate about it. God is faithful.

In my devotions I came across something that came pretty profound to me:
In “My Beloved Disciple” by Beth Moore:
“have you ever exclaimed in exasperation, “God never lets me get away with anything?” have you ever noticed to, God seems particularly jealous with you? Then he refuses to allow you to do mindless and meaningless actgivities that He seems to toleralte in other believers? **He does so because you have proved to be a cooperative, fruit bearing child. He knows that you are his prime branch through whom He can be glorified.” Wow that one just hit me upside the head. To be completely honest this is how I sometimes feel when I am throwing my two year old tantrum “why me, why so far away, in Africa? Why not someone else? Why can’t I be at home where everything is normal?” then God reminds me, it is not about little me, there is more out there, I have found favor in God’s sight. As my pastors wife say’s “I am his favorite daughter!”