Robin's Missions

Beware of the blog, it creeps and leaps and glides and slides....oh wait, that's the blob. :)

It's been a great week at Harvesters (www.htrn.org)- I preached today at the women's fellowship on campus--MAN! If we worshipped with as much gusto we would have no need for the gym- I worked up a major sweat just praising...I mean sweat rolling and dropping off my nose- no mere glistening...the sweat that calls for a shower! then i had to preach! talk about transitions- It was a great warm up for the pastors wives conference next week, I keep trying out material on the women here- And it gets me used to pausing for translation! And it was definately a time where I could feel God's presence- some of the women teared up a bit-- God was up to something. :)

We had a big paint brush to get the dorms painted. TOO big for most things...so, back to kindergarden for me, fingers make great paintbrushes. I understand why we don't let small kids use oil based paints for fingerpainting, it just doesn't seem natural to soak your fingers in gasoline to get paint off. After all I think I grew up being taught NOT to play with gas! None the less the rooms were a HUGE success! YIPEE! One girls room has large flowers and the other butterflies... I finished one of the guys rooms with a big ol' soccer ball and stars ...looks fun...then the boys came in... oooh, they said... then a pause..."where are our flowers?" So now they have flowers, and a bat... they did not however get a giant snake!

On a sadder note, we saw a baby girl die this week-- she aspirated on her own vomit--I remember seeing the nurses run full speed to the clinic- We prayed, we waited, we eventually mourned. Several of the kids are on close watch because they're having similar problems-- it's a hard thing to see- It's weighed on all our hearts this week.

Who remembers the Oakland hills fire? Oooh, well the conditions (dry and windy) have been about the same. I was in the dining area last night and i saw HUGE flames leaping up, the sky was orange and it was close- It made my heart jump a bit. It's the first time I've ever run to a fire (another thing I was taught not to play with) and a bunch of the older boys made a fire breaker-I love that they tried to save the mango trees over the togals (homes)--priorities in place, eh? They came back with their chests puffed up with pride feeling like total heros. Overall, it wasn't scary, there was remarkable calm, once we realized it was controlable- We were just thankful the wind had changed direction! Too bad there aren't marshmellows in Sudan it would have made a great extreme campfire. Today we're thankful for a spot of rain!

I leave Yei in just over 2 weeks so i am hoping to post again, if not I'll post in the states again- It all depends on the ever spotty internet access... as I'm leaving free constant internet when I go back to YWAM either tomorrow (Sunday) or the day after- And remember, "Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan" (Exodus 22:22)

I love Sudan...and I'm still dreaming about an art mission...I'm beginning to write down all the stuff I'd need- I wonder if I'll be back here...I really love the people- It's not easy, but that's not what I signed up for- I signed up to live life and live it abundantly...St. Irenaeus said, "The glory of God is man fully alive.", and that's what I intend to be- I'll fight for it...seriously...pump my own water the rest of my days? If that's what it means to live, ok!

Oh yeah,and there are these "things" that look like a cross between a rat and a squirrel... not to mention there are lizards living in my ceiling.