Greetings from the Village of Hope from Bobbie Lynn!
I have been priviledged to witness and slowly begin to understand the power and importance of prayer. As I stated earlier in regards to the prayer sessions we've had and how the people here and especially missionaries we've come in contact with and their prayers, it is so incredibly necessary. My life in America is relatively easy and most of the day to day is mundane and I just sort of coast mostly there. It doesn't mean I need God any less - I just found I didn't realize how much I needed to communicate with Him there. Here, where life at least seems more complicated and not quite so normal, I find I can't get along without Him. When we were at the retreat, Camille acted like she was sick and didn't feel well. I had not taken many meds with me there and my stuff at the VOH was 2 hours away. I simply prayed to God and explained my predicament and asked for His mercy and healing. She settled right down and God took care of it. Now I also realize He could have let her be sick, but at least I chose to pray and try to trust that He knew best and would get me through no matter which way it went. When you are so hot and there is no breeze and you think you just can't take it anymore - you find yourself turning to God! There are so many needs and you just can't meet them all nor can you do much about them physically, but you can always pray! So, I remind myself and encourage you to turn everything and anything over to God in prayer.
We are nearing the end of our stay here. Please pray for us as we have to say good bye to so many precious people and transition back to home, as well as for our safe travel. Thursday will be a very long day. We leave the VOH around 4:30am and are "supposed" to arrive in Nashville around 8:30 or 9pm! Whew! We will try to give more specific details either in emails or on the blog later! Hopefully we will make our 10 hour flight from Accra to New York - yet another prayer request! We are very anzious to see everyone! We shold arrive in Knoxville Friday afternoon/evening. It will depend on how easily we can leave family in Nashville!!! We just want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts who contributed in some way to our being able to come here. We love and appreciate you all so very much. Please continue praying God's will and guidance as we make decisions.
God bless you and and Lord willing we will be seeing your smiling faces soon!