It was only about a month ago that we decided to go on this trip – so we had a very small window to get organized before we left. As we were getting ready I had a very strong feeling that there was no way to have everything worked out before we got here. We had a very loose idea of what we wanted to get. But to come to Congo is not a hop and a skip from the US – it’s more of a jump, a leap, and then strap on your rocket pack and you will land there in about 36 hours. So the investment was weighing heavy on me to have it figured out before we got here.

When we arrived I wanted to organize. So, on day two we tore up a pad of paper and wrote the dates we will be here on each sheet. Then we created a bunch of other sheets with different things we hoped to accomplish, creating a make-shift calendar on one of the walls in the house we are in (if you have read this blog in the past you know that this is how I stay pseudo-organized). But I was still feeling like I couldn’t have everything in place.

Have you ever hoped that you were doing the right thing – but you weren’t totally sure that you were? I remember once reading in the Bible that Jonathan, the son of the king of Israel was going to battle with an enemy – and all he had with him was his servant. And so they’re sitting on the side of this hill – and the guys that they’re there to fight are on the other side. And then Jonathan says the strangest thing to his servant… he says “Let’s do this – Perhaps God will be with us.”

I read that, and was thinking “What???”

“Perhaps the Lord will be with us!”

Then these two guys go over the hill to the small army on the otherside and defeat them all.

I think that I felt the same way when I came to Congo this time. I wasn’t really sure what I was doing. Did we really need to come back? Will we find something new that will help tell the story of the people of Congo? Perhaps God will provide?

So far He has. We have been getting things that we never expected!