a big, big house…

It’s a big, big house with lots and lots of beds,

A big, big, porch with lots and lots of shoes,

A big, big yard where we can camp outside,

It’s a big, big house…

It’s AIM’s white team house…

That’s right my house is full and overflowing!! We had almost 60 people move in on Saturday, for a week. They are a group of American AIM members who are all going to be doing missions in Africa, and are here for a week of training and ministry. We’ve had ‘Seattle weather’ the last week, so it’s no shoes in the house and messy floors. So once again it’s to the extremes of community living. I have grown so used to basically living on my own, I share the house with Basil and Stephanie but we live in separate parts of the house. So the concept of noise all the time, a dirty house, and knowing that things from my fridge and pantry are going to disappear is a bit difficult to get used to again. I don’t mind having teams in, but normally I think of about 15 – 20 people, anything over that is just a bit much.

So please pray for me this week. That I will be patient, gracious, and hospitable this week, and that I will not spend all my time at work and in my room but will have the courage to get to know some of these crazy Americans. Also I am going down to South Africa for the weekend. On of the ladies here has put together a ‘women’s retreat’ for the missionary women. We are going to go spend the weekend at a Bed and Breakfast in Neilsprite, and watch some videos by Beth Moor. I am really needing the break and some infilling. Pray that it is a time of rest and rejuvenation for all the women going. That we will walk away closer to God and with some new friends.