a little snippet from a great book...

"From time to time as she went about her work her heart fluttered, half with excitement, half with dread of the unknown, but whenever she remembered the thorn in her heart [seed of unconditional Love], she tingled from head to foot with the same mysterious sweetness. Love was for her too, even for her, crippled little Much-Afraid." (Hinds' Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard

It is amazing to think what God can do with his children...no matter how timid, or quiet or scared they may be. When that seed of love is planted in your heart, it makes the impossible possible. Getting back here would not have happened without God's provisions, and the support of those He has placed in my life. Today, I find comfort in the fact that in his arms and with Christ by our side, we are unconquerable....

It has been a quiet day of planning again at school. I am trying to take advantage of the free days to get a plan in mind and some materials ready for when the students return and when I start teaching. The convenience of Wal-mart is not here in Africa, so my mind is being stretched quite a bit! But I feel like I am making progress...slowly but surely....hoping that next week won't be a giant whirlwind. I think I am going to another babies' home tonight...depending on my schedule I would like to go back to one regularly during my time here. Loving Hearts Babies' Home (where I went on Monday) had a good number of little ones! They were all about three years old and under. The capacity of the home is 25 children, and I think they were pretty close to that! I asked what happened when they got older, and was told that they have never had to move a child elsewhere, all of them were adopted out, which is incredible. There was one baby that was about seven months old and I don't think even 10 pounds. Apparently, he was born premature and the malnourished on top of that. He is a happy little guy but so tiny...he has definitely been in my prayers, and I am hoping he can recover from his circumstances.

I'll keep the updates coming...love to all.