Just A Little Bit More

My colleague apologized this week if she has been irritable to me or bitter. She has been struggling with living here in Tamale. And I told her I was on the other emotional side-- tears and whines living here in Tamale. For what?  For anything someone says to me. If the power goes out, I want to cry. If someone advises me in a way I would not prefer, I want to cry. When I think of how NOT far I have come in language, I want to cry. When I am sweaty and have to take another shower I want to cry. A bit ridiculous, eh? But I am on the verge of exhaustion. Or maybe I am already exhausted and just cannot push it any more but know that I have to.I have to just push it one more week. I will get a long break starting Saturday when some special visitors arrive!! I am so excited!! My mantra has been, "just keep swimming" like in Finding Nemo when Dora sing-songs it.Again, though, I cannot tell you how God is so so so so so next to me. My quiet times are full of his encouragement and steadfast love. I have been so tired, yet, I go to bed excited to be with Him in the morning. HOW COOL IS THAT??! I was even thinking I need to make my time in the morning longer because it goes too fast and I have to hurry it up towards the end. I never thought this would be me!! Maybe it is worth struggling and being exhausted if God is so loud and clear. If it was a trade off, I think I would have to go with God!At our team meeting. I was looking around at the crazy multicultural-ness of it all. We are from so many different places and speak so many different languages. Yet, we all love God. We all have been called here by God. I was thinking about how each one of us has a gift that will help our team thrive and accomplish God's mission here in the Northern Region. It made me giggle a bit that God delights in this colorful-crazyness of His plan that He wants me a part of. Like, billion-gazillion years ago He was like, "ok...as for Sherri, I am going to put her here and she will do this and this. Oh, yes, what a great plan for her." And it is a great plan. Though, the problems with being so diverse rival the positives of being so diverse! Ahhh!! But there is just a better sense of what eternity will be like one day. And aren't we supposed to keep our eyes on eternity? I tell you, sometimes that is the only thing that gets me thru the day :)I have a week to go. Then my visitors. And with them some holiday time. And then some retreat time. Keep on Praying. Love you.