Great God!

It is often all too easy to become caught up in our present situations of life: The urgency of the now; The troubles of the moment; that problem right in front of you!

Since coming to Kenya, we have been confronted by incredible needs. After a while, the temptation is to shut yourself off. And to allow our energies to be absorbed by all the little things and the ineffective systems of Kenya (Like the three hours it took to retrieve a parcel from the central Kenyan postal office, good night!). We struggle with becoming cynical and even bitter over the very battles that we have come to enter into. And they are battles, wearying and relentless.

When we do stop to look back, it can seem that so little has been accomplished and that the same needs remain. We doubt this is anything peculiar to Kenya. We can all become overwhelmed by life and suffering.

But what gives us hope is found in our faith that God hasn't left us to solve the problems on our own. In fact, the battle is already won, we are all part of the playing out of that victory. Our little efforts, our small sacrifices, and even our weak perseverance some how fits into what our Masterful Creator is doing in the world. Somehow, faith allows our fitful cries of "Great God!" to become reverent confessions. God is Great and God is not finished with this world.

In Prayer:

* We hope you will join us in praying for God to expand our faith and our appreciation of just how Great God is.

* On May 30th, we will be going to court for Ava's adoption. We are praying that everyone who needs to be there will be present for the morning court proceedings, and that there will be no barriers to the adoption.

* Over the next three weeks, we will be traveling throughout Kenya with a group of pastors and graduate students coming from across Canada and Kenya to form the 2008 Praxis Class. Please pray a safe journey for the Canadians who will be arriving on Saturday evening, and for our travelling together throughout the coming weeks.

* Please be in prayer for two of the women in Eastleigh with whom Erica has been serving over the past year. Both have delivered babies this week, and praise God the children are both very healthy. But, in both cases the mothers are struggling without much in the way of resources. One of the Somali mothers has suffered from heavy bleeding and family members were gathered today to give blood for her for a transfusion. Thank you for lifting them in prayer.


ALSO: We came across this fantastic blog post on Shrinking God and highly recommend it! You can click on this link or use the address below to check it out for yourself! Blessings and peace!



http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/2008/05/212-shrinking-god.html