Mind Attacks

I was wrong! My camera was not taken! What a lesson these past few days have been for me! What a mind trip!!! Pray with me, will you, that I see clearly what it is the Lord is trying to teach me with all that has happened. I believe He has a lesson in it all and I'm so grateful that it was the week-end when this all took place as it was a major distraction! Frighteningly so, in a time, energy consuming way! My mind was a battle field and there were land minds going off all over the place!

Other fearful things ......Tamara on the balcony of her room when a huge swarm of bees ......a big black cloud of them descended......there are no screens up there either! She came running down to my room crying out to shut the windows! My windows all have screens down here and there was no danger, no one else was around and no one was stung!

Interesting how the enemy of my soul can take me if I give him a toehold in my thoughts. I don't want to go into much detail but suffice it to say I've had to confess some sinful, wrong thinking about someone and well, things are the same but I can move forward as I long for God to be able to use me......cleaned vessel daily offered up to Him for His service.

......How great is our God and what a comfort He gave to me from Psalms 34-37.
Today the three of us women attended Pastor Augustine's church with Tom. Tamara give a message and I gave a children's lesson talking about the eagles my brother counts in the Canadian Rockies.....mentioning that those eagles know where to go.....It's amazing how can they know the way!? There are no signs that tell them the route to take ...but God shows them the way and how His word is so important in knowing the way to God and how to live once we have come to know Him as Savior.
Tomorrow I will be going to the property that Pastor Augustine wants to build on to take pictures for Vickie.
Emmanuel will be coming back later in the day and so I plan of using this delay for prep time, however that can change as I don't know if the Ladies are coming starting tomorrow or not.

I had the honor of attending another wedding on Saturday. This was just one hour church service long but it was for a friend of Tom's who remembered me from two years ago at the Youth Worker's Seminar that Joshua, Evelyn and I put on the first time we came to Rwanda.
Lots of weddings going on here. Must be lots of cows being exchanged too...I asked Tom if they were given....."oh yes!" That's the bride's price!

Also, on Saturday I accompanied Tamara and Tom up those 6+ flights of stairs to the radio station where a whole hour was given to her to speak! At the end many called in to ask for prayer. This is a country where many children are fatherless......and the consequences so very painful .....abandonment, no money for school, poverty, but Tamara was used in a mighty way to speak truth about practical ways of helping those experiencing grief from loss. I had the privilege of seeing God answer our prayers for wisdom and just the right words of help and hope from the Father God's own heart for these hurting people. The radio Children's pastor will be attending my ESL classes this week too as many in his audience are learning English now too at school.
The mosquitos are bad tonight. I'm set however! The people who left gave me their repellent! That, added to what I brought should last all summer!!
Well, random as all this is, I want to thank you for praying for me/us! God is meeting me with His peace in every circumstance once again! I know it's because people are praying that fear is gone! I expect troubles but I know the Lord will be my help! Psalms 62.....My rock, my fortress and very present help in times of trouble!Praise Him! Imana ee sheemway!
Yesu alrago koonda! (Jesus love you!) CHA NAY (very much!)