Uncertainties Of Life
In the past year, the Lord has taken me from no place to live to a place to live; no electric for months to “daily” electric; no refrigeration to adequate refrigeration; not being able to get a good day's work done to being able to get a good day's work done. I have gone from not knowing if I was to stay in Haiti to knowing the Lord is not finished with me here; from confusion in the direction of my ministry to receiving renewed and new directions. Things are still not set and changes are still accruing as the Lord continues to guide me daily into other avenues I have not yet entered. Please pray that I will make wise decisions in my choices. One thing I have learned is that there is never a lack of opportunities for ministry; the question is which does the Lord want for me? The Lord has shown me that the teachers are able to do the training etc without my assistance, although they do desire my presence as a helper in ideas, translation, support and encouragement. In the past several months, I have received more and more invitations to do work with ladies' groups and to help the wife of the Pastors in a variety of areas. This would enable them to then teach their ladies. Yet I desire to finish the Teacher Training translation and teaching visuals to go with them before I start anything new.
Along with the move to my new lodging a year ago in May, came a different area to live. The other three places I lived were in the same general area. I am finding this one to be very different. One thing I like about it is that places are easy to walk to and everything you would need is close by. It is definitely noisier, more polluted and has more traffic congestion. Yet the biggest difference and hardest to get use to is the sense that I am in a different Haiti. The area is more affluent, thus the people are more upper-class and do not look like the Haitians I am used to seeing. Also, I have found the language to be different. There is more French being mixed with the Creole or strictly French being spoken. Susan Perkins, Haiti |