An "Aha!" moment produced by a card shuffler
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Linda Krieg
May 30, 2019, 7:43:02 PM5/30/19
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News from Siawi land is scarce, though the flight in there this month did bring out a couple of letters from my Siawi friends. One from a young man and the other from an older guy-old in Siawi years, not USA ones.
The younger fellow, Jack, asks for prayer as he faces various trials and temptations. He finds himself falling into sin and then standing up again on God's Word-does that sound like something you often struggle with, too? Satan's temptations come, so just as Jack asks for prayer that God might strengthen him, so we all need it, don't we?
The "older guy" is a man, who as a teenager used to spend time on the hand pump at the back of my house, pumping water from the big water tank on the ground up to the header tank on my roof, so that I could have cold running water. That makes him about 40-45 years old, so well past his prime in a country where there is very little medical care and rampant malaria, infections, respiratory illnesses and untreated injuries. A 50 year old would be about like a 70 year old here. Mesiau faces a different struggle-he has marriageable age daughters and is concerned about to whom they will be wed. Actually, he probably has little say in the matter, since it is the maternal uncles who make those decisions-not the parents nor the young woman. We can pray, though, for the Lord's intervention and guidance as these decisions are made.
Oh, are you still waiting for the "Aha!" card shuffler moment? That came after I had tried out a new shuffler by shuffling two used very dissimilar decks of cards together and was trying to quickly separate them. I couldn't do it-not quickly. Instead, I had to look carefully at the card and decide to which pile it should go. Aha-I can no longer make good snap decisions. Thinking about it, I realized that all my honk-worthy driving incidents have fallen into that category. That was the moment that I knew it was time to quit ignoring the itch to my conscience about driving and hang up my keys.
Thankfully, the Lord has been helping me find solutions to my transportation needs-both through church family and friends, but also through other options that are available, like online buying. There will be challenges, of course, and I trust you'll be praying me through those.
Jack and Mesiau will appreciate your prayer support, as well as the leadership of Siawi Bible Church. It is encouraging to see them wanting to stand strong in God's truths and we can be a part in that.
While I'd like to see a lot more, there has been some progress with the Revelation Bible lessons. The Lord won't let me turn my back on that job, so please do keep praying.
How I love and appreciate you! I miss being able to swing by the various churches where brothers and sisters have been praying and giving so faithfully; but I'm hoping to at least be able to fly into my home church area and count on friends to come and see me, since I'm no longer driving.
Please do stay in touch and keep me updated on what the Lord is doing in and through your life. I know He is at work and will be until He takes us home.
Rejoicing in our great God and Savior,
Linda
Linda_Krieg(at)ntm.org
232 Brazil Court, Sanford, FL 32771
Ethnos360 Hdqts: 312 W 1st St, Sanford, FL 32771
www.ethnos360.org<http://www.ntm.org/>
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The younger fellow, Jack, asks for prayer as he faces various trials and temptations. He finds himself falling into sin and then standing up again on God's Word-does that sound like something you often struggle with, too? Satan's temptations come, so just as Jack asks for prayer that God might strengthen him, so we all need it, don't we?
The "older guy" is a man, who as a teenager used to spend time on the hand pump at the back of my house, pumping water from the big water tank on the ground up to the header tank on my roof, so that I could have cold running water. That makes him about 40-45 years old, so well past his prime in a country where there is very little medical care and rampant malaria, infections, respiratory illnesses and untreated injuries. A 50 year old would be about like a 70 year old here. Mesiau faces a different struggle-he has marriageable age daughters and is concerned about to whom they will be wed. Actually, he probably has little say in the matter, since it is the maternal uncles who make those decisions-not the parents nor the young woman. We can pray, though, for the Lord's intervention and guidance as these decisions are made.
Oh, are you still waiting for the "Aha!" card shuffler moment? That came after I had tried out a new shuffler by shuffling two used very dissimilar decks of cards together and was trying to quickly separate them. I couldn't do it-not quickly. Instead, I had to look carefully at the card and decide to which pile it should go. Aha-I can no longer make good snap decisions. Thinking about it, I realized that all my honk-worthy driving incidents have fallen into that category. That was the moment that I knew it was time to quit ignoring the itch to my conscience about driving and hang up my keys.
Thankfully, the Lord has been helping me find solutions to my transportation needs-both through church family and friends, but also through other options that are available, like online buying. There will be challenges, of course, and I trust you'll be praying me through those.
Jack and Mesiau will appreciate your prayer support, as well as the leadership of Siawi Bible Church. It is encouraging to see them wanting to stand strong in God's truths and we can be a part in that.
While I'd like to see a lot more, there has been some progress with the Revelation Bible lessons. The Lord won't let me turn my back on that job, so please do keep praying.
How I love and appreciate you! I miss being able to swing by the various churches where brothers and sisters have been praying and giving so faithfully; but I'm hoping to at least be able to fly into my home church area and count on friends to come and see me, since I'm no longer driving.
Please do stay in touch and keep me updated on what the Lord is doing in and through your life. I know He is at work and will be until He takes us home.
Rejoicing in our great God and Savior,
Linda
Linda_Krieg(at)ntm.org
232 Brazil Court, Sanford, FL 32771
Ethnos360 Hdqts: 312 W 1st St, Sanford, FL 32771
www.ethnos360.org<http://www.ntm.org/>
[https://ethnos360.org/logo/ethnos360-email-signature-2017-04-30.png]
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