God Moment Memoirs

This is our driver John. We love John. John drives the Coaster and keeps us safe. Did I mention we love John????  Morning devotions on our first day of service in Rwanda were shared by Laura Seifert from  Yes Ministries  and I didn't realize until Wednesday how significant the message was to me. She talked about when the disciples said "yes" to Jesus' invitation to go over to the other side and how they got in the boat with the expectation of smooth sailing. Of course, when the storm raged, they accused Jesus of not caring if they perished and after He calmed the seas He uttered that famous question, "Why are you still fearful, O you of little faith?" The point I jotted down in my journal was that when we say yes and get in the boat, there is an experiential lesson to be learned there with Jesus and it often takes a storm to get us to see it. I knew that to be true. I think I was just looking back at the truth of those words instead of forward. Thi...

Pictures!! So many pictures to sort through! We had the privilege of having Serah, staff photographer for ANL in our Jeep for the trip. I handed off my camera to him a few times and so any good pictures were likely taken by him! We also set up a photo sharing page for all of our pictures from the trip, so many of the pictures on the blog were not taken by me. Sun rising over the lake at Akagera Game Lodge Baboon!!! The baboons sneak in to the lodge area and hang out looking for food. I wish I took a picture of the full page of warnings and instructions in our room. At first I thought it was overkill, but then on our way back from dinner, just as someone asked if we had seen any of them, one dropped down from the balcony right in front of us. Women. So, of course there was screeching and panic (the instructions said to remain calm) and hasty running and pushing into our room (the instructions also said not to run). Total fail on our part. There were a few brave souls out wa...