Day 12- January 7, 2011

Fast-forward more than 12 hours later from the last throwing up deal I shared about to about now, and I finally have the strength to write in my journal. I threw up directly after I laid the pencil down from yesterday’s journaling and then I continued through team time with zero nutrients in my body cause they were all scattered on the ground. I had to pray and sing worship songs in my head to give me energy and luckily, God answers prayer, and it helped incredibly, but by the time we got back to the boma from the laga, I basically passed out. This sucked big time because my sub-team was in charge of the Jesus film that night. You see, every night this week we set up a projector, screen, generator, and DVD player to show the Jesus film that has been translated so these people can understand. Afterwards, we have one person share their testimony and another person present the Gospel, Jordan and Sanders, respectively, last night. I could only pray for them since Mama Zavakos told me that I had to lie down and sleep. This was tough to do but this whole experience was the most humbling time I’ve ever gone through! You see, often people that love to serve find it awkward and really difficult to be served. Well, everyone on the entire team served me in some way or another. This was pretty awesome to see and experience. Well, after multiple times of waking up in the middle of the night feeling sick or… getting sick, here I am at 5:30 in the morning watching the sunrise with my Lord. Yep, the beauty and majesty of it all is pretty amazing! Today we are doing the food outreach, which will be awesome just to see the gratitude on each of the people’s faces. Though there has been a tremendous language barrier, there are some things like a smile or laugh that is universal.

A question I asked myself went farther than expected in my thoughts throughout the day… “Which would have been better, to get sick at the beginning of the trip or at the end, like I did?” Well, I realized that the end was the best time because it even makes the transition easier. Leaving Turkana is going to be tough, but going 2 entire days on 10-30% energy keeps the emotional good-byes at bay little more than they would be. I’m going to miss these “warriors of God” that I’ve gotten to meet, and I’ll definitely be praying for them daily. They have showered me with wisdom and love and serving so incredibly much… that’s the only showering that’s been going on for the past 9 days though! But you know what, now that I have time to sit down and think about the people and experiences that I’m going to have leave… it’s kinda eating at me. Hopefully the page I’m writing on doesn’t get ruined from tears… haha ok, I’ll be fine… hopefully. This will be the best night of sleep in The Bush, the last night sleeping under the (visible) Milky Way, the last night…

Well, I took a break from journaling to worship and pray in the church with these “warriors”. Such an amazing experience! God has really blown Himself up in my life throughout this trip, and I love it! Goodnight, it’s now time to watch shooting stars like this for the last time…

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