Just some random thoughts

Being here has already made me realize so much. Life here is so simple and seemingly "hard." Howevr, I am finding a simple life brings much joy. I love the life here in Ghana so much. From washing clothes and bathing in buckets to peeing and sleeping outside. Tonight we went visiting with some of the Christians in this Muslim nation to encourage them. They have many hardships and and rejection from their own family, but they all had one thing in common: joy. I have learned that that is one thing no one can take from you. Anther thing i have come to understand is when Paul said he became all things to all people. Now, i understand that may mean sleeping in a hut, washing clothes and bathing in buckets, peeing in the woods, and even roling in the dirt so you will be dirty like them. This is all worth it and i count it all joy...if only one person comes to know Christ. Life is so fragile and short. Im all in. I am betting EVERYTHING on the hope of eternity. I will spend my life for the cause of Christ. Some find it as pure foolishness, but i find it as totally surrendered. Something is wrong if our lives make sense to unbelievers. So, whatver i do may seem crazy, wreckless, and insecure but i am "just a pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the whole world." (Mother Teresa)