Some reflections

I've been meaning to post this for a while now but when I got home things got busy as you can imagine. I've been back for a little over a month and I've had a lot of opportunities to talk to people one-on-one about the trip.

One of the blessed things I did during the trip was to jot some answers to the question, "Where have I seen God this week?" This was inspirted by one of our nightly devotions. Here are a few of my answers:

1. In the faces of the children smiling as they clutched onto their net.
2. In the smiles of the mothers as their children received shots, medicine, and nets.
3. In the caring faces of the nurses and doctors as they served.
4. In the passion of church volunteers that explained the how and why to use the nets.
5. In the work of UMC agencies, UN Foundation, NGO's, Ivorian governemnt, and the Ivorian UMC coming together to do a great thing for the people of Cote d' Ivoire.
6. In the older siblings who brought their younger siblings to the sites.
7. In my fellow teammates who worked long hours to get the nets out.
8. In our Ivorian UMC coordinators who took care of us all work.
9. In the instant friendship of the Ivorian college students who were our interpreters.
10. In the realization that by the grace of God that the nets got to the people.

These are just a few but they are my favorites.