Getting Ready

So we've been getting the house ready all this week to be team-ready by the end of June. One month sounds like a good amount of time to finish stuff, but we leave next week for a 4-day tour of Bongolo Hospital about 8-9 hours south and then a 6-day tour of Franceville east of Libreville. We then have a week before teams start to come down. So back to getting the house ready.

We have a new dining/eating area for teams and have been working to get it screened in and walls cleaned/painted. Also have a new guys' bunkhouse that needs work (floors, walls, windows maintenance) and also working on little details inside the regular house. This work just means that it won't be very long until high school students will be roaming around here.

I am excited for teams to arrive, not only the fact of more males in the house, but also the spread of God's work in Libreville. We (the STMO staff) are here to support the national C&MA church in Gabon and the teams' presence only testifies to others in the US that the Gabonese church is alive and well. The fact of males in the house does give me motivation for getting to the end of June. It is different living with 5 other girls (soon to be 7 other girls with the 2 arriving on Monday night) and not having any other college guys around. God continues to work through this situation though. I guess living with them 24/7 isn't so bad because they continue to teach me many things. I am glad that we are working as one team with the common goal of glorifying our Savior. I knew that there were others that love to serve and have the passion to go other places outside of the US, but this summer puts it into perspective. It also puts into perspective that Gabon, for me, is not my only mission field. I can't wait to get back and start next school year because of my new freshman hall. That is another field I am excited to minister and instruct in. God continues to show me the essence of missions and ministering to His people: no matter where they are or who they are.