just a glimpse

So it's been awhile since I have posted. I have had many great attempts, but just have not gotten to it. The latest attempt was a week ago Sunday. It was the kick-off of our church's week long Missions Conference. It started with a special Missionary speaker Maria Howard from Mali West Africa, who spoke about passion with such passion. It was such a blessing to sit there listening to her heart for the Lord and for the lost Bozo of Mali. It was a special time as she prayed over Bob and I, and how beautiful it was to spend more time with her at lunch talking about her life in Mali and her continual words of wisdom to Bob and I. It touched and blessed us. Now we get to the part of when I attempted to write about this special encounter. That evening we kicked off Missions week with an International Dinner , when 10 minutes into dinner power was lost due to Ike rolling over Ohio. For many it was annoying but for me it was most exciting. What better way for people to understand Missions in the Third World, then to have loss of power. It was great, dinner by candlelight and a special speaker going with the flow using her soft voice with no microphone. It was amazingly awesome. And the greatness continued for us for a few more days w/out power. And all I could think about is how this is just a glimpse.......just a glimpse of how millions of people live each and every day. And might I add, with no complaints. For Bob and I and the kids it was a great glimpse of what may be ahead for us. We are in training by our Lord and Savior in ways that can only be controlled by him, and it's truly exciting~ I am thankful for the time we had Ike in Ohio~