One hurdle behind me...

Yesterday I received a recommendation from my district.... Yes, I've actually been approved to represent North Texas as a Missionary Associate to Mozambique! I was really worried about being interviewed by six pastors, but it all went very well, and they even told me they were quite impressed with me! Who'd a thunk? I still don't think I'm all that special, but then I know myself better than anybody else.... (hehe!) OK, maybe I am a bit above average in some areas, but I consider myself well below average in others, so doesn't that make me just about average? (Unlike Mary Poppins, who was, "Practically perfect in every way!") Although, no one really knows anything about her past, either..... doing OK at this moment is all I can ask....

Some of the reasons....

I thought I would share a few of the reasons I want to go back to Mozambique...

These boys were living on the streets, suffering

from malnutrition... they are now happy, healthy boys

who can play and have fun instead of begging or stealing to survive...

Teaching girls a marketable skill keeps them off the streets, and gives them

hope for a job when they finish school...

Rosina is wearing the first pair of new shoes she

has ever had... I bought them for 50 cents at the dollar store...

I love to hold babies! These guys were just visiting...

they are the nephews of one of the workers...

This home currently houses 40 children... for every child rescued from a life on the streets, there are still hundreds more who need the simplest things we take for granted...

a safe place to sleep, something to wear, something to eat, someone to trust...

It takes so little to do so much....

Change of Heart?

I just received an interesting phone call, perhaps my dream is not gone after all... It appears my application was routed to the wrong department, and has now been re-routed to the proper place. I knew I was not qualified for a position requiring ministry credentials, and that is not what I thought I was applying for, but that's where my application ended up. It's OK, I'm not in a hurry, and God knows the proper time for all things. I'm getting better at waiting.... (not liking it any more, just getting better at it...)