Kind of a happy/sad day today as I said goodbye for six months to my three church families – my home churches Moe New Life Christian Centre and Churchill Christian Fellowship (Churchill is an outreach of Moe) and my “bonus” church Heart Focus Community Church. All three have a special place in my heart and a bunch of people that I love dearly and will miss.
On a positive note, I have had so much prayer over the last couple of weeks that I feel like I am going out with an army behind me.
On the negative side, there have been a few last-minute challenges that have kept me on my toes.
Air Tanzania mucked up my internal flights. In Tanzania, I am going first to Kigoma and then to Mbeya, which means travelling via Dar Es Salaam. (See previous post, https://africa23-24.kogmii.com/16-days-out/) The first leg, from Kigoma to Dar Es Salaam, was cancelled and they rescheduled it for the day AFTER the second leg, from Dar Es Salaam to Mbeya. Since I haven’t yet mastered the art of time travel, to be able to leave a place before I arrive there, there was some back-and-forth with Air Tanzania to get it fixed. In their favour, they were very helpful and polite about the whole thing, but the end result is that I now have a full day layover in Dar Es Salaam. Hmmm … I wonder who it is the Lord wants me to meet there.
Another challenge was Togo, where some unforeseen situations mean that I now won’t be going to that country, but instead have brought forward my time in Ghana and Liberia. We have just had a new pastor affiliate from Siera Leone, which is right next to Liberia, so I might see if I can use some of the extra time in Liberia to pop over the border and meet him.
And just to top it off my Associate Minister, Linda, who has been doing some renovations in her house, tripped over a bed and managed to break her ankle in three places. She had surgery yesterday, and will be in hospital for a while for rehab. Please pray for a speedy recovery for her.