Wednesday, July 24, 2013

NAME Update #3also


Monday: adjustment day.  Visited with K family. Gave gifts.  Met team.  Heard and felt their DEEP need to support by email, by pr, by deed as they are here.  For their families as the children also experience this isolation of no friends and complete dependence on just a very small unit.   Very challenging and at times very lonely and isolated.

Tuesday:  2 hour pr time for 2 regions and for us to SEE as He does, to SEE details around us and for them to SEE Him!  Lunch Break then on to an Imman's castle.  Poverty and need, begging small, small children and piles of rubble and debris on the ride there.  Nothing in the US even gets close.  Ancient castle tour by a local.  Pr for him as he is "friends" with a number of family members.  Drive home was crazy as folks were out and about making final preparations to break the fast of R.  The days are very quiet but around 4:00 everything comes to life as folks hustle to prepare for the evening of eating... after the day of fasting and pr.

We (M, G, and I ) just returned from joining a local group of 4 ladies, 1 college girl and 3 children, all girls for the fast breaking meal.  We went with 2 "sisters" and the college girl asked lots of good questions and tracked along with the answers.  All this was in Arabic but M & I were the source of the questions.  Just our coming raised questions about THE Love.  Additionally, one of the women knows a native woman in Va who recently lost her husband.  I gave them my number to share with her.  Hoping to connect with her as she has two children and has lived in the states 16 years and the doesn't feel at home in the ME anymore despite having no family in Va.  These women as every family in this part of the world are the most loving women.  They desperately want us to return and share another meal, henna and dressing up in traditional bridal clothing for pictures.  They insisted on giving M a gift.  A special treasure  (I will email a picture in the morning when the web is faster.)  Pr for each of these special treasures to the Father particularly me connecting with the Va gal and the continuing relationship/seeking of the college girl and her family.

The guys are still out breaking the fast with a "seeker".  It is 10:10 here so that is an encouraging sign.

Our work here is not "exciting" by other trip standards.  We are pr walking on site, inviting the HS to work in areas where perhaps He has never-ever-ever had an invitation.
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Observations for pr from Where we are:
People living in fear and distrust. Freedom from that to b receptive and believe
Poverty: the extreme poverty and beggars highlights their great spiritual need of the people.
Women could only view nature through very small slotted windows and their bedroom windows were shuttered. For veils on hearts and cloak of lies of I'm
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