Our refuge and strength

March wind is blowing here. It was a good week, how was yours?

We have become the hit of the camps these past few months. Z and Brother George have blessed us with meals to take to the camps, so we heat them up Saturday morning and share our blessings with the guys and gals. They get to enjoy a warm, delicious meal, indeed a blessing. Just as Scott and I were thinking this ministry is drawing to a close, God continues to bring new friends into our lives. We don't go looking for new friends, they find us! Everybody seemed to be doing well. We have a special treat for them this week?!

Monday and Wednesday we continued to meet with our children in the afternoons, learning all sorts of things from them. With this pretty weather we are having, some spring time fever has crept in, making sitting and learning a challenge!

Tuesday evening, the men of the community came together, as Brother Rickie shared God's Word, reading from Psalm 46, God is our refuge and strength. Is He for you?

Later in the evening, our Cedar Grove Chargers were winning their ninth basketball game of the season! Coach Chuck is waiting to hear about the playoff schedule. We will let you know as soon as it is available.

Thursday evening in chapel, Joey prepared our hearts, as our longtime friend Pete and Pastor Kaylan marked our foreheads with the sign of the cross, as we prepared for the Lenten season. Z and Ms Abbie prepared our meal, friends served and cleaned up. The Market was busy with our community finding all sorts of treasures!

Prayers for our family members, Elizabeth and David McCormick, as they help their community recover from a terrible typhoon that hit that area of Africa.

Verse 10 of Psalm 46, God says, "Be still, and know that I am God; As it was talked about Tuesday evening, Psalm 46 is about God and who He is. No matter what happens in our world, God will still be God. Who is in charge, of your life, your world?

I was reminded again Thursday night, it is not about us but about God. We have been placed in a community where there is more darkness than light. Most of the time we are blessed to see the light, but at times we experience the darkness. It is no fun to be in the mist of the darkness, so how do we get out? How do we find that light? We have to be still and know that God is with us.

I was reminded Thursday evening, we have come along way in our passion to share the lvoe of Christ with our community. But we also have a long way to go in our journeys. God's work is never done and never will be. In this mornings Common Prayer reading, "Pandita Ramabai, a nineteenth-century Indian activist, said, -"People must not only hear about the kingdom of God, but must see it in actual operation, on a small scale perhaps and in imperfect form, but a real demonstration nevertheless."

We have the opportunity today, tomorrow and beyond to share the Word of God to our community. We not only get to share it in words but get to live it out through our lvoe. There will be times when it seems no one is listening or seeing. Then there will be other times when we have the opportunities to see the blessings of God. When we experience the challenges before us, verse 11 reminds us, The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Amen