It has been almost 5 weeks since I decided to take to pursue the call to Nigeria, and now I am almost completely ready to go. For the amount of work that it takes to do such things, I have completed I'd say about 80% of it. With the help of all my family and friends I have just about 70% of fundraising to go already! Thank you so much to anyone who has helped.
Unfortunately the things that take the most amount of time to complete cannot be finished yet. Visas generally take a long time to process, but I cannot start an application for a visa until I have specific instructions from the Adventist General Conference. I cannot get instructions from them until my call is confirmed, and my call is not even completed as far as I know. Right now the fate of what I will be doing next year, along with if I'll be able to make it over there in time lies in the hands of a very busy Doctor in Ife, Nigeria. Prayers will be very much appreciated, especially as I'm reminded of how insignificant I am to making this work after I can no longer seem to get ahold of him.
For lighter news, I discovered yesterday how easily I burn. There is a massive public library in downtown Eugene - my hometown - and after visiting it, I headed straight home with the windows down in my car. As an experiment, I left my left arm on the window ledge the whole way home, where it was constantly in the sun while my right arm was not. When I got out of the car, I held my arms next to each other to discover that, yep, my left arm was sunburned after only 10-15 minutes in the sun. Needless to say, I will be taking a lot of sunscreen to Africa. :)
My favored verse recently is found in Ephesians 4:1-3
"Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love. Always keep yourselves united in the Holy Spirit, and bind yourselves together with peace."
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