Saying good-bye to Branden, Brooke, and Aiden was hard but time to get busy with a project for Mobile Missionary Assistance Program (MMAP).
We have arrived in Durant, Mississippi, location of the Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church. Here we will spend the next three weeks helping to construct a fellowship hall-a much needed addition to their church. Estimated at around 50-75 faithful members, this is a small black congregation who love the Lord Jesus and aren’t afraid to break out in boisterous song on Sunday morning! Oh, the joy of worshiping with this group of believers is difficult to describe. We clap and sway with the music and the loud amens for over two hours. Last week we worshiped with 4,000 while this week we worshped with 40 and His presence was evident in both locations!
It is going to be three weeks of learning and growing together as we offer our services. Already this project has challenged our senses and caused us to dig deep into the well of patience. Upon arriving we had trouble turning into the driveway sliding two wheels into the ditch. In His perfect timing God provided a massive “tree logging tractor” to push us out. The site we were directed into to park our RV was and continues to be NOT level which causes problems in draining the sewage. As we sat discussing that issue we noticed a crack in our massive front windshield! Thankfully we don’t rely on circumstances for our happiness.
Remembering Ps. 50:15, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble (even little ones); I will deliver you and you shall glorify me.”,we put these problems behind us and got into the car to explore the area looking for two of life’s “necessities”: an internet connection and a Wal-Mart! The closest WiFi connection we found was in a tiny library about 25 minutes west in a town of about 1,000 people or less. In the opposite direction, 45 minutes away, we located a Wal-Mart thanks to our “air-head” garmin affectionately named Marilyn Monroe, who finds humor in directing us to turn down obscure dirt roads or seeming to express frustration voicing “recalculating” when we refuse.
As rain softly patters on our roof and we say good-night to our first week-end parked in the church lot we wonder what God has prepared for us here. One thing we do know-it can only be good. “For you , O Lord, are good…” Ps. 86:5
2 comments:
That is a great photo Branden Brooke and Aiden.
I really like the your statement "thank goodness we don't rely on our circumstances for happiness". I need to remember that on a daily basis! Thanks!!
Hello from Memphis--really Germantown, TN, from Terry & David. Durant, MS is just down the road a piece. I wonder if we could get together? I don't want to interfere with your church building, but I have Monday off from school as it our 1-day fall break. Terry and I could drive down to see you if that can be worked. Let me know if that looks like a possibility. dstrand8474@gmail.com. We'd love to see you in person. PS: I agree with your statement and Rebecca's comment that our happiness doesn't rely on our circumstances--although I am weak in that regard too. David Strand
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