An Addendum To Last Night's Blog

Hey it's Floyd.

Last night (yesterday afternoon for everyone back home) I posted a somewhat depressing blog about my day. When one blogs on a daily basis there are bound to be feelings and expressions that are held in the moment and after thought, consideration, and prayer, you find that perhaps your view of the situation was a little off. This is just what happens when you share honest thoughts in the moment. Perhaps such was the case last night.

Yesterday I was down a bit as I found that New Hope was not going to be what I expected it to be. While this is still true, it is necessary to remember that it is exactly what God wants and expects it to be for us. It is and has been very clear that God brought us to New Hope for a reason. What that reason is has not been made clear yet, but there should be no doubt that God knows what it is.

As we were enjoying the peace and quite of the cool morning, we had some devotional time regarding prayer. As we discussed different things regarding prayer Tamra was talking to Troy about how we are to be content in all things. Well that's when it hit me that I was not being content with what God had brought me into. Perhaps He knows that we need a little down time to prepare us for what is to come. Perhaps He is giving us exactly what we asked for. We said that we wanted to come to Uganda and learn what it meant to live here and how to do it. Well this is kind of it. There is some down time. The relationships that this culture so deeply desires and cultivates require down time for the relationships to form. This in many ways is the typical Ugandan life. How funny that I didn't see this last night.

So I am resolved to know that God has a plan and for now it is to be here doing what we can with what we have. The rest I leave in God's hands. I will blog again tonight regarding the remainder of the day and some insights into what more I have learned from the book "Not A Fan" as well as a rather interesting talk we just received about the Orphaned Heart and how similar it is to that of every heart I think, including my own.

Keep sleeping. It will be time for many of you to get up soon as it is only 5 am in Texas. We will talk again soon.