Carol in Malawi

This was taken of me outside the hotel room. It was nice to see and walk in green grass. It’s amazing the difference when you cross the border into Malawi from Mozambique. In Malawi there are lots of green trees and pretty flowers.

One of the best things about the meeting which I attended was having corporate worship in English with other missionaries. It was refreshing to hear music and messages in English. One of the key points of the message was about discouragement. When your expectations don’t meet the reality then you face discouragement. What are you going to do? This is something which I had to put into practice when I returned home from the meeting. I was faced with the reality that my sister wouldn’t be coming as scheduled because of an airline strike. My discouragement and disappointment level was very high. (and still is high at this time of writing). But I asked myself the question am I going to trust God to know that He knows best? Am I able to say that He is God over all? Phillipians 4 talks about rejoicing in all things, don’t be anxious about anything. In everything make your requests known to God. The words anything and everything have really jumped out at me today. Because I know that when things are good I can easily rejoice. But how am I going to deal with the disappointment of this situation?

At the time of this writing I am still disappointed. But because of your prayers I have been able to claim the victory which God promises. I am claiming His victory for this revised schedule and travel plans.