MozamWeek

Maybe my sisters remember. Dad told us to think about the Whatsoevers . I didn't know when I was 10 years old that he was teaching me how to control my thought life. It's in Philippians 4:8 where it tells us how to choose our thoughts. "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is lovely, whatever is pure, whatever is admirable --if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-- think on these things." In the NIV it isn't whatsoever like in the King James I memorized as a child. These are the whatevers for my kids. What an awesome tool to protect heart and mind! Choose to think about good things. Should I replay the insults someone shouted at me in anger? Should I dwell on the gossip about a friend? Should I see the horror movie? Should I choose that computer game? Should I let my mind wander to the worrying uncertainties of my future? We can make a choice if we want to. More than ever kids are bombarded with choices of what to ...

Sometimes it is hard to define what I did after a day in Tete. I start off with one plan and things almost always change by 10am. Monday I was nicely defined as a substitute teacher for John's class... until noon. At noon, I should have driven home to make lunch for the other two... then back to school to teach Bible Club and hang out until swimming was over at 4pm. But... something changed. We have to look at Sunday- the team went with Mikael to deliver the Gospel of Mark in Nyungwe to 7 churches "on the other side of the river." He drove on good highway... and some normal dirt suburb roads. They had a warm welcome in the church they visited and headed out for the second on the list. "Ka-plomp, ka-plomp, ka-plomp." Flat tire. How odd that a 5 inch metal shard would be stuck in our new big, tough Wranglers! The spare was low. Power cuts on Sundays. No compressors to pump up and no repairs possible. So Maliko came home with Mikael on Sunday and we didn't want...