Day 60 (30th June)

It’s still sunny today. I hope that means winter is on its way out? In my Word study today, I was led to a scripture passage in (Zechariah 4:10) that talks about not despising small beginnings because the Lord rejoices to see the work begin. It brought such peace to my spirit because sometimes it seems that we are crawling with our We CAN events, though I know that the future of We CAN is great.

My daughter and I went to visit the Children’s Centre called ‘Give Them Hope’ in Nellmapius. I have been postponing for a while but decided to go today. The Centre looks after orphans as well as acts as a Crèche for children whose parent goes to work. The place is a couple of sheds which accommodate the children and a kitchen area. It is managed by a lady fondly called Pinky. They are a registered nonprofit organization but are still in the start up phase in terms of funding support from the government. There is so much need in the community to take care of orphans and other vulnerable children.

The Children are so beautiful and require love. We met them having lunch and enjoying it so much. These children are so precious to Jesus. They deserve so much love. By the grace of God, I am committing to supporting this Centre.

Day 52 - Day 58 (22nd June to 28th June)

It’s been a while. This past week has been hectic with activities. I spent most of last week helping some friends and working on the church account to bring it up to date.

We had the Sisters retreat on Saturday and it was awesome. I learnt a vital lesson about being on time. My two youngest went to Nigeria early on Saturday and I drove directly to the church for the retreat. This meant I got there about the time slated to start. Our Spiritual Mother was so impressed and she just started praying for me, straight from the heart. I was blown away, it seemed like the early bird blessing. It has definitely changed my attitude to being on time and keeping to time. I don’t want to be late and be left with remnant blessing. It sort of reminds me of the story of Jacob and Esau, though done through trickery, yet Esau unfortunately got the bottom of the barrel. This would not be our portion in the mighty name of Jesus.

Now that I’m nearly two months into my sabbatical, I’ve been reflecting on the changes in my life as a result. I feel that apart from having more flexibility in how you plan your time, you still have the same worries with the exception of one, work related worries. I still feel that time is too short on some days. Would I want to be on a permanent sabbatical, I don’t think so. Without having specific things you are doing, life could become aimless without purpose. I would definitely want to be working, preferably on projects I love and would be great to have that time flexibility in how one prioritize.

I’m spending some time to research some topics; the Kingdom of God. Is the Kingdom of God a literal kingdom, spiritual or both? I believe it is both. There are some good articles on the Internet an example is http://www.gci.org/gospel/kingdom

We were watching an old convention programme at the RCCG Camp ground. It was an old one because the auditorium being used look nothing like the current one. It’s amazing that I’ve not been to the Camp before. I guess given that I’ve only been a Redeemer for about six years, it’s about time. I will plan it in my next visit home. The throng of people that gave their lives to Christ during the session was inspiring. I do hope that these people keep the faith.

I had a wonderful business lunch with some brothers in Christ of mine. It was a vision generation meeting that resulted in a partnership for the Youth event coming up in September. God is really faithful in how He carries us in the entire We CAN project

All Glory be to God in the highest.