Sunday, "Sabbath..." Part 1

We have been meaning to do a study on the Sabbath...will have to do so, because on Sunday, it was anything but a rest, as you will read...

"4/22/13

It seems that once we get going, we are 'on.'  We awoke Sunday morning to a wonderful, lush greenery outside our window.  It reminds me of El Farrah---definitely---all of the flowers, smells and beauty...very Western European indeed.

One of the many cottages in this quaint, nice compound which
was once an officer's club.  There are about 25 little buildings like
this that run around the campus, and a main area, of which you
saw in a previous posting.

Outside the breakfast/bar area, this is what greeted
me in the morning.  Isn't it amazing?

Breakfast was wonderful; Spanish omelette  coffee, and some Cipro.  Saturday night didn't do well on my insides.  I did get a solid 4 hours sleep, though.  We unpacked and repacked our bags at Kentemere, then loaded up for a 3 hour ride North to Nyeri.

Us unpacking and repacking bags for the clinic.

Notice all in Sunday attire, and how packed the truck
already was.  

The country side was awesome.  One could tell the change in scenery...it went from urban, lots of people and shanties on the sides of the road, to less and less, to cows and other livestock, to foothills and nothing but trees and fields.

Shanties

Less and Less

No cows, but trees and fields

The roads were very smooth (until the end), so a nap would have been prudent had I not been so jacked up with adrenalin. It was great to be able to get to know some of the team a little better."

This is a good stopping point for me to interject just how quick things seemed to go by; one minute, we were enjoying breakfast in a European type pension, the next we are speeding down the road watching countless people dressed in their Sunday best, walking to church.  And still, it is all a whirlwind in my memory.  How hard it is to try and capture the moment God wants us to have, but to have it pulled away by our absolute sense of mania to get things done "now now now now quick quick quick." And I realize that it is not just there, on a short term mission trip with a very specific timeline---this is our everyday lives.  How often do we Sabbath?  How often do we truly look and see what is good, and intentionally rest?  Just something to think about.

  I am glad I am able to go back through my notes and pictures to try and get some of those "snapshots" of the moments.  How it hurts to know that I may have missed something that He wanted for me to see.  Yet how it is great that I don't have to worry about it, because His timing and plan is perfect, I'm just along for the ride---He's driving!