Inward Renewal

After a good night’s sleep and a hot breakfast, George, Ed, Jesse and Ted felt refreshed.  We  started the day by meditating on a short excerpt Jeremiah 9:

Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.”
(Jer 9:23-24)

The most important thing in life is being in relationship with the Lord.  Everything else that we do, especially ministry, flows out of our knowledge of and aquaintance with the Lord.  We can truly know God and that’s precisely what the world around us is doubtful of.  So our primary focus is to know the Lord who is love justice and righteousness.  God’s kingdom will come, not by wisdom, riches or might but by the King of Kings reigning in each of our hearts. When this happens, the world is transformed… one person at a time.

We then spent some time in prayer commiting the week’s activities to the Lord.  Time was also spent briefing the team about Ciyanjano Center and the big picture game plan for the property.  So much had changed since the team members had last been here.  I walked them through the various phases of development on the property and how their work project fit into the whole scheme of things.  The morning temperatures have been cool and refreshing so we took a stroll around the property to look at the 100 plus trees that had been planted, perimeter fencing, and building structures that had either been erected or refurbished.

By 11:00 hrs, the guys were ancy to get to work.  Having never laid brick before, the team got pointers from Jailos, Boniface and Richard who were experienced in constructing village homes.  Eventually, course 1, course 2… etc was laid.  Here are a few pictures from the first couple of hours of work.