exalting Somebody

Well this week has been busy and not all at the same time! I have started to get really involved in ministry and I have begun to become involved in the language as well. It's crazy to think that I have already been here 3 weeks and that I have less than 5 months left here! How fast time flies!
Today I went to Cure Hospital for the first time to actually help out and it was really great! Thanks for all your prayers! Kayla (another short termer) and I went there and played games with the kids and just tried to spend time with them. It is still hard seeing them, but putting a smile on their faces is so rewarding! I really think that I am going to enjoy this. However, I am still glad that it is only for 2-3 hours at a time because otherwise I don't think that I would have the energy to continue. Kayla and I both depended on each other to get through this and I will be sad the times that she cannot come with me.
God has sent me some great friends and two of my friends who came down to visit went back to their village 3 hours away. I already miss them! However, I now know that I can go and visit them in Salima as well as in Germany and Switzerland when our terms are over! Plus, since there are 11 different nationalities on our team, I will be able to go and visit a lot of people!
I have to praise God with the contentment that He has given me. I am usually happy to be here (except when I get a little homesick) and GOd has just been teaching me and helping me to understand the world a little better. I have been reading Elisabeth Elliot's book Shadow of the Almighty about her late husband Jim Elliot and I am just awed at this amazing man. One phrase that he wrote while in college struck me and I'd like to mention it:
" Missionaries are very human folks, just doing what they are asked. Simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody." Jim Elliot
It's that just an incredible observation? But it leave me with one thought, why can't we all be a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt the One Somebody that matters?! I think that I am going to try to make this a new goal of mine for each day.
Please pray for my ministry here as well as my strength to continue when the times get hard. My sanity also needs prayer since I will be spending a lot of time alone when Liz leaves for her medical trip Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week.
Thanks for all your prayers and support!