Easter week

Happy belated Easter! I missed spending this special day at home but I was so blessed to spend it with new friends and in God's amazing creation. I traveled with some friends to lake Malawi for a long weekend away. We had a great time of relaxing and enjoying the lake. I got up for the Easter sunrise which I think was a first for me and it was well worth getting up for! I felt so surrounded and overwhelmed everywhere I turned by God's incredible creation from the full moon reflecting off the water and the amazing stars every night to the islands and beautiful scenery everywhere I turned. Our God is so amazing with the way He has created these things for us to enjoy when we take the time to notice. That's one thing I have learned while being here, I need to slow down. At least for me I find myself thriving on being busy ALL the time in the states. I'm not saying being busy is bad but just for me I need to take time to slow down and be still before the Lord. He has so much for me if I will simply be still and wait on Him. This is something I need to continually be reminded of. Everything is so much more laid back here so it's been good for me to be forced to slow down.

Sewing lessons started off well this past week and the girls are loving it. We were expecting the usual 15 or so girls to come but we had close to 40 on Thursday! It was crazy but it was a great time. One of the guys is in the process of repainting the sewing room so we have been doing more hand sewing projects like the flowers and headbands so hopefully if the painting is done we will be able to start work on bags etc tomorrow. Thank you all for your continued prayers! Here are a few pics from this past week...