Settling Back In...

Well it has been a long two days since we landed back home. I feel like we are finally getting back to normal if there is such a thing. Made it though my first day of work and am getting ready for (I hope) a good nights sleep. Of the many questions I was asked today I guess the one that really makes me think is, "What impacted you the most?" I was asked this question in Uganda and have now been asked the same question here at home. I am still not totally sure what out of all the things we saw and did impacted me the most. I tend to lean toward the hospital and the conditions I witnessed there, but the prisons were equally moving for me especially after spending 7 years in the Holiday Inns we call prisons here in New Mexico. In Uganda there are no cots nor are prisoners given clothing, they eat the same thing everyday, corn type bread, beans and rice. Another thing that impacted me was the amount of work done by the missionaries that are already living there in Uganda. Their impact is huge!!! It is like non stop go, go, go. There were a couple of statements made that will stick with me one I may have shared already but it bares repeating; "we can not make these people our project but must bring them Christ." I believe that while we do that the other things will follow. The other statement was one that rings true to what I also believe; "There is a difference between filling the gap because there is a need and being called." We could surely move to Uganda because of all that we saw and come along side the work being done there and I bet it would be appreciated too, but are we called there? Are we called to pick up, sale/keep, give away life here and exchange it for life there? For a season, two seasons, twelve or fifteen seasons? "I don't know yet" is my only response. Could it be? If the Lord wills it anything could be. I am confident that as we settle back in the Lord will make it clear. How will He do this? Will He fan the spark of love developed in only three weeks for the beautiful Ugandan people into a consuming fire that engulfs our thoughts and desires? Maybe. Will He speak to Jesse and Beverly Rich? Maybe. Will He lay a burden for Uganda on us that is so heavy we have no choice but to go back? God knows. I guess for now we will keep on doing what we were doing and wait for the Lord to reveal His pan to us. The one thing that I tend to forget is that my time table rarely aligns with His. Thankfully His time is always perfect and He is always on time!