tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-435580068422997209.post8163020560462247905..comments2023-04-09T04:01:24.705-04:00Comments on Reeds in the Wind: Why Stay in Africa?The Reeds in the Windhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861913317985600596noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-435580068422997209.post-67307570520133375782010-06-06T13:39:59.781-04:002010-06-06T13:39:59.781-04:00Dear Renita,
Just wanted you to know that I am st...Dear Renita,<br /><br />Just wanted you to know that I am still praying for you and the children. We mentioned you again this morning in church during the congregational prayer. In today's devotional at home I read about how a thousand days is like a day with God. Our timings just don't jive with His and we will never begin to understand some things on this side of heaven. Be encouraged that one day HE will make all things NEW.<br /><br />love, Marianne BaileyMarianne Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17100304738598824030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-435580068422997209.post-3837474702470019542010-06-05T01:13:34.143-04:002010-06-05T01:13:34.143-04:001) I hate it more than anything when people say, &...1) I hate it more than anything when people say, "we are so blessed living in the US" . . . to me it's not a blessing, it's a curse . . . tying me to my possessions, my comfort, my striving for ridiculous things. What am I missing out on because I don't know how to rely on God for my daily bread?<br /><br />I looked at my cute little hand sanitizer from Bath & Body Works tonight . . . 5 for $5.00, and a cute little rubber doohickey that lets me attach it to my purse. And after my initial thought of, "I should go get a few more of those" came a second, more vehement response: "it's INSANE that I spend money on this type of thing!" . . . and wondering what someone in Ghana or Liberia could do with $5.50 US . . . or whether my hand sanitizer (and the $40 purse it hangs from) is dirtying my soul as it cleans my hands. <br /><br />2) What you've said about life being more "real" somehow reminded me of another "struggle" I face . . . the whole concept of a "calling" . . . so much talk about how to find your passion, how to get to what God made you to do. I truly believe that exploring one's calling is a luxury of the rich. I think that the people you live among are living out their "calling" each and every day . . . just to be present in their world, to survive and even to thrive. Meanwhile, I'm back here in this land of plenty, waiting for a sign and squandering my life . . . <br /><br />okay, this is <i>so</i> not a comment; it's practically its own blog entry, so let me stop now . . . <br /><br />but seriously, thanks for the ways that this post (and all that you write, and do, and are) challenges me to let go of these transient trinkets and misguided notions that have filled my life for so long.Lorrainehttp://www.littlemisstottenville.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-435580068422997209.post-14539627012664374062010-06-01T10:41:16.337-04:002010-06-01T10:41:16.337-04:00Thank you Renita for writing about why you are sta...Thank you Renita for writing about why you are staying. I have been wondering what you will do. By reading your blog I can definitely see why Bob married you. You truly have the same heart. Hope to meet you some day this side of heaven.<br /><br />Audrey WilsonAudrey Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-435580068422997209.post-34430381355802984852010-06-01T00:41:59.926-04:002010-06-01T00:41:59.926-04:00Dear Family of Bob,
I have been reading your bog ...Dear Family of Bob,<br /><br />I have been reading your bog for some time....as an American who has been living among Liberians on and off since 1995, I often found bits of wisdom that would resound in my head for days. I had hoped to meet you all one day in Ghana as my foster kids (now grown) are schooling there....I am so saddened to read that Bob has died - it has hurt me so...even though I have not met him I felt he understood my own feelings about America and West Africa, about Liberia and Ghana...I want to pass on my love to you all and I hope we can meet one day soon in Ghana....I will miss Bob although we never met! ReneeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com