God has an amazing way to orchestrating our lives, doesn't He?
I had a girlfriend visited me for 6 weeks through the later part of the year. Because it was that long, she needed to make a visa run. It happened to coincide with my own need for a visa renewal. And working on a date that was ideal for both our trips - we went a week earlier than I had originally planned for.
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| walking over the boarder on a very wet day |
I'd arranged to stay at SALT, an orphanage though our week long visit. A ministry run by an Australian family over the past 20 odd years.
A long story short - So one afternoon I'm walking with and chatting away to Tim, the chap who runs the ministry, school, and media ministry and I ask him what he needed in his ministry. He's a faith based, meaning they trust God will give them what is needed to function. I had no money to give him, so don't really know why I was asking - still you never know, maybe could do something, was my reasoning, how wold I know till I asked?
He stopped and said "Well we really need a mechanics teacher to teach the boys, we've not been able to get one". Then God did a wondrous thing, using one of the gifts He's given me. The gift of networking. He brought to mind my good friend Tony back home. It was a spark, an idea, pool of possibilities.
I said "Well I happen to know some one who could fit your requirement, someone who's a great mechanic, and who has a heart for reaching and teaching kids." I'll ask him right away.
So I'm excited, as my friend - months later - has just emailed me thanking me for thinking of him, and after prayer he told Tim he's coming! And heads over to Cambodia yearly next year.
It's so very exciting to know I was part of the plan, as they would not of connected without me - although I will not discount that God didn't need to use me, but He chose to and that is what makes my heart sing.
Photo college above: L-R Floating village - houses on the move! / Genine pumping water, I could get used to that, didn't mind the rustic-ness of our accommodation / Our tuk tuk ride and driver, it was the most comfy ride to date / Genine beside the tuk tuk (Genine and I are only friend, we first meet on our trip to Japan 20yrs ago and have kept in contact since) / We ate breakfast each morning outside Tim's home, which he built himself, reminded me of Robinson Crusoe / Me, standing outside SALT's gate / Again with the tuk tuk ride - proof we enjoyed it / Tim using the car battery with a contraption he made to hull coconut. Amazing!