Today totally felt like Christmas. We were up late last night and early this morning, packed into the kitchen, flour flying everywhere, dishes being washed and used, and washed and used again. The stove was heating food and browning it to perfection. We had our entire office staff as well as others that work at our houses over for lunch today on the last day of Eid. They all arrived in their new clothes and our house was just buzzing there were so many people here (we have people up visiting who work in Kabul as well). It's the closest thing to Christmas that I have experienced here! The picture is of us sitting around after our meal. Here we always eat on the floor sitting on "toshaks" and the food is all spread out on a "dasterkhan." The more full your dasterkhan, the greater an honor it is for your guest, so we FILLED ours! It was a great end to the three day holiday but I'm exhausted! I'm so thankful though because last year we were just meeting people for the first time during this holiday and now this year, we truly were able to have a house full of people that are like family. What a blessing.
We have also transformed our, until now, unused basement into a 24/7 prayer room. In here our team has committed to praying around the clock, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Already it has been an amazing experience. I have committed 2 hours every day from 4-6am. I have been blown away with how powerfully God has met with me during these times. I know God never sleeps but I didn't think he had much to say at that hour! ha! Nothing has happened here in this last year without a lot of prayer and seeking God first, both as a team and others around the world praying for us. How beautiful. I am being really challenged to begin seeing things with spiritual eyes and truly seeking the heart of God rather than just doing what seems good or logically right. Please join us in prayer as well. If you want specifics about what to pray for, please email me!
