01-30-08 wow

01-30-08
Wed
03:09

Well, I am up @3:AM cuz I want to call my family who are living life in the past (8 hours ago to be exact). And I have been e-mailing these journals to people back in the U.S., so I want to keep my journals relatively up to date.
Anyway…let me explain, no its too long, let me sum up… Jared and Meredith returned to Canada (they are both good friends who I have been living with). Amanda and Aly have booked their tickets to head home on Monday. But wait there’s more…
On Sunday I was hanging out with Wycliffe as he was visiting some people in the hospital and running back and forth buying medicine, etc… he was telling me that that is what shepherds do: run around helping sheep when they are in the hospital, etc… he also added that that past night (Saturday nigh) @ about 11:pm, between 100-200 Kikuyu (a tribe) men banged on his door, and questioned him and told him to arm himself and join them. He overheard them saying that if he resisted, they could kill him as an example, and so they would be taken more seriously. So, while they were taking him, Wycliffe of course prayed for them, and told them that they were like the Israelites, having enemies and oppressors all around, but that they needed to trust the Lord for justice, not the machetes and guns that they were carrying. (P.S. of the whole group, Wycliffe was the only one who wasn’t Kikuyu, and the Kikuyus were all wearing masks as to not be recognized)… so, one of the group proposed that Wycliffe’s words were good enough, so they should let him return home. So they released him @ about 2:am (3 hrs later).
That was a very summarized retelling of the story, but I’m not quite finished yet. –please protect Wycliffe and his entire family from any harm or evil. Your strength is greater; spare none of it-
Wycliffe’s response to this all was to join with his wife, Susan, and praise and thank God for sparing his life. He told me that because God gave his life back to him, and extended his time on earth, he sees clearly that he must work to help people, even more than before. He quoted Ecclesiastes, saying that there is no more work after death, so do it with all your might now Ecclesiastes 9:10. God has given us life now, so we shouldn’t worry about anything else. Use our lives now. We all will die, so let us use our short time to love and help. What could be a sweeter way to spend the rest of our minutes?
Praise God! (I have been learning more and more about praising Him… what question, answer, problem, solution, confusion, clarity, plan, vexation, trial, oppression, blessing, rest, relief, or freedom can be responded to in a better way than praising God? Beyond that, He is really good at handling the rest.)
In summary… praise God, and Wycliffe is more of a man than William Wallace.
I’m gunna try to call my parents again, cuz it’s 4:10 am.