Immeasurably More (by Amanda)

Sometimes I sit in the brief quiet of the morning and just try to take it all in. I think, “Wow! I’m in Africa!” Then I begin to hear all the things around me: kids playing, animals talking, and the cars on the street near us. As I listened to the sounds this Sunday morning it hit me again: “Wow! I’m in Africa!” Did I ever think this is where I would be? I could tell you “no” ten times over; never did I think I would be here. As I think these things I am reminded of a Steven Curtis Chapman song that was popular when I was in high school. It’s called “The Great Adventure”. It talks about how living our life in Christ is the great adventure, how you never know what is around the next bend. As I sat in church a few Sundays ago I recall thinking that this is my great adventure. The worship crossed the language barrier and brought me to the throne of God. This Sunday morning, as I look forward to going to church, I am reminded of the verse that says “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

Ephesians 3:20. So Christ is working in me and though I still search for my place here in Africa and ask you to pray for me as I look, I hold firm to the knowledge that it is more than I have ever dreamed.