By: Aleisha Marina Pienaar "Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from Him." Psalm 62:5 Emil and I have had a pretty crazy few weeks. He's been working about 72 hours a week, and I've been cramming to finish my Honours Dissertation. It has been a challenge, but finally God gave us an opportunity to get away for a little while, to rest and rejuvenate, and to reconnect with one another. The past two days we have been taking it easy in Timaru and the surrounding regions! It's been absolutely fantastic. I'm particularly proud of the little bit of colour I've managed to achieve from some time in the sunshine. In Timaru, we had some amazing pizza at a little restaurant called Zest for dinner last night. Highly recommend it! Anyway. When life gets busy it is very easy to become discouraged. I've noticed that I become rather irritable and sensitive when each day seems to mercilessly clasp my heels and drag behind me as I try to wade through the week. I think I understand now why God calls for a Sabbath day. As humans we only have a limited capacity, and when our juice runs dry, we need to fill up again. Soaking in God's Word and spending time meditating on how amazing He is brings such great refreshment. After walking around without a plan, Emil and I both felt closer to God as we observed His creations and counted our blessings. We found a lovely epitaph at a small stone monument in the Waimate Public Gardens today: The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's heart in a garden, Than anywhere else on Earth. - Dorothy Frances Gurney It is 67 days until Emil and I depart the country and enter into the untamed wild of the Amazon Jungle. It is getting so close! I can almost taste it. God is going to do something special in the jungle, we know it! He has a plan for every human being and when we reach the tribe that He calls us to, I cannot wait to see Him at work.
We are almost ready for the trip. All our flights are booked, our plans are underway, and now we are just preparing physically with some exercise, and pulling together the last few things we need to complete our gear packs for the mission. Still have a few basic items of clothing to buy and some things like filter water bottles, gumboots, and insect repellent. We are still trusting God to bring in the finances we will need in Peru for our canoe trips, bibles, and items to trade with the people in the tribe we will go to (like salt and ammunition). He has been faithful this far, and so we have no reason to doubt He will provide for us while we are there! That's a quick update on where we are at. As always, we appreciate your prayers and support. We look forward to taking a few of you with on our next trip! God Bless.
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Emil & Aleisha PienaarWe are Missionaries who travel to the Amazon Jungle. Our home base is Dunedin, New Zealand. Our heart is to reach the unreached. Archives
October 2018
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