I lift my eyes up to the hills – where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD – the maker of heaven and earth!
The sunrise from Sarankot, Pokhara
We just spent a much needed week’s break in Pokhara. We were really blessed by some fantastic mountain views and a chance to relax a little and unwind after a busy term. It was good to get away from Kathmandu after finishing the school play and moving house.
Sometimes you don’t know how much you need a break until you have one! I think I felt more tired at the end of the week than at the start as the pace of the last few months caught up with me. It was good to refresh spiritually as well as physically, and to reflect on what it means for me to abide in Christ (John 15). I listened to a podcast from our home church on that passage, and was impacted by the truth that I can try to ‘do’ lots of things in my own strength but true fruit in my life and ministry will only come from abiding in Jesus, reliant on him in all things, with his power at work to bring change and transformation in myself and others. So I guess that is my big prayer for this coming school term – for my classes and interactions with students – and for the coming year, whatever it brings.
And in other news….Zoe is pregnant! Woo hoo!! It is very exciting news and hard to believe at times too! She is due at the start of May 2011. Who knows where we will be and what we will be doing then?
T
