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Hier eenpersoonlijk verhaaltje in het engels hoe ik me op moment voel hier in Soroti en mij wandel tocht met de Here.

Yet, Oh Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our Potter, and we all are the work of your hand. (Isaiah 64v8)

I was reading this story about the couple who went into an antique shop one day and found a beautifull teacup sitting on a shelf. They took it off the shelf so they could look at it more closely, and they said,' We really want to buy this gorgeous cup'.

All of a sudden, the teacup began to talk, saying,' I wasn't always like this. There was a time when I was just a cold, hard, colourless lump of clay. One day my master picked me up and said,' I could do something with this.' Then He started to pat me, and roll me, and change my shape. I said, What are you doing? That hurts. I don't know if I want to look like this! STOP!! But He said, Not Yet..

'Then He put me on a wheel and began to spinme around and around and around, until I screamed,' Let me off, I am getting dizzy!' Not yet, He said. Than He shaped me into a cup and put me in a hot oven!. I cried, Let me out!! It's hot in here... I am suffocating. But He just looked at me through that little glass window and smiled and said,'Not yet..

'When He took me out, I thought His work on me was over, but then He started to paint me. I couldn't believe what He did next. He put me back into the oven, and I said,Ýou have to believe me; I can't stand this!! Please let me out!' But He said,'Not yet..

Finally He took me out of the oven and set me up on a shelf where I thought He had forgotten me. Then one day He took me off the shelf and held me before a mirror. I couldn't believe my eyes, I had become a beautifull teacup that everyone wants to buy'.

This story spoke to me so much.. The Lord is moulding, shaping and rolling me here in Soroti. And its not always a good feeling. There are things going inside of me that i don't understand.Why am I here??? God purposely chooses those who are the most unlikely candidate for the job!! And that's how i really feel at the moment. Not being qualified to do this work..Not good enough,Who am I? When the Lord uses someone like me,I realize that our source is not ourselves but in HIM alone. His strength is made perfect in my weakness..How God sees us is not the problem. It is how we see ourselves that keeps us from succeeding...

Time here is challenging andi have to fully depend on the Lord for everything. In quietness and trust is my strenght. I continue to trust that i will arrive at the place where the Lord wants to bring me. I want to go All the way through with HIM. The Lord says: 'When you pass through the waters. I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon you (Isaiah 43v2). I will let Him have His way in me....

Mould me Oh Lord. And search My heart every day. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me and lead me in the everlastng. xxx