Fasting part two

So...fasting is easy and hard. Some days I wonder that it is any trouble at all. I just take tea, coffee or water and get on with needs doing, including some prayer and Bible reading.

But other times....oh my goodness. One day I made it clear till dinner time, even though I was feeling hungry. I brought in dinner for my daughter and the kids (Chad was away) and half way through eating dinner with them remembered I was to be fasting. So did the fast the next day.

Last week, I was doing well, but the snack table with all kinds of goodies brought in to the school to appreciate teachers just got to me. By the time I'd eaten my second cookie, I remembered.

What is so hard about changing the habit of eating, of eating whatever and whenever I think I need to? God surely knew I would learn a lot from this discipline. I am. And I don't think I really understood how much food drives my life until now.

The good news is...I am learning. And, I have a line on a house that will likely become mine to rent. I go see the inside of it on Saturday with my grandkids. Then the landlady and I will talk about the things that have to be done before I can move in. Some of them are big, some can wait a few months and some my staff may be able to do. But all in all lots of work in the offing, if this is the place God wants me. We'll see. Jan 1st and the move is coming up very fast.

Crickets and frogs

For everyone living in the temperate latitudes, fall is likely well in place. Maybe there is even snow, very cold nights and some warm days.

Here, near the equator, and at 3000' +/- altitude, the nights are still warm. The crickets and frogs keep up the symphony started in the daytime by the birds. Really awesome.

And if that wasn't enough. Some nights it is possible to see the Big Dipper AND the Southern Cross at the same time!

Our rainy season is almost finished. Another week or two or so and the daily (or nightly) rains will be history. All the green bushes and plants will be coated with red dust. An occasional rain will let the green come momentarily through. Then I'll know we are in the Christmas season - red and green ya know. :) LOL

Hope you are warm, safe and filled with thanks for all the blessings in your life.

US Election responses

While my American friends, family and acquaintances seem split here on whether they voted for Obama (yea) or McCain....the response from the Ugandan people is unrestrained joy. The Kenyans were so excited they declared it a national holiday.

One local paper here had over 1/4 of the total pages with information about, or references to Obama. There is a popular song out, in the local language, that extols his praises and offers him congratulations.

For the first time since JFK I have a picture of a US president hanging on my wall. Go figure. Let's keep him and all the elected officials, at all levels of government in prayer, as the road ahead is difficult indeed.

Kid sleeps in basket in living room

As many of you know, my grandkids often come spend Friday nights at my house. Last night Nathan stayed with a friend, 3 kids were in my bedroom and one in the living room.

Wait.....5 grandkids??? Well, no. 4 grandkids accounted for ...and one baby kid, 2 days old and at risk of pneumonia, according to the vet, if she just stayed in the goat house with her mom. So now I have a sweet little white girl goat in a basket in my living room. Photos to come. No name yet, I want to see if she makes it through this first week. Her mom is Spot, the birthday gift from 2 years ago and father is either a one day visitor who came to play or her older brother, Robbie. Hard to tell....

More notes later from Grannie Mc's Farm.