Asking or Proclaiming?

So I'm sitting in Java House (a more western restaurant/cafe that's in many places here in Nairobi...they've got free internet!) and I'm not entirely sure what to write or say.  Life has continued on here in Kenya, and I've continued to see God's blessings as well as experience different challenges.

Sunday's are always uplifting days as I get to worship and hear God's word with others in church.  I will be beginning to help with music (although I'm not sure what this will look like entirely), and I have had some good fellowship and discussions in the young adult bible studies that meet Sunday morning and then on Tuesday night.  This past Sunday I was able to meet and spend time with other young adults at the church for most of the afternoon.  The people here don't necessarily "do" as much, but they are great a simply "being" and simply talking and spending time with one another.  I was able to have some good conversations with people, especially my friend Joshua who is a theology student.

I also attended a "harambee" for a man who is getting married in November.  Harambee means "pull together" in Swahili, and this is a fundraising event to raise money for the upcoming wedding where someone stands up front and simply continues to ask for money and find different ways of collecting money from everyone who has attended (while we all take tea and eat freshly made mandazi--a pastry like thing that to me taste a lot like french toast sticks).

I have been trying to meet up with people throughout the week, but a majority of my time has still been spent at the house.  I have been able to spend a lot of time in prayer for people here as well as people back home (praying is a good way to continue pouring out to others, especially when you don't feel like you have much else to do).  One thing I have been challenged with is how to have a faith that doesn't simply "know" or "understand" God's promises and truths, but that trusts in these things so much that I'm able step out in action without having to "check to see that God has met or is meeting His promises." Do we ask "has God been faithful to His promises?" or do we proclaim "God has been faithful to His promises" and continue to live in response to this?  I often find myself asking, not proclaiming.

Things you can be praying for:
-A continued willingness to be used by God according to His plans and timing
-Confidence (faith) in the work God has called me to do here as well as a trust in the work He is doing in my own life


"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
Hebrews 11:1