what we are doing

In a quick overview, this is the Lord has us doing over here.  Right now we have literally just gotten settled in our homes, just gotten somewhat use to the village, and have just gotten to know the other missionaries as well as some local chiefs and pastors( as they call them morunites).  We are now leaving to a village around 4 hrs away, where no one from the IMB have every gone, where we will be telling people about Jesus Christ through many different ways, where hopefully one day there will be a church, and needless to say we will have to get use to that villages culture.  I say all this to make it clear that the Lord is taking us out of our comfort zone and keeping us there.  By no means am i complaining- i'm over joyed because i know that i'm about to see the Lord work in ways i've never seen before that are indescribable!!!  Every other two weeks we will be in this village(Kang), then back here at the compound.  While at the compound we have already and will continue to hang out with the local kids who meet everyday after school at this community center type place b/c their parents have died from aids, we will continue to prayer walk the streets as well as the local villages streets, we will continue to play soccer with anyone who is willing so that we can continue to tell people the good news, we will continue to praise God at the local church and hang out with the youth their, and we will start going to schools going through this program that the Lord helped us to put together so that the jr high and high schoolers will quit having sex, drinking, drugs, violence and all other things like the kids back in mississippi do (the kids back home act just like the kids here, and i'm glad to know that our God doesn't show favoritism... though these here don't have hardly anything, compared to back home- they still have the same Savior who can save them from the death we all deserve and who can give them a hope!!)!!! Bottom line is God is working in and through us in many ways and i hope that you will continue in prayer for our behalf- thank you.

Humility

            To be taken out of an area where I can easily do things on my own, instead of relying on God (which I have to sadly admit that that is what I have been doing for the last year or so), to being put into an area where the only option I have is total reliance on God is very humbling.  Back in America, mainly mc, I have been living very comfortably.  Don’t get me wrong, there where and are plenty of chances to allow God to take over my life in everything, I just failed to take any of those chances.  In doing so I fell into a pit that left me far from God’s voice and direction.  At this point I was sitting in a position where my day to day life consisted of doing everything on my own.  I might have done some good during this time, but I could have been doing something great because with man it might look good, but with God it is great- you could say it is God sized!!!  By His grace thought, He allowed me to hear this one call from Him- Africa.  I have said all this to tell you that being humbled by God is probably one of the best gifts if not the best I have received from God.

              Here in Africa I don’t have the liberty of making my own decisions.  I can’t even go to sleep or wake up on my own.  Every second I’ve been here God has revealed to me how useless I am without Him.  By His grace, He has revealed to me how selfish I have been living the past year or so in my comfort.  He also revealed to me how much joy I was missing out with every second I chose comfort over Him!!  Even though being here in Africa has been, at times, tough, it has been so rewarding- if not to others, it has been to me.  Waking up in His presence and humbly coming before Him asking Him for strength daily is not only humbling, but as well as relieving.  I say this because I wake up every day knowing that if the Lord doesn’t show up not only will I look very dumb, but peoples lives might be lost( eternally) because I could mess up something on my own.  Basically God is doing some amazing stuff here in Africa, not only in our team’s lives, not only in the Botswana’s lives, but also in my life.  God is good!!!

Transition

Right now in God’s story I am in a transitional period.  I have just finished two weeks of intense training that was amazing.  Every day for two weeks straight we went from 9 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon sitting in meetings, having many bible studies, learning more than I ever have in the word, understanding culture, building team unity, understanding different religions we will face and so forth.  One day we had to do something special for lunch haha it was interesting- the girls had a full plate of food and had to eat everything while us boys had a little portion of rice.  The reasoning for this was when we are asked in houses for dinner we never know what we will eat as well as how much-we have to be flexible!  Our  new prayer is- Lord I’ll put it down if you’ll keep it down!  It has been a needed prayer.  Anyways, it has been an interesting two weeks which were very needed.  There have been times our team has almost killed each other and there have been times our team has been family.  We have been put in situations that I’ve never been in before that will happen many times.  We have been asked more challenging questions than ever having to give scripture for answers.  Nevertheless, it has taught me many things about God and his character as well as much needed key verses!!!  Needless to say I expected training to be different and what I got was exactly what I needed- thank you God!  Right now I’m in transition period.  Just finished training and now I’m in our village trying to settle in.  Not easy!  Trying to meet people, get enough sleep, eat the right stuff, not do this or that, learn the culture, try and understand their English, love our team, and others.  It hasn’t been the easiest thing I’ve ever done, but I will tell you the most rewarding.  It has really increased my prayer life, my walk with God, and surprisingly my maturity.  Just figured I’d let you know where God has me in His story.  Thank you for all your prayers, they have been needed!! We are going to meet the Chief of a certain village today as well as another one tomorrow.  These visits are vital to our ministry.  It we are not welcomed we do not get to minister there.  We are also having the chance to witness to a certain girl today.  We met her a week ago and planted a seed, now the Lord will be using us to follow up with more!! Thank your for your prayers

                                                In Christ alone,

                                                             Hunter Clark