Breaking news!

Let us interrupt the barely begun trip reflections to talk about this breaking news!

Philip just got a phone call from our ministry leader, who was dancing around the office, to tell us the ministry was given a rather large gift today:

That's right, it's a cow. We have received chickens before, we have received guinea fowl. But this is our first cow. 

The cow is a gift from a father whose son recently graduated from the formula ministry. In his thankfulness, he provided this cow to sell so that the funds can help other babies and families in crisis.

On our recent trip we marked eleven years since our first visit to this country. All that's come since with the ministry, the friendships, the growth of our worldview, the faith journey, none of that was on our radar back in 2011. Had you asked, we would have said none of it was realistic, practical, or viable. But as Walter Brueggemann says, "We need ask not whether it is realistic or practical or viable but whether it is imaginable."

Today we got a phone call from an African friend dancing around to tell us we'd received the gift of a cow from the thankful father. I'm so glad we didn't stop at what made sense in our little world at each step of the way. We are in awe of a God whose goodness is all around.