After a week-and-a-half of touring Geita and Mwanza with Brett's mom and aunt, Baylor and I left for Rondo, Kenya, for the 2010 East African Missionaries Ladies Retreat. Last year, Holly and I were able to go to the retreat just a month after we'd gotten to Tanzania, and it was great to get to know so many women who were doing what we were about to be doing, some of whom for many many years.
This year, it was great to see these women again. It felt different this year--I was no longer this fledgling African adventurist, but rather a (sort of) seasoned missionary, complete with child (you're required to immediately begin producing children upon arrival as an African missionary), and ready for a break. Last year I wasn't really taking a break from anything as we weren't really doing anything yet.
We were blessed with the presence of Rosalinda Walker, former missionary to Botswana, currently (with husband Wymer) director of ACU's study abroad program in Uruguay. She spoke to us about her life on the field, the life of Joseph, and the power of forgiveness and grace. It was beautiful to praise God in song with 30 other women, in English, no less, and to spend some time alone with God. Baylor was held and played with often, enabling her to continue her track of being spoiled by grandparents and aunts.
I'm already ready for next year.
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