Scene One: She said “hello” in English. I was surprised and pleased to have someone to visit with during our morning coffee break on the second day at this pastoral training conference. Coffee is rationed here to only 2 times per day, and since home is 12 hours in the past and jet lag still has me turned a bit inside out, I am a big fan of coffee break time. She lives in Africa but...
For days, the words "Fishermen and Shepherds" have been running through my mind. My sometimes not-thinking-too-clearly mind as I have been recovering from my first international food sickness. I'm choosing to not blog details about that, but the struggle was real. But, feeling mostly well again ...my thoughts now go back to fishermen and shepherds. I recently got home from another time of training, in a new-to-me-country, and found again what I find almost everywhere...