Thursday, October 8, 2009

Of hummingbirds monkeys and laundry.

This has been a day to relax except that the dogs kept barking. Reminds me of why I like cats.

Yesterday there was a tiny hummingbird outside -- I had never seen one like this before though. Its body was a bright metallic blue color! Today I have been watching the monkeys with facination. This morning I realized that one of the trees in the back of the house must be a monkey tree -- there must have been five or six of them swinging to and fro, chasing each other, having a merry old time. Then this afternoon I went out to read for a while and a monkey jumped on the roof of the house, walking over the several levels of this house and jumping into a tree on the other side. Just as cool as could be. Cool as a cucumber.

I've also been watching as the laundry is getting putting up on the outdoor lines. Africa, as Asia and much of Europe, does not have dryers. I saw one dryer in Lisburn, Northern Ireland and one in Hong Kong. Something tells me I won't see any here. It really does slow the pace of life. I've been waiting several days now for clean clothes. I'm trying to adjust to waiting. It is a challenge for a North American.

I just got word that there may have been a mix-up in my housing situation in Khartoum and I may need to delay my flight. I am remembering that it is Christ who lives in me and my life is a vessel for his life. It is hard to get my humanity out of the way.

I must say that the present situation in which I find myself definitely makes it easier to live in the present. The past is clearly not here and the future appears to be allusive. I am not terribly sure how fond I am of the present however. Oh well, nobody ever said I had to like it. :)

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