Journaling in Maban
This post is a sneak peek into my journal entries from my time spent in Maban. Friday October 9 th : Living in a tent again and taking showers under the stars. What an amazing evening. We ran out of water for showers tonight, so I lugged my own water in a bright blue bucket. I’ll admit it was not any fun at first. Searching for buckets in the dark with my flashlight, trying not to scoop up leaves in each cup full, using my phone flashlight for light, and swatting away beetles and moths, but it was totally worth it when I looked up… The Milky Way looked so close that I might have been able to reach up and swirl the stars around with my fingertips. God is awesome. Saturday October 10 th : This afternoon, we got a tour of the hospital. What a gift, and one of the most important projects Samaritan’s Purse has in Maban. I am embarrassed and disappointed to admit that I had kind of written it off, and had not taken it seriously when I first heard about it. A
