From @mmm_water ... 2023 Well Season: Daily Devotional

September 1 - October 31 is Marion Medical Mission Well Season for 2023. The season will include daily devotionals - one for each day the U.S. volunteers are overseas, sharing the love of Jesus by providing safe, clean, sustainable sources of drinking water to the extreme poor in sub-Saharan Africa. Marion Medical Mission is one of our mission partners at Grace Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas, and we STRONGLY encourage you to read these devotions to learn more about - and pray for! - their mission.

October 1, 2023

A DAY OF TRANSITION
Marion Medical Mission

"The Lord will keep you from all harm - he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” Psalm 121:7-8

Today is a day of transition, of arrivals and departures. Volunteers on Team One have finished their time in Africa and are headed home; those on Team Two are ready to begin. The two teams will be in the Lilongwe airport at the same time, but will only see one another from afar. The African staff are saying “goodbye” and “hello” to new and old friends.

We see this Church as a circle of persons holding hands…and dancing… supporting each other, accepting each other, loving each other.
Each person in this dancing circle is facing outward… reaching into God’s world, listening for the whimpering, watching for the hurting, willing to offer a cup of cold water in His name.
Sometimes they need the water; sometimes you need the water; sometimes I need the water.
Being a part of the Church means knowing that the cup is always filled in His name.

Ann Weems, Searching for Shalom

Application Question: What transitions are you experiencing today? How can you support others who are in transition?

Prayer: racious God, bless each of these volunteers, those arriving and those departing. For those on Team One, we pray for safe travels back home, and for help in transitioning back into normal daily life. Continue to speak to their hearts about the love and joy that they’ve experienced while in Africa, and give them the words to tell others of what they have seen and heard. For those on Team Two, we pray for the beginning of their adventure; grant them calm reassurance as they prepare to bring the gift of clean water to African villages. Help us all to remember that the cup is always filled in Your name. Amen.

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