August 19 (Cups)

So to those of you who I am sure are wondering about actual physical characteristics of where I am, I am not ingoring your interest, it is just taking me a while to be able to take it all in and to try to somehow put it into words. I have been taking lots of pictures but I am still trying to figure out how to post them on here. Most of the computers at the internet cafes are really old and I'm not sure if they will even do it, but I may be able to post pictures sporadically using my leader, Steph's, computer. I will try to do it soon I promise!

Our field director, Cami, gave us a visual this morning of a cup, sitting in a bowl, sitting on a plate. Basically we are the cup and as the Father fills us up we overflow into our close community which in turns overflows into those around us and those our community is trying to reach. There are all kinds of analogies and comparisons which can be gleaned from this visual but I particularly can relate to something that one of the staff members, Karolina, said. I'll put it in my own words. As the cup, it seems that so many times instead of being focused on the Father so that he may fill me, I instead find myself looking around and comparing myself to all the other cups. Is their cup bigger or smaller, dirtier or cleaner, more ornate or plane and ordinary? This comes from being prideful and/or insecurities in ourselves that sause us to run in the wrong race, a race against each other rather than towards the Father. (And yes I realize that I switched analogies mid-point) When we are focused on the other cups, we are not being filled as we should by the Father and are therefore not overflowing life into our community and those we are trying to reach.