just another day...

I was just sitting here at my desk in the Family Place, thinking about all the different things that are going on right at this moment. It kind of makes me smile to think of the scope of activities that go on in this place on a daily basis. Our short-termer Liz is sitting across from me at my desk reading her Kindle. There are 2 lovers on the couch in the cafe having coffee and chatting. Two girls in the back room watching a soccer game, 3 young people studying at one of our tables in the cafe, Darrell is putting up shelves in the kitchen, there's a prayer meeting going on in one of the classrooms, people are working out on the machines in the fitness center and an aerobics class is about to start. A couple of workers are hanging out here with their computers and enjoying the quiet, peaceful, smoke-free atmosphere. Tomorrow 40 young people from the US Embassy ACCESS program will be meeting in our conference room to listen to a lecture. As soon as they leave, we'll set the room up for a group of 20 men and women who meet monthly to talk about ministry in this country. We also have a group of 25 worker women who meet every Thursday night for a Beth Moore Study in one of our rooms. When we began this business we had no idea how God would use it and of course it's still evolving but it's kind of cool to see how many different people pass through these doors every day. Recently we've had a group of business men rent out a room for their meetings for 3 days,the North Africa partnership people (10 of them) rented a room for 2 days, 2 groups of workers meet twice weekly to learn how to tell the Story in the local dialect, several language students meet their tutors here and study language, workers love to send their children to a safe and loving preschool where they can play and learn. Who ever dreamed what the Family Place would become? Who can imagine what God has in mind for this place? I just know that we need more help to keep all the balls in the air and cannot wait for our team to join us in a few months.