From The Field: April 2010

From The Kitchen Table

~ The Desk of Lynne Schaefer ~

March 2010

Living the Dream!

As a child all I wanted to be was a wife and a mother. I knew that someday I would live on the mission field. Not a grand thing really. Not a Scientist or Doctor, or a professor of this or that. Nope, just a wife and mom, with a house full of kids. A nightmare to some, but a dream to me!

We just got back from a long hard trip down to South Africa. We broke down on the way down in the desert in Namibia. Our good friends convoying with us had to tow us for 300km. It took us the whole day. We then left our car in Namibia and took the bus to Cape Town where we continued with our deputation trip around South Africa. We were so blessed and encouraged at the different churches we visited. We then spent a long time in Cape Town trying to get our vehicle back in shape. And after some weeks we headed back up here to Mbala.

Seven days on the road in the heat of Namibia with the kids trying to keep busy in the car. With a sucker sweet stuck to the shoulder of my shirt. A huge heat headache and a piece of sandwich stuck to my shoe, I remind myself that, actually, I am just living my dream! It certainly is not an easy road, but “I took the road less travelled by.” We have had our hills and valleys, thunderstorms and sunshine. After 8 days on the road we arrived home to no electricity, but missionary friends had left bread and biscuits in the kitchen for us and welcome home notes and signs were everywhere. It’s good to be back, and with God’s help I will continue to live the dream!

This trip we brought a young man back with us. His name is Robert Martin and he is here with us for 5 weeks and will be making a DVD for us of our ministry here. He is a very talented young man, but his health has not been good the past few years, please pray for him.