Rainy Season and the Emerging Picture
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven..." — Ecclesiastes 3:1 Life as a missionary moves through many seasons. There are seasons filled with planning, preparation, travel logistics, meetings, and ministry activities. Sometimes it feels as though we move in a continual cycle of caring, serving, preparing, and beginning again. Then, every so often, everything grows quiet for a moment. This month has felt much like the weather in Puebla. We have transitioned from the warm, dry days of late winter into hot and humid afternoons filled with rain. Some storms arrive with thunder and lightning-- usually leaving us without power for a day or so. Others bring only the gentle aroma of wet earth and the steady rhythm of raindrops dancing on rooftops. As I watch the rain fall, I am reminded that God works in seasons too. There is a time to prepare the soil, a time to plant, a time to nurture, and eventually a time to harvest. Right n...