sojourners

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After a full three days, B and I took some time to relax in our room together and talk about the recent events of the weekend. Our conversation turned toward our few acquaintances in Khh and the community of which "outskirts" we hang around. In retrospect (and if you had been a fly on the wall), it seems rather elementary to have talked about so-and-so and how we think they like us, but at the time, in our weary and somewhat dispirited minds it was a comfort to think of people we even just met as friends. In the last few weeks our world seems to have shrunken a bit as the steady, slow plodding of our schedules set in and the touch of loved ones back in MD seems fading. We remind ourselves (and are reminded) that we are not alone, and we press on in hopes of finding the Faithfuls and the Hopefuls on our pilgrim's progress. And above all, our hopes are set on the goodness and faithfulness of our God, Who never leaves us or forsakes us.

His mercies are new every morning.