Karibu, welcome to yet another blog. As I sit to write this, I am pondering what I hope it will be and who I hope will come along with me as I write. The title comes from Mt. Meru, the Diocese of Meru and represents a place, people and great beauty that most of us will never get to see or experience. Walt and I however, have had the great blessing of connecting with so many people through friends, places, organizations and the Holy Spirit. These connections came to us through our call to visit Meru, meet the people, host them in our home. Each step along the way, we were led to the next step and the next.
So, as we prepare for yet another experience in the Diocese of Meru, I will from time to time share that preparation process and my musings about them. Many days, before anyone else can ask me, I have an internal conversation about why I am getting ready to leave my family, spend a lot of money getting there and postpone all the other things I/we could be doing for the months of January and February. Sometimes I am able to identify all sorts of lofty, Spirit led reasons. Other times, it is more selfish, because we can, because we want to, because it is good for us. So, for those of you who ask why we are going again and what we will do, maybe you can help us form that purpose and plan. I am hoping that this blog will be a tool for us to learn about ourselves and about partnership and about our fundamental connectedness as children of God.
Beginning in January, when there is power, we will also use this blog spot to journal about our experiences, the people we are meeting with and the way we are spending our days. It will be another tool for us to remember and process who is touching our lives and how God is acting through us all.
Come along for the journey.
Aleta and Walt
