A sweet - but very deep - grief … I had pushed my way through the barrage of hugs and excited greetings of the children. I had entered the small house and had just sat down in a not so comfortable chair still being swarmed by the younger children when I looked up and our eyes met. They were the eyes of Sister Edith the wife of the late pastor Joseph. She was coming towards me and the customary kneeling became more of a collapse as she fell at my feet, the weeping embrace that followed seemed to suspend time.

Overall, Edith and the children are doing well but their grief and the magnitude of their loss is profound. There is a sadness in their eyes that I am confident that the God of all comfort will soon replace with Joy and gladness; but for the moment the grief process is very real – please pray for them. (more…)