It’s been a few weeks here now, and I am just starting to be able to be comfortable with general everyday life. My “entry sickness” that they say all foreigners get when they come here has passed. I am relieved to no longer have a terrible earache that turned into and infection and eventually a nasty combination of blood and pus in there.
Everyday here, over loud speakers so that all can hear. The muslim call to prayer is heard for all to hear. I hear the prayer call, but it is iteresting…no one prays. You can read that and think well the people must be doing it in the homes or in places that I cannnot see. I would say you could have a point, but the massive amount of people who ignore speaks for itself. This also brings me to say that I would not reccommend this place to the weak at heart, or anyone who does not stand firm on the Father love. His guidance will be the only thing that will enable me to do anything here. To me things like that are demonic spirits, and one like that is covering the area and affecting the way of life here. You speak in either blessings or curses. Thats speaks curses over the people of the city.
There are other spirits here like ones of obvious temptation, but the one i’m going to talk about it a little different. They have this expression here “The Kazak Way”, it refers to many things obviously. But what I see it referred to often is a way of doing this that is sub-par, or in-efficiently. Thats not me as a “westerner” judging the culture as less than myself, but its just how they work. Very few things would done quickly and be done with excellence. Completeing a task without care or doing a crummy job is not the way of the Kingdom.
Im finding it hard to describe the city with words and funny enough all of my pictures do not do it justice either. Its a whole new world compared to anything. I think I said before, Im holding back from the term third world though.
My workplace here im finding is heavily annointed. It lifts my spirits and brings me joy every second I am there. The main project I have is about ready to launch, we completed many tasks this last 2 weeks and are very close.
Im meeting with the Father while riding on buses lately….buses with far to many people on board for comfort. A 20 seater bus here will almost constantly hold 40 people. Which means people squished together and standing. But Im finding that if I pop my headphones in and play some worship music, He finds me there and brings me joy. Anyone who is reading this, worship music reccommendations are accepted at this time.
But hey, I did not and do not expect this life I have chosen to be easy. My training for this (DIBOR), however is paying off in so many ways it is not even funny. Many little things and so many big that I can look back and see how I was specifcally trained for exact moments or tasks I get.
Continue to lift me and up and feel free to ask any questions you may have.
