"Why Men Love Ribs"

"Why Men Love Ribs"

A small quick post this time, as it wasn’t too long since I’ve posted last and not much has happened since then. The only story I offer you if a funny moment that has happened between Jamie, Janna and I. I have repeatedly spoken about how much getting to know the Beninese leaders has been, but I also have really enjoyed getting to know the two of my teammates. Janna is such a strong leader. She always has things so well organized. I love her positive spirit and encouraging manner. I have learned to be more open to things and to take time to think over things from her. Jamie has got to be one of the funniest people I have ever met. I cannot go a day without smiling or laughing here because of him. Joy is inbuilt into his very essence and emits from his very being. I have learned to be more open to joy and to God’s blessings from Jamie.

A few times each week we spend time in devotions together. From this the unity of our team is building, and we are each growing in our relationship with God together. The funny moment I spoke of happened during one of our devotional times. We were speaking about the image of God and how as humans we cannot fully understand God but He shows his image in different ways. We spoke about how amazing it was for us that males can see God in one way, and how females can see Him in a different way, but these views help show more of the fullness of His image when we share with each other. We then got into this conversation about how God is so amazing because He created relationship between male and female to help us understand Him better. We then brought up an interesting moment where one of our leaders at church was trying to explain that another leader had gone over and was speaking to his fiancée. He said that that leader was Adam and that the lady was his “rib”. We spoke about this for some time and all of a sudden Jamie bursts out laughing! Janna and I confused, asked Jamie what he was laughing about. It took him some time to compose himself and then he tells us what he was thinking. He said that while we spoke about the ribs being a completion for some men, one thought came into his mind…..”OHHH That’s why Men love to eat ribs so much!!!”. We all had a great laugh about that.