Original date March 6, 2014
My first night in Malawi….
AHHH well lets start with the flight. The flight from JFK to
South Africa was fine, they fed up three times. I watched 12 years a slave and
Frozen. Two awesome movies by the way. Our flight from South Africa to Malawi
got delayed by almost 4 hours, We sat on a plane that did not move for 4 hours,
you could imagine what that was like but we played cards, talked and I made a
bracelet to pass the time. So now when I look at the bracelet I am reminded to
have patience.
But about last night….
When we arrived at the compound in Lilongwe we met other
volunteers and other Peace Corps staff. Had an awesome dinner and went to my
room. So as I’m in my room I decided to unpack and put some clothes in the
closet being that we are here for 5 days. I open the closet door and then
slammed it shut…. Want to know why? Because a black spider the size of my fist
ran across the closet. When I say I
almost fainted.. I almost fainted, my whole life flashed before my eyes and my
heart skipped a beat. I sat on the chair and cried for 15 minutes. I can take
fires, hurricanes, a gun anything but spiders. While crying I contemplated on
setting the closet on fire, this was really a thought because they gave us
matches. But on the plane I listened to a Podcast from my church about being
afraid and Pastor said “The Devils greatest weapon against the people of faith
is the induction of fear.” I then opened my bible Psalms 27 and began praising
and just like that I decided not to live in fear of a spider I can easily
scare. Easier said than done though but today I walked in my room and saw a
spider on the ceiling and I was okay. I decided not to be scared because these
spiders eat mosquitoes. Usually I would kill the spiders but since these
mosquitoes have Malaria, I think the spider can stay. His name is Parker. Peter
Parker.
Fear is a choice. You can choose to be scared or you can
conquer your fears.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God
has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love and sound mind.
