A Call to Prayer

Over the next week or two, after I process a few things, I will be able to write a bit more about our time in Morocco.  It has been fascinating to think about the possibilities and the journey God has taken us on to go there to visit once again.  I truly enjoyed going into a culture where children are embraced and loved.  From the moment we were on the plane, people engaged our children in conversation.  The guards at the place we stayed were so absolutely warm towards our children.  There were two "guard" dogs and two cats there on the property, and the kids went out every morning and played ball with them while Bryan and I had a cup of coffee together.  The guard was even taking pictures of the kids (with his own camera) playing with the dogs.  You don't know how enjoyable the switch from French to Moroccan culture was with a young family until you have actually experienced it for yourself. 

Every morning, about 5:40 AM, I was awoken by the first Islamic call to prayer.   It is one thing to understand the call to prayer in the United States where it doesn't blare out into the world, another thing to experience it from all angles in an Islamic country.  It is hauntingly beautiful, but lonely.  It is captivating, yet I wondered how many people it is holding captive?  The second morning it woke me up, I started praying feeling such an intense ache for God.  It was as if for a moment he let me feel his heart's desire to draw these people to him, and I just started crying.  I just wanted to pray and pray and pray.  Moroccans are such a beautiful people, and they don't know our very personal God.  They do not know the truth about who Jesus is.

I don't know where these roads will lead, if we will be going to Morocco or going back to the U.S. next year.  Nevertheless, my experience from this past year tells me that we should be praying and praying and praying for the nations (France and Morocco included).  Sometimes we limit our prayers to our own limited scope of being without realizing that God wants to use our prayers to accomplish great things around the world.