Au revoir, almost.

It’s hard to believe that seven days from now, I’ll be getting on a plane that’s memphis-bound (via amsterdam).

At some point in the near future I will offer some concluding reflections about my time here in Cape Town. For now, some prayer requests:

-Perseverance. I have a lot of paper-writing and thinking to do over the next week. Pray that I won’t check out or give 50%. I really want to give my final days here everything I’ve got.

-Closure. I’ve met some grand people here in cape town, and it won’t be easy to draw those relationships to a close-because I don’t know when I’ll see them again, and because it’s not easy to keep over email. Pray for the LORD’s blessing over this.

-Helpfulness. The last three months of my life have been focused around learning about the micro-financial landscape in what has turned out to be just one community. Pray for me as I think about my research and how I can analyze it to say a few helpful things to The Warehouse when I give a presentation next Tuesday morning.

-Time with the LORD. The enemy would love for me to justify not spending time in the Word simply because I’m busier than usual. Pray that my time in His presence would continue.

I recently realized this is the first time I’ve offered prayer requests to you guys. My apologies-it just did not occur to me until now. (I’ve been experimenting with various forms of syncretism, that’s probably why. Prayer requests just mean less when you’re trying to achieve total consciousness.)