Hanni har været ansvarlig for vores vaskeri, og jeg tror ikke, at jeg nogensinde har mødt et menneske, der har været så enthusiastisk overfor vasketøj. Dette har været måneden, hvor forsvundne sokker er kommet tilbage til deres ejermænd, og vi alle har fået et kærlig hentydning, hvis vi ikke hurtigt nok fik fjernet vores vasketøj fra tørresnorene. Jeg tror ikke, at der nogensinde er nogen, der har bekymret sig så meget for mit vasketøj udover mig selv.
Men det er jo bare vasketøj? Eller er det? Det får mig til at tænke på et bibelvers fra Kolosenserne 3,23: "Hvad I end gør, gør det af hjertet — for Herren og ikke for mennesker."
Jeg kan ihvertfald sige, at hvad end Hanni og Gottfrid er blevet sat til at gøre denne måned, så har de gjort det for Herren, og vi andre er blevet velsignede.
On the picture you see the smile that has met me several times a day the past month as I have been walking by our laundry on the way to and from my office. Hanni and her husband Gottfrid have been volunteers this past month and have been a great blessing to all of us.
Hannis is 76 years old and in 1964 she went out as a missionary to Eritrea and got to know Gottfrid. Together they served as missionaries for 20 years in different countries. What serving hearts they have to come here and help us out too!
Hanni has been in charge of the house laundry the past month and I think it is rare to see so much enthusiasm towards laundry as she has shown. This has been the month where missing socks have been returned to their owners and we've all got a kind reminder if our laundry was left too long on the clothesline. I don't think anyone has ever shown so much concern for MY laundry beside myself.
But is it not just laundry? Or is it more than laundry? It makes me think about a verse from Bible: 'Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men' (Col 3:23)I think we all aggree that whatever Hanni and Gottfrid have been doing this month they have done it with all their hearts for the Lord. And the rest of us have been blessed too! Thanks!