Counsel

There is no market for counselors or psychologists in these parts. It is a disgrace to mention personal matters outside the family. Period. After years of war that demolished almost every livable structure, killing was not limited to the battlefields, but was a tribal, even personal, every day occurrence. More than three out of four people living in the city are returning refugees. Without grief counseling.

You can see why my wife was not super excited about pre-marital counseling. Nor did I find anyone in Kabul with the ministry of counseling. There are qualified people, but each one was here for a reason other than to offer counsel. If God wanted us to receive counseling, He would have to send someone special. And He did not. So, we are winging it.

And winging well. Loving my wife is one of the greatest privileges that I have ever had. We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to live one another. We both feel blessed to have been joined together. Blessed by the many friends God has given us. Blessed to be living at this time, in this place. Life is good.