Hello Everybody!
I made it to Antigua, Guatemala.
I will be staying here for the rest of the month to work with the Nueva
Generacion ministry. NG works with local youth and that is all that I know at
this point! We are currently finishing
up some training together as a squad and will head separate ways to begin
working with our respective ministry on Tuesday.
Ok, can I just say that I love Antigua? I love the people, I love the
culture, I love the food, I love the hostel I am living in. I am living at the base of a volcano. I am living on a $3/day food budget which if
you do the math, that’s a dollar a meal.
I have to say that it is challenging to find nutritious meals on that
sort of budget but we are also finding that the Lord is providing for our needs
tremendously.
The hostel where I am staying has open roofs and indoor gardens. There is a huge thunderstorm occurring as I
write and I have to wear my rain jacket from the kitchen to get to the bathroom
or my room. Most of you are probably
thinking, yuck. But I LOVE it. I think
it’s wonderful. At least for now, haha.
I am so blessed to be here and surrounded by a group of people who are
similarly minded, in that they want to live for something more than the lives
as they knew them and are surrendering
their lives to the Lord, willing to give up their bed for bed bugs, all to
bring Glory to our Lord.
I want to share a song with you. This
song impacted me so greatly that I returned a plane to ticket to Seychelles
because I heard the Lord talking directly to me through the lyrics of the
song.
The song is called Share the Well by Caedmon’s Call.
The song talks about a community that has access to
a well (Jesus Christ) and asks how are you going to share the living water that
comes out of it to the thirsty nations. I’ve shared the lyrics and song below but I
want to talk about a particular verse. It says this:
You know I’ve heard good people
say
There’s nothing I
can do
That’s half a
world away
Well maybe you’ve
got money
Maybe you’ve got
time
Maybe you’ve got
the Living Well
That ain’t ever running dry
I didn’t have money, but I did have
time and a living well that is never, ever going to run dry that I can share
access to. I want to pose the question to you as well. Maybe you don’t have the
stomach to try challenging foods or live in hostels. Maybe you are physically
incapable of having to walk to the market. So how can you share the well? Do
you have money? Do you have a voice? Maybe you have a lot of time on your
hands. If you don’t have those things,
are you connected in a network of people who you think might have those things
and would be willing to use them? These
are things I am thinking about as I begin the first leg of this journey. I
invite you to think about these things as well and share your response on my
blog.
I will be taking a screen fast for the
next two days with the rest of my squad. A screen fast is any medium with a
screen: Computer, phone, television, etc.
I invite you to join me in this fast as well. Sit with the Lord instead
of watching TV.
Love you guys, and thank you for all
your support.
ADIOS!
Pray today:
For food safety, we don’t want parasites
For our hearts as they are being
prepared for ministry
For our bodies, we are exhausted from
travel.
SHARE THE WELL
Do you think the water knows
Flowing down the mountain thaw
Finally to find repose
For any soul who cares to draw
Some kindred keepers of this Earth
On their way to join the flow
Are cast aside and left to thirst
Tell me now it is not so
Share the well, share with your
brother
Share the well my friend
It takes a deeper well to love one
another
Share the well my friend
All God’s creatures share the water
hole
The bleesed day the monsoon comes
And in His image we are woven
Every likeness every one
From Kashmir to Karala
Under every banyan tree
Mothers for their children cry
With empty jar and bended knee
Share the well, share with your
brother
Share the well my friend
It takes a deeper well to love one
another
Share the well my friend
Je Ra Ji Ra, Ji Ra, De Ji Ra, De Ji
Ji Ji
You know I’ve heard good people say
There’s nothing I can do
That’s half a world away
Well maybe you’ve got money
Maybe you’ve got time
Maybe you’ve got the Living Well
That ain’t ever running dry
Share the well, share with your
brother
Share the well my friend
It takes a deeper well to love one
another
Share the well my friend
Internet can’t handle video embedding right now so here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iv7SCceH28
Enjoy.
