Can I Get A Refill?

Hello from Ongole, India!Despite the hot, hot heat, we’re excited for the ministry God has called us to in India! My new team (team Exodus) and I will be working alongside team Pleres this month. For the next few weeks, we’ll be partnering with two organizations: ICM (India Christian Ministries) and SCH (Sarah’s Covenant Home). As we partner with ICM, we’ll be traveling to orphanages in the surrounding area each week, painting bedrooms and loving on the kids! The bulk of our ministry this month is with SCH. We’ll be spending most of our days at Sarah’s Covenant Home–a home for abandoned children with special needs. For the next few weeks, we’ll be loving over eighty children with specal needs in any way we’re able–this could range anywhere from bathing, health checks and feedings, to nap time, games, and physical exercise. As a team, we’re really striving to empty ourselves out for these kids. We’re fully relying on God to refill us daily–and we believe He will! Would you keep “team Plexodus” in your prayers, please? That God would continue to shower His endurance and strength over us as we fully commit to loving these kids with everything we’ve got? (THANKS!) After travel day, we were given two days of (much-needed!) rest. We’ve enjoyed a trip to the beach, orientation, and a few lengthy naps! Now that we’re rested and healthy, we look forward to our first full day of ministry in Ongole tomorrow! Updates, stories and photos soon to come! 🙂

 

It’s often difficult (for me) to ask God for the ability to fully invest myself in a ministry  (especially one as trying as this), when I know that in four short weeks, I’ll have to pack up and walk away from it. As we prepare for ministry tomorrow, i’m reminded of Isaiah 43.13….God tells us, “No one can undo what I have done“. Isn’t it amazing how God’s word holds every comfort that we need? I may not be able to save the world. Shoot…I can’t even save myself. (Thank you, Jesus!) But the work that God does through me, in EVERY place He leads me to, cannot be undone. No matter how great or small….the work God does through us cannot be undone. This reminder brings with it a newness of spirit–an eagerness to be emptied, only to be refilled once more.

NEPAL UPDATE: As of May 01, 2011  God has provided (through YOUR giving!!!)$440 for the family whose home burned down last month. I praise God for your compassion, prayers, and generous gifts! We’re planning on sending the money to Nepal on June 01…so if you’d like to send a gift, there’s still time! Again, THANK YOU for the way you’ve played a part in God’s provision. May you be blessed as you bless those around you!

 

As always, thanks for following along! I love and miss you all!