Another month come and gone! Sorry for the delay in posting a blog – our squad was without Internet in Bolivia. Despite the terrible bug bites, we had a great month together at El Puente, helping Hermano Lucho make improvements around the camp! He has such an incredibly warm and huge servant heart. Knowing how thankful he was for the work we were doing around the camp, made our ministry (and at times the tedious and mundane work) so rewarding! We spent a large part of our month transferring rocks from the river up to the camp to create a stone pathway. He was truly thankful for all of our helping hands in this project.
We had no interaction with the locals. Essentially, it was just us, J squad, which meant lots of personal reflection time and lots of ministering to each other. I could go on, describing to you our month in Bolivia, but I want to tell you about the most meaningful thing I took away from last month. And that is learning to be BOLD. One night, towards the end month, we had an all night prayer session with the entire squad. We had different prayer stations set up throughout the night- listening prayer, creative prayer, centering prayer, etc. During this time of being intimate with The Lord, squad-mates were healed, walls were torn down, and lies were forever thrown away. It was truly an amazing night and such a definite turning point for J squad.
That next morning, one of our squad leaders approached me, and handed me a notecard. On that notecard was a message He had heard from The Lord about me. It said, “It’s time for you to take charge my daughter. To step up and really begin to walk in who you are as my daughter. To start walking in the things I have spoken over you. I have molded & made you for such a time as this. Be Bold! I am with you. Step out into uncomfortable things. I will meet you there.”
Earlier that night, during prayer, I made a list of lessons that I believed God was teaching me, or things I wanted to learn from God in the months to come and being bold was nowhere on my list. My list contained words/lessons like patience, worthiness, hope, and grace, just to name a few. But, being bold was something I had never really thought about. I read the card over and over again and began praying about what The Lord had for me in this. Here’s what I got. I am BOLD because I am a Believer in Christ. I am Obedient in Christ. I am Loved by Christ. And I am a Daughter of Christ. Through all of these things in Christ, with His help, I can step out and start learning to be bold in my daily activities. He will be there to guide me along the way, catch me when I stumble and love me through it all.
“Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given to me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel” – Ephesians 6:19.
