Shaboomafoom.
Definition: Learning that intercession is just as important as physical work.
Shaboomafoom.
This month we have been doing as much intercessory prayer as we have been meeting peoples physical needs. As I speak, a group of world racers are praying for our ministry contacts. Our contacts are in a tough place financially. They are in danger of losing their hotel, which backs up all the ministry work they do. They take the revenue from the hotel to provide for their orphanage, and take care of the kids God has placed in their stewardship. We have been praying over their situation, and interceding to God on their behalf. Even though they are in a tough spot, God has given them a greater vision for their ministry, and they are pursuing it. God has blessed them with the opportunity to purchase a lot that would be absolutely perfect for the ministry they have been given. It would be a home to kids who otherwise would not have one. It would be a place for kids to eat and grow and learn. They would be taught there. They would play baseball and basketball and soccer there. They would draw near to God there. The vision they have from God is quite amazing, and even though logically and financially, the timing seems upside down and backwards, I have been learning that God has the tendency to baffle us with the way He works. He likes to set the stage for something impossible, and then come in and show Himself faithful and strong. I am excited to see how God comes through for our contacts, and how He provides for their ministry.
We have been ministering at “The Quinta”, which is the home for the kids they take care of. We have been helping with kids bible schools, and helping orchestrate church services. Josh and I also helped clear the roof of crushed tile and cement and brick yesterday here at the hotel we are staying at. We filled buckets and lowered them from the roof down and emptied them into a truck. I kind of felt at home in that department. I am used to cleaning up construction sites after working with my dad most summers. So we have been doing all sorts of random ministry, including simply walking through the barrios and praying for people.
The church services are interesting, cause they are all in spanish. Yesterday, they were playing a Hillsong United song, Fire Fall Down. In spanish, they were singing fuego de dios, but I thought they were singing sueno dios. So while they were singing Fire of God, Fire of God, I was singing, Sleepy God, Sleepy God. Haha. But God knows my heart so its ok.
We will be having a debrief at the end of the month with the entire squad. It will be here at the hotel, Casa Mateo, so we will be bringing our contacts some extra business to support their ministry. We will be talking about the past couple months in Central America, and gearing up for the next three months in southeast Asia. It will be a really interesting transition. I can’t really imagine everything that God has in store for us. It seems everyday He brings a wild adventure our way.
Hope you enjoyed hearing a little about our ministry.
