Going on the world race you think that you are always going to heal and help other people all the time. What you don’t expect is that there will times of healing in yourself. I thought every week on the world race would consist of hard working labor and seeking to love out people in the world who don’t know Christ. At least that’s what I thought I would be doing. But, I was wrong.
Last week I spent the week on top a mountain in Silven, Bulgaria. We joined about 1000 Bulgarian Christians for a week of worshiping God and learning more about true Worship. Amazingly, last month in Albania I had been praying to God to not have internet at the next location we arrived to… And with great thanks, we had no internet on that mountain. God also blessed me with a view that was out of a national geographic magazine, a cappuccino machine, unlimited ice cream, and pizza one night that had corn on it. Yes, God truly loves me. Without the distraction of being synchronized with family and the world, I was able to dig deep into the word. Yes that below is the cappucino machine 🙂
Our ministry consisted of helping the camp by preparing meals, cleaning the camp, and of course cleaning squatty potties twice daily. In the mean time we were able to worship along side other Christian Bulgarians at this camp. It was really awesome how thankful each person was at this camp for what we were doing, even though to us it didn't seem like a lot.
Every worship was spoke in Bulgarian so without even a resistance this guy sits down among us Americans and for the whole week translated every sermon. Now it may not seem like much, but I know it was incredibly exhausting, but he was happy to do it, and he never complained a bit. He doesn't even realize how much he blessed us this week and I am really thankful for him. This is Evo.
What I wasn’t ready for was the night a man sat down next to me to help explain about what was happening that evening. People were being prayed over and one man was having a demon released from him. He then proceeded to talk to me in such a way that he already knew me. I was blown away at the things he was saying. I have been praying for answers to certain things in my life, and without a hesitant breath, this man spoke my answers without me even saying a word about myself.
I know that everyone of you knows that I do have a fairly large mouth. When I am happy, you know it, when I am sad, you know it. Wrong me or any other person, you will know it. I struggle a lot in my life with my tongue and how much flows from it. I Just honestly need to learn when to be quiet, what I should trust others in, and when to open it up. And with a gentle spirit, this man spoke James 3:10 to me. “From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so”. He told me I needed to guard my tongue like I needed to guard my heart. Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” He also shared with me that I was holding on to things in my past that held me from what God was trying to bless me with in my life and that I needed to let go of. We prayed together, and then he prayed over me for my future… it was a blessing, I knew God was there.
The next day after the morning service, a woman came up to me and introduced herself and let me know that she was the wife of the man who prayed with me the night before. We spent hours talking this day, and every word that she spoke I knew It was what God wanted me to hear. Her life seemed as a mirror to mine. She could feel what my heart felt, and she knew the things I was going through. It really was a true blessing meeting someone clear across the world from me who saw my heart like I did.
When we draw closer to Christ, and dig into his word and make him number one in our lives, I believe our lives will be blessed with everything our hearts desire. Psalm 37:5 says “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act”. God used a complete stranger to speak to me, and also his wife to soften my heart. The people here were just awesome.
I am in awe of God’s love for me and just blown away by his mercy. I have 290 days left on the World Race, and I just pray God uses me in every way to bless others and to continue his will. This week we are in Dobromirka, Bulgaria. We are cleaning, restoring, and organizing a place that God has blessed Mission Possible with.
Besides the work being done, God has me being pretty still and more quiet this week. Just taking time in Him, and meditating on the things of Him. I have been a little sick from I’m thinking dairy products, and I have been getting off coffee this week so I have a slight headache right now. Other than that God is so good, and I feel truly blessed right now in my life.
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Blessings,
Sarah
