6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 

13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 

14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 

15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 

16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 

17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

 

 

We are in Peru!!!! 

 

We are working right now with a church called Camino de vida and it has been so wonderful. We have been able to give wheelchairs to people that don’t have the money or resources to buy one. Hearing their stories has broken our hearts but also has given us a new perspective of life. 

Also, we have been helping with kids ministry, painting some neighbors’s houses and sorting clothes so we can use the items that still work and help others with it. We have helped some refugees from Venezuela and my team is currently in the jungle giving away more than 90 wheelchairs. (I got so sick, so I couldn’t go. I’m still recovering but I’m ok 🙂 ) 

Conclusion: IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL!!!  WE LOVE PERU!!!

 

But at the beginning of the month we had a one week debrief and one of those nights our mentors and squad leaders planned a feet washing night. When I knew that’s what we were doing, I was like : “Oh no! I don’t like that kind of stuff, it’s kinda silly. I have never done that before. What will people from my team and my squad say?” And a lot of complaining about it, but in my heart at the same time I was wondering how it would be.

We got to the house where we were having the fellowship and one of our coaches; Karen and one squad leader; Jess started to talk about when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. At this point my heart was about to explode!!! It was during Easter so that night according with history was the night Jesus was going to die. Then they sang the song Feeling low by Will Reagan and then John 13:7 where it says : “What I’m doing you don’t realize now, but afterward you will understand.”

 

I was refusing myself for what was coming and God was telling me, “You don’t understand now but you will.”

 

So then our coaches started to wash our squad leaders’ feet and then they ask the squad leaders to wash the feet of the team leaders. So there I was. Shaking while Jess, one of the squad leaders, was washing my feet and praying for me and then something that I didn’t expect happened. It brought me to my knees in all ways —> It was our turn to wash the feet of our teams. I started one by one praying first and then washing their feet. My legs were shaking like never before, because I felt so honored, but at the same time I felt like I didn’t deserve it. Who Am I? I was just complaining a couple minutes ago and now here I am. I felt his presence in that place. I felt him by my side whispering, “It’s okay, even my disciples didn’t understand but now you understand. I have done this for you. I have washed you and made you clean. Now it’s your turn to do it for them.” I was so blown away! How Jesus is giving me the privilege to wash the feet of his disciples. My heart was exploding inside and my mind was having a throw back to Jesus knowing that his “death was coming” and He was still loving on his disciples. What an act of love, compassion, passion, selflessness, a servant’s heart, a tender heart, conviction, commitment, and definitely so much grace.

At some point I looked around and seeing my friends, my family, my squad being washed by people that I admire, their TL’s that by the end are their family too, was just so beautiful.

 

Then, when I finished with my team, my squad-mate Jacky who was my teammate on my last team: M 5:5, came to me and she asked me if she could wash my feet. She said she wanted to honor me for being an inspiration to her and for loving her the way I do. She knelt, prayed over me and then washed my feet.  I have to confess that I cried the whole time. Firstly, because I love her so much, she is one of my best friends and also just seeing that act of humbleness, humility, and love.

 

“The real test of a saint is not one’s willingness to preach the gospel, but one’s willingness to do something like washing the disciples’ feet— that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.”  Chambers, Oswald. My Utmost for His Highest

 

That night was definitely one of my favorites. Remembering the sacrifice on the cross, his love for me, the way that he loved people, HIS PEOPLE! It was a time to remember why we do this. Because so many times we take for granted what He has done for us. But that time was a time to never forget how to live in remembrance. 

 

I take the bread of life
Broken for all my sin
Your body crucified
To make me whole again

I will recall the cup
Poured out in sacrifice
To trade this sinners’ end
For Your new covenant

If ever I should lose my way
If ever I deny Your grace
Remind me of the price You paid
Hallelujah
I’ll live in remembrance

As far as heights reach from the depths
As far as east is from the west
So far Your grace has carried me

Until I see You face to face
Until at last I’ve won my race
Remind me
You’re not finished yet

Hallelujah
I’ll live in remembrance

 

Remembrance by Hillsong