Today was such an amazing day. I can’t even begin to describe how awesome it was. We started the day doing VBS with 24 spanish speaking kids from the neighborhood and it was great! So the two teams that are with YWAM went to this old basketball/fútbol court to do VBS. Our fluent spanish speaking lady in one of the teams went around with one of the people we’re working with in a van to go pick up the kids around the neighborhood. It’s not as weird as it sounds, I promise! ANTYHOO so Mandy, our spanish speaker, was talking in spanish saying that if the kids want to VBS with us they are welcome to come! When the van came to the court there was 1 kid that came out. Instead of being discouraged we were like “ok! We’re gonna do VBS with 1 kid”. Next thing we know we have 24 kids doing VBS and having fun with us. We had all this different stuff planned but God had a different plan. So through these kids I learned that Jesus doesn’t have a language. There is no certain language that Jesus speaks to us. Sometimes He uses sign language in terms of He shows us love through action not necessarily words. Some of the kids were very interested in the camera and taking pictures. I let a few of them freelance with my camera and the pictures came out surprisingly great. There was one sweet moment where one kid got a soccer ball to the face (that’s not the sweet part) so I was comforting him with hugs and whatnot. I moved away from him thinking he’s done and he instantly moved back in my arms and rested there for a bit until he found bubbles that we thoroughly enjoyed together. Like how amazingly cool is that?! I didn’t say one true word to him in the language he understands but he fully understand the language of love. One of the kids who took pictures caught this moment on camera, I didn’t even know until I was looking through the pictures, and it was awesome. It just reminds me that yes we do need to talk to God but sometimes all he needs is for us to slide into His arms and just let Him love us without any words. I don’t know about you but I tend to be so desperate for God to speak to me I don’t leave time for us to be together in the silence and just let Him love me. I need to stop treating God like a spiritual ATM, constantly asking for assistance and a word but not spending quality time with Him to be with Him. I need to treat Him more like a Father because that’s what He is.
So! I started vlogging and that’s going to be my main way of communicating what’s going on. Not only will it get me out of my comfort zone but you get to experience this with me. I’ll be posting them on YouTube and hopefully here.
ALSO thank you to all who have financially and spiritually partnered with me in this journey. We have another deadline coming up next month of $13,000. We are currently in the $9,000s I think. We could be in the $10,000 but I don’t know yet considering there’s funds coming in that haven’t cleared yet. So we’ve got some work to do! a good way to gain more financial and spiritual partners is just telling people about The World Race, inviting them to check out the blog and inviting them to give or partner with me. God has been so good through this fundraising journey and He has come through in so so many ways BUT we have to do our part and get in touch with the people who He has ordained to give towards this journey.
Thank you all so much for your partnerships and your love.
Lots of love coming your way from me to you!!
