This is a bit of an excerpt from a journal entry while I was
in Moldova… I am hoping that it will help catch you up to where I currently
find myself:
I currently find myself staring out at the beautiful
countryside of Russian Moldova… The simplicity of the life here has afforded a
bit more time to process what God did in Berlin. I don’t know how to explain it
other than to compare it to those nature clips in which they show you flowers
blooming in like triple time… or a sky filled with so many fireworks you cannot
take them all in… or a whirlwind of colors that sweep you up and swirl you
about… God grew us so so so quickly. We were there for only two weeks, but in
that time we grew
the most. We experienced Heaven on Earth… We praised in ways
we’ve never known, we wrote songs we did not know were in us, we danced with
steps we never knew, we played our instruments in ways we never knew we could…
it was so crazy, we hardly could believe it ourselves, but we just let it flow,
loving every second we felt our Father wash over us… But as it was said there,
it is not the place that carries the anointing, but the people. And we do carry
it with us…
We still carry it. We have carried it through Moldova where
we had an amazing contact. We were blessed with the chance to lay the
foundation to a patio for the trio of beautiful elderly women who reside at the
home. We also were able to help lay the foundation to a chicken coop which was lovingly
dubbed the chicken church. But it was a beautiful time to be able to rest and
have life abundant spoken into our lives…
Then came the Ukraine…For me it was one of my favorite
months. We were working with a
church to help them jump start their youth
group. Our first five days were spent camping by a river. The days were spent doing
devotions in the morning, followed by borsch for breakfast, then the morning
hours spent at the river until till lunch. After lunch was just hang out/rest
or more time at the river. And of course one of our favorite moments was tea
and cookies. Then dinner, and then usually we just hung out around the camp
fire and shared stories, played games, sang songs…. I loved it. It was awesome
getting to hear their hearts and to know more about who they are. Two of the
youth got saved which was AWESOME! The
next week we helped plan a youth service so we were busy with practicing skits,
songs, etc. It was a lot of fun and it was so cool to watch as the youth took
joy and pride in what they were doing. These youth whose ages ranged from the
ages of 15-19 were so passionate and desired so deeply for their friends to get
it… to get that God loves them.
I think for me I realized once more the precious gift we
have within. That gift that God gave us so freely through the sacrifice of His
son, knowing it was the only way we could be with Him for eternity. And it is a
gift we have a chance to share with the world… These youth understand this and
ache to have that brought to their families, their friends and their community.
They desire to build up a body that thrives in the heart of Christ and seeks
after Him fully. It truly blows me away…
Aside from Berlin, where so many wonderful things happened, this
ministry is one I plan on coming back to. To come alongside them to spur them
on… to pour out what has been poured into me.
But first all of this must take place at home… but that
thought is for another blog 🙂
