Humility, obedience, and service is what the Lord is teaching me this month. Through the different ministries I have been doing this month, I'm learning that humility, obedience, and service has a different meaning than what I took it for. We have been doing two main ministries this month, which includes going into communities and evangelising and working in schools.
My team and I have been doing door to door evangelising this month with our contact Juan Carlos. It has been very different for me because it is a type of evangelism that I have never done before. It has also taken me out of my comfort zone. At first, I felt awkward going to people's houses and talking with them about Jesus. I felt very out of place, but the more we did it, the more comfortable i got. I learned how to have conversations with people and hear their story and pray with them (with the help from our translator). I've heard some amazing stories how God has done some amazing things in some of people I came in contact with. I've also heard some stories where people had just enough to make ends meet or they were praying for God to provide for them. The amazing thing about this, is that the people had so much joy in their life through the good siturations and the bad.
Door to door evangelising has taught me how to humble myself more and to be obedient to the spirit. I would be lying if I said that I was happy when I heard that I was going to be evangelising door to door. It's not that I don't like talking about God to people, but going up to a random person house and talking wasn't something I would like to do. I have always been taught that having a relationship is better before I drop the Jesus bomb on somebody. So I've learned to humble myself before the Lord and do what He has asked me to do. It wasn't easy, but I'm learning what it means to humble myself before the Lord. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you (James 4:10). Obedience hasn't come easy for me. One day while evangelising, my team and I were praying for a elderly lady and she said that her feet has been hurting her and she couldn't sleep very good and I felt the Holy Spirit tell me to wash her feet. Me: Do what Lord? Spirit: Wash her feet! In my obedience, I was like ok Lord. This was way out of my comfort zone, but I knew that this is what the Spirit asked of me and her healing was more important than me not wanting to wash her feet.
(Her name is Lorenza Hernandez and I got to go back to the community and she told me that her feet were healed and that she can sleep at night. God is good and He is still in the healing business!!!!)
Working at the schools have taught me how to be a better servant. Going to the schools and serving the kids whichever way I can has been such a joy to me, whether it has been playing soccer (which I suck at), talking to them and not knowing that many words they are saying, taking photos, dancing, making a complete fool of myself , or just sitting by them has taught me so much. I'm learning that are so many ways to serve somebody.
Having fun with these kids at school!!!
My dance class along with the instructor/teacher!!!!
