Tuesday we met our awesome pastor Manuel who’ll well be working with theses next few weeks at his fairly small church in a rural farmish area outside of town. That night we went to and did part of their church service, we sang some songs and shared a short message and a testimony. Yesterday, we cut the weeds/grass, trimmed some trees worked on the fence ect all day, and today we had prayer fasting and a service in the morning, we prayed over a woman who had been pretty badly beaten by her husband, for her healing and his salvation, and continued working outside in the afternoon. 15 or so kids from the community have also been helping us work and I usually play some soccer with them during our lunch break. I’ts uplifting to see their smiles as they help us even though there all quite poor. Tomorrow well be walking around the aera where the church is and evangelizing. Next week well be doing a VBS for 60 or so kids so which should be interesting. I’ve really enjoyed working at the church.
It’s funny, before I left multiple people said things along the lines of “that’s awesome what your doing, how your being so selfless, I wish I could do that.” My first thought is, you can; and second I don’t see myself as being selfless, I’m still pretty selfish in many ways. I just want to get the most I can out of this life, and honestly I enjoyed sweating profusely for 10hrs doing manual labor and getting bit, cut, and dirty. I felt joy almost the entire time, and just the cool breeze on the ride home or the beauty of the mountains in the distance brought a smile to my face and a peace in my heart. It’s not dreadful labor I suffer because God wants me to or so I can feel good about myself. It’s a new found life I just had to be willing to set aside my old one for. It’s a pursuit of Love, hope, peace and joy, looking to the Author of them to find them in their purest most powerful form and I’m excited to continue to gain more of them, and a closer relationship with Him each day. As well as see his Kingdom come and so many ways and lives and places and to be a part of it. God Bless, and thanks so much for your prayers.
Hebrews 12:28-29 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may[j] serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
