I was angry. I was angry that my parents couldn’t come and because of that we were being what felt like “shipped off” to another part of the country. I was angry that I wouldn’t be able to meet my teammates parents before I got “shipped off”. So far away from the rest of our squad and their parents. I wasn’t angry at anyone, but I was angry that I was in a situation that I had no control of. I was angry that I couldn’t do anything about this situation, but thankfully the Lord didn’t allow me to dwell in this anger.
What I didn’t know was that the place we were being “shipped off” to was going to be such an amazing place. The first evening we arrived we were getting settled in and it had gotten pretty late. However, I heard some singing coming from the living room and was trying to figure what was happening. It turned out to be a welcoming party for us. Our host for the week had some of her staff singing worship songs and bought us a cake and glass bottled sodas. Wow. They also cleaned our shoes every single day and took up and offering at church to buy us custom made dresses!
This week we taught English, preached at church, prayed for a woman’s freedom from a spiritual attack, and prayed over a new house for a family that was living in one room-they now have three rooms and 2 months of food paid for.
““In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,”
??Ephesians? ?4:26? ?NIV??
Remember at the beginning when I said I was angry? The enemy wanted me to dwell in that anger, and maybe before the race I would have. But I know that the Lord brought me to this place to experience His love in such a great way, which would have been hard for me to do if I was dwelling in anger. I wouldn’t have been able to experience the fullness of God in this place.
Also, remember how I said that I was angry that I wouldn’t be able to meet my squad mates/teammates parents? I got to meet them on their way back from their safari. The Lord knew that we so badly wanted to meet our friends parents, so He allowed that to happen in such an awesome way.
The Lord loves us with such a redeeming love that is so powerful.
Please pray for our squad as we travel to Bolivia and start the last four month of our Race!!!
