So this is the sidewalk outside of our house where I spent my time with the Lord every morning. It doesn't look like much, but the Lord gave me some really awesome opportunities to share His love with people and also showed me His sense of humor. So here's how it went:
*I spent many times talking with one of our contacts Carlos here. God was really working in his life this month and just gave me opportunities to pour into him.
*Every morning the goat cart would pass by – that's right, I said goat cart! It was pulled by a horse and the owner would stand on the back of the cart. One morning a goat was peeing on the owners boot. It made my day!
*Every morning I spent time talking to Juan Carlos, who was another one of our contacts. He and I became great friends and he was such an encouragement to me throughout the entire month. He really is an amazing man of God.
*A little girl ran by everyday and instead of saying hello she would say "Goodbye!" and just keep running.
*Mother's Day is always hard for me as we have not been able to have kids yet. I was journaling that morning about how much I was frustrated with waht the Lord had planned for me. I was frustrated that we didn't have kids yet and I was feeling like a bit of a failure. And as I was writing, a woman came up to me out of nowhere and started telling me about her daughter who was sick in San Salvador and she wanted me to help her. I was waiting for her to ask me form money or a ride but she never did. So I told her that they only way I could help her that morning was to pray for her. Her face lit up. So I prayed – right there on the sidewalk. She said "Gracias" and left encouraged. As I watched her walk away I realized that if I had kids right now, I wouldn't have been able to pray for that woman who could not be with her own daughter on Mother's Day. The Lord always has a plan for us that is amazing – even if it's not what we think it should be.
*A cow wandered by in the morings, just grazing what was around. I wish my nieces and nephews could have seen that!
*I got to pray for a man that was drunk at 8:00 in the morning. He wanted food so I prayed that as he was hungry, that God would give him all that he needed, both physically and spiritually.
*As I had my Bible open to Psalms I had a woman come up and evangelize to me! It made me laugh!
These are just a few of the things that happened to me on this sidewalk. It's amazing what can happen even when we just step outside the walls of our house. There are so many opportunities around us to share Jesus love…we just have to have eyes to see them and the courage to take them. My prayer for all of you as you have read this is that you would take the opportunities that God is giving you to share His love with His people around you no matter where you are.
