So I’m sitting here in the Malaysia airport and its 4:18 am.. I was recapping this month in my head, and I realized that even though I posted the “Rapping it up video,” I forgot to blog about the last day that we were in the jungle.. The day that made the whole month worth it!
There were times this month that I honestly struggled with thoughts about the purpose of ministries that our team continually seems to end up in.
I guess my expectations of spreading the Gospel EVERYWHERE we went , or somehow saving the starving children that we see on the commercials just haven’t been coming to pass. I can just envision going to a place like that and having my heart break for what breaks His like it never has before! Like Josh wrote in His blog about the Walls of Jericho, I too was questioning God with why we continually found ourselves doing yard work or manual labor. ( I don’t want to take away from any of the ministry’s that we have done, because we have done more than yard work/manual labor, but in the moment of my pity party I was just focusing on that..)
This month we were supposed to work along side the workers to build relationships with them, and share Christ’s love. 
We were so excited to be working in an environment where the Gospel was the actual focus! However, when we arrived, we found that we didn’t exactly work along side the workers most of the time. It was a month of learning to choose my attitude, and to persevere even when I felt like I physically had nothing left to give.. And it was also a month where I had to continually take my thoughts and questions to God about what He was doing, and why He had me there..
We had the pleasure of working with team Raised for part of the month, and the very last day we decided to buy the workers lunch, and tell them why we were there. Little did I know that God was about to blow me away, yet again, and remind me that even when I can’t see it, He is at work; and even when I don’t understand, that’s okay, because His ways are not my ways…
When we arrived the workers came out one after the other and they had gotten all cleaned up and put on their best attire. I felt God tug at my heart, ” wow, they got all dressed up because we invited them to lunch? This must really be special to them!” I felt so humbled as I realized that even though we didn’t get to work along side them as much as we would have liked, we still did make an impact. God was still at work! After we handed each of them a burger from McDonalds, they ate it gratefully
and then we got to flat out witness to them! We had a translator who was able to give them the Word in a way that they could relate, and it was such a beautiful moment! God gave us boldness, and as Alan spoke and the translator translated you could see the looks on their faces. Some where smiling with joy and hope, and others had a stern, serious look~ Which I imagined came from one who had grown up learning something completely different. It was as though you could see their questions rolling around in their head.. It was awesome! This was the planting of a seed… And I know that God is going to continue to water that seed! We ended with hugs and pictures..
And I leave this month knowing that every single leech bite was worth it.. Every single hour we spent in that jungle was all worth while, because the Good News was preached to the lost! PRAISE BE TO GOD! Please keep them in your prayers..
Cambodia.. Here we come!
