God sent Joy

Well we are in our final stretch of the race. Two weeks left and then we are home!!! As excited as I am about that I am also starting to think on how I want this last month to look like. Do I want to look back on this last month with regret? Or do I want to look back on it with joy and good memories?
We started our ministry which includes teaching English to children and adults, and also some evangelism. We are living in a place with no water, no electricty and many bugs. I right away thought how difficult this is, but at the same time it will cause me to appreciate all that we have when I return home all the more.  I also had a poor attitude going into ministry. I right away groaned and thought how tired I was and didn’t want to do long days of ministry anymore. Why do we have to do this I kept asking? I just want to rest and go home.

Well one day God gave me an angel that came in the form of joy and happiness. I don’t know her name as they are very difficult to pronounce but I will call her Joy. She kept looking at me and I kept looking at her. She kept laughing and had such joy in her eyes. She thought we were funny:) We couldn’t communicate through words with the language barrier, but through actions she showed me joy in our hardest moments. When I felt like I was ready to quit and not give anymore she showed me joy, when I was tired and weary she showed me joy. When I wanted to groan she showed me joy.

 

 

God showed me that through our actions and a simple smile we can show love and joy. Every time I looked at her she was laughing or smiling. God kept reminding me to choose joy always.

Please continue to pray for our team as this is our last week of ministry. We are doing a youth camp and praying that 150 youth get saved. We need some money raised to have this happen and we know that God will make it happen.

Thank you again and can’t wait to see some of you in the near future!!!!