Urgency

     Yesterday was the first time I have ever spoken to a person about the gospel and actually felt a conviction.  LiAnna and I had just been talking about our personalities earlier in the day.  She is a sensor and feeler.  I am a thinker and judger.  As we walked into this remote village to evangelize, I was thinking of various ways to introduce ourselves, our mission and our God.  So when we reached Teidy’s hut, I was not exactly take aback by her uncertainty of Christ.  To me, her reasons seemed logical and I felt a compulsion to challenge her to seek a relationship, one on one, with the Lord.  Practical problem solving…its what I do.  Next to me, LiAnna is in the same hut, with the same woman and the same story; yet she is crying, upset over the woman’s hesitation. 

        

            

                                                              the view

    

     Rather than shake my head and brush it off as over emotional, I felt the compassion, the raw reality of the situation.  For the first time, I saw a soul, not just another human being.  In this gorgeous place, with acres of farmland, mountains in the back yard and bright blue skies its hard to imagine Not believing in God.  He is all over this land. 

 

     As I talk to Tadie, looking into her tan freckled face and grey-blue eyes, I pray that she will be open to receive the Lord.  Not just signs and wonders, but a relationship that outlasts church buildings, pastors, and life.  

 

                    

                                                           our group with Teidy

 

       Please pray for Teidy.  She seeks invitation from the Lord.  Her mother is a Christian, yet Teidy struggles with the real possibility of having a personal relationship with the Lord.  Pray for Team Charis.  We are bold, courageous, joyful women of God; yet when facing the human insecurities and doubts of our God, we fall silent.  It is our prayer to gain boldness, turn to God in times of uncertainty, asking for guidance and just the right words to speak life into the people we encounter.