picture doesn’t really have anything to do with the blog, but it’s just so
awesome! Forrest is just a big kid.
may be wondering how the program went the other night (or maybe not, but either way I’m going to tell you). Well I wish I could say
that it went off without a hitch or that hundreds were saved. I wish I could
say that I wasn’t nervous at all or that my words made perfect sense and all
the kids just got it. Unfortunately, that’s not what
happened. You could even say it was a disaster; the kids were
scattered everywhere and my thought process seemed to be the same. You could
rightly say that it was not a success. If
you measure success by human standards…
prayed that the words would not be mine, but
that they would be God’s. My prayer now is that those words were honoring and
that at least one person heard from God as a result. I can honestly say that
even if there wasn’t a single person that got it, it was still a
success. I learned more about God’s faithfulness. I learned
about His unending,
indescribable love and strength. Even more, I learned that God wants to use me regardless of my weaknesses! The thought
is exciting!
I can say that I did
my best to glorify God and make his name famous.
I learned more than
anyone else probably, but maybe that’s what God wanted…
a familiar and always amazing passage in Romans 8. Just dwell on these words
for a while. They will blow your mind when you really try to grasp their meaning!
28 “And we know that in all things God works for
the good of those who love him ,who have been called according to his purpose,
“
31″What, then, shall we say in
response to this? If God
is for us, who can be against us?He who did not spare his own Son, but
gave him up for us all – how will he not
also, along with him, graciously gives us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has
chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? ChristJesus, who died – more than that, who was raised to life –
is at the right had of God and is also intercedingfor us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
As it is written: ‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered
as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither
death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.”
one of our translators, is on the far left and Fajar, our friend from Indonesia
on the right.
has had a few days to hang out and chill together. It’s been really fun the
last few days. I’m ready to get started with the ministry for the month. I’m
still not exactly sure what we will be doing, but I can say that I’ve really
liked Romania a lot so far.
Bucharest!
A group of us at the Palace of the Parliament (world’s second largest building)
