I haven't been able to get much time to myself and a computer while down in the DR,
and, just, unfortunately haven't been able to update all the wonderful people who support me and pray for this trip.
I'm not sure,
Maybe I'm thinking wrong -- but I don't feel different when I come down here, I guess.
So many times we're hearing that, "We're doing the work of God," but...
it just makes me think, you know?
Like I said, I'm not sure if I'm right -- and never to discount the importance of overseas missions -- but shouldn't God's work exist in
I guess I just wonder why we decide to say it only when we go overseas.
As I see it, everybody at home, going to their jobs, representing Christ, being an ambassador and spreading Him...
I mean... aren't they doing the work of God?
But please let me change the subject, and just briefly share with you about what's been going on -- and how God's been working in the DR and in the lives of the kids that came down here.
So far, we've been visiting villages, spreading news of a festival we'll be holding on Wednesday night, and inviting people and their children. We've also been taking surveys to assess their level of poverty -- to best know how we an serve them -- and we've often been using it as an icebreaker to share Jesus with them!
It's been awesome, and such a blessing to see: those that come to a freeing, loving, servitude of Christ (and please pray for them to be genuine in their decisions!), elderly women who've confessed to have faith for 40 years, and understanding that that's her only key into His courts, and also experiencing so many searchers of truth.
It's awesome to know that so many people take it seriously, how they listen to you, and ask questions at the instance it hits them that He is BIG. And the decision is BIG.
Of course there are those hardened hearts, but we experience them at home as well, and we just have to be faithful in prayer for them (definitely easier said than done).
On another encouraging note, I've been so excited to see our kids step out of their comfort zones and just Spread.
To be completely honest, I love seeing the impact on the DR. The kids of the DR. So many that have one meal a day... But one of the greatest joys I experience on this trip is seeing the impact it has on our kids.
I mean, the kids of the Rock Student Ministries!
I can't express what a blessing it is -- I know I've grown in my faith, coming to experience something like the DR -- and I'm just so honestly, indubitably, exceedingly, other-words-with-ly excited to see what God has planned for them, in their growth, in their lives -- what changes for Christ will be born in them and through them.
-a bond slave of Christ
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