A new day...A new area...a new challenge. That pretty much summarizes our day. The afternoon was spent in sector 5 of Sacjavilla where the mission church has just started to build new relationships.
You see, that’s the key. The local body of believers MUST be the ones who initiate the new work. We just get to be a part of what God is already doing in this area. And, that’s what we are doing...walking alongside the church to begin a new work.
Today, we venture into the community and are greeted by large pigs on one side of the ravine, construction in the middle of the road, and smoke pouring out of a tin shack across the way. “Let’s do this Lord. Show me Your ways that I may walk in them.” Okay, walk up the mountain. Yeah..a real mountain. We were huffing and puffing and every time we rounded a corner, more of the mountain was revealed....Lord, is this really what You want.
Yes.
Keep walking. Will this mountain ever end? Wait. Call one of the other teams. What? We need to come DOWN the mountain? You better be kidding. Nope. Okay, Lord, what is Your purpose? To teach you My ways...to become patient...learning forbearance.
Got it, Lord. That lesson was for me.
As it turns out there was another home visit at a home at the bottom of the hill. A recent believer needed the encouragement of fellow Christ followers. This sister needed surgery because of some female issues, and who did God send her way? Another woman who had a similar situation. Praise God for His ways!
Let that be a lesson to me...God’s ways are higher than my ways ALWAYS. And His plan is great. I just get to be a part of it, and for that, I am grateful tonight.
