One of the craziest things I have seen here is the number of people who drive at nights without their lights on! The streets here aren't well lit, there are a lot of curves in the road and the traffic is usually moving at a very fast pace. It is so scary!! People go flying around a curve with little time to stop and you can not see the cars without lights until you are almost on top of them! There is a reason cars have lights, right?
The other day a friend asked me how we do it. She had googled Guatemala to try and learn more about it and she wondered how we could live hear and not be afraid.
As I thought about this question I realized we don't do it. We are completely dependant on Jesus and prayer. The prayer support that we are getting from friends, family and even people we don't know, is what helps keep us going.
If I really stop and think about where we are, what we are doing, how will we do it, it would be easy to live here in fear. Almost everything we do here could lead us to some level of fear. We all feel peace here. Don't get me wrong, it has not all been easy and there have been moments of fear but for the most part we have chosen faith instead. There have been some nights of little sleep and a lot of prayer but we have been able to wake up to a new day of comfort and peace. It is truly amazing and hard for me to describe.
Luke 18:1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
Getting through a day without prayer; would be like driving in the dark, really fast, around curves, without lights. SCARY! Thank you for being 'lights' for us.
So for everyday and everything we do, we will continue to pray.
Psalm 55:17Evening and morning, and at noon, I will pray and cry aloud; and He shall hear my voice.
4 comments:
That's so crazy about the lights!! How scary!! Praying for your safety!!! So amazing to hear about your complete trust in God everyday. I wish we could fully understand... but I'm sure it is an amazing experience that's difficult to describe!! So proud of all of you..
Keeping you in our prayers daily!!
Keep up the great work that God has allowed you to do. Newport Church sure enjoyed working with you guys.
Just this one thought. As we discovered you can believe in the work there, you can support the work, you can read about the work , but once you are involved you have a Paradigm shift and your heart just understands and is compelled to go back like you said its hard to understand. Like Jesus in our hearts you can know about Him but when He comes into our hearts we know that we know that we know and it changes everything. Gob bless you guys and look forward to seeing you again next year.
Keep up the great work that God has allowed you to do. Newport Church sure enjoyed working with you guys.
Just this one thought. As we discovered you can believe in the work there, you can support the work, you can read about the work , but once you are involved you have a Paradigm shift and your heart just understands and is compelled to go back like you said its hard to understand. Like Jesus in our hearts you can know about Him but when He comes into our hearts we know that we know that we know and it changes everything. Gob bless you guys and look forward to seeing you again next year.
Tiffany and Sean, you are both in our prayers daily! I love your point about fear. We can choose to live life in fear or to trust God in our circumstances. Your guys thoughts/experiences really provide strength to us. No car lights, that has to be an interesting experience. We thought driving in fog was difficult :)
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