'because the Lord has listened to your affliction.'
So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her. 'You are a God of seeing,' for she said, 'Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.' Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi (Living one who sees me)."
Genesis 16:7,11,13-14
Just as God met Hagar in the wilderness, after she had been abused and hurt by her mistress...
He is constantly meeting us here. His love never stops flowing. Everyday we face struggles with exhaustion, learning the language, and serving in the MK school and community center. Beckah and I have realized everyday we're discouraged, it's because we're thinking of ourselves- our weaknesses. It's when we let go of ourselves (our inability to communicate what we desire) and let God have his way, our hearts are satisfied and have peace. Praise Jesus for carrying ALL of our burdens and giving us joy!
I have never been more blessed to live with our new Mexican mama, Margarita. Since we moved in this past Wednesday, this lady has loved us with all of her heart. Her husband passed away just in April and she's been lonely. One of the most caring, thoughtful, and loving woman I have ever met. She cried when she saw Beckah and I praying together our first night. The Lord has done so much for this strong woman and she continues to pour out herself to Him.
Beckah and I had our first big adventure navigating the metro during rush hour to visit the Aztec pyramids a few hours away on Thursday. Jesus was so sweet to us! We've been asking him to put people in our path to share his love and He has!!! At the pyramids we were surrounded by his glory in the numerous mountains and pastures full of flowers. The wind was blowing and we felt His peace. We came across one of the smallest, cutest old man I've ever met. He told us he was having a horrible day. He had hardly any money to support his family, but was trying to sell a few pieces of jewelry. He loved to talk and had a lot of knowledge about Mexico's history and numerous languages. Jesus allowed us to just stand and listen to him for a while. We felt his heart for this man. I know God has a lot in store for him. We were able to give him a small gift from Jesus. He started proclaiming that Jesus is the only saviour, the bread of life, his king. God is so gentle with us.
He has also been helping me in teaching my 9th grade science class. I've felt inadequate to teach but God has loved my weakness I know! After Beckah prayed for him to give me supernatural understanding and teaching skills on Monday (when I felt really unprepared)....guess wah?! HE DID. No surprise, but still so sweet. I taught the lesson better than I'm capable of. It was totally him :)
He has also blessed us with countless conversations with Margaritas's 3 (middle age) daughters who each love the Lord. We've been able to encourage one another and love talking about him together.
We've been busy getting ready to open up our community center and start classes on September 10th. I'll be teaching ingles and kickboxing aerobic. We are praying for a lot of people to come so we can build relationships and live out Jesus' love for them.
Please keep praying for:
- Beckah, myself and all of the body here to be completely focused on Jesus and not ourselves.
- more divine appointments to speak his holy name (Praise God for answering us already!!!)
- supernatural wisdom and grace for our pastor to lead Oasis (our church)
- the Holy Spirit to continue pouring out himself on Oasis and this community
- our dear friends who don't know Jesus yet (one older man and a younger lady)
- God to save his children here!!!! We are desperate to see these people satisfied by his love.
May God pour out even more of His Spirit on you than you ever imagined before!!!!!
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