Our Father is ridiculously faithful. Ridiculously compassionate and overflowing with extreme love. For the whole world. We got to taste just a tiny piece of it and it's completely overwhelming.
My best friend, prayer warrior, and the chic that has brought me more than enough laughs and joy had to leave on Thursday. Wednesday night was probably the sweetest moment God's given me so far. Saying goodbye to all of her friends here was so difficult. The most touching by far was sweet lil George- our 7 year old neighbor who has the most innocent smile in the whole world. This precious kid cried so hard for Beckah, it broke our hearts.
Coming home to pray our last prayer together before she had to leave the next morn, Beckah and I were completely overwhelmed by God's Spirit. Feeling just a fragment of his HUGE heart for George and his entire family (17 precious people total who are all going to hell unless they turn to Jesus, their only Savior) we could not stop crying. I've never felt such a heaviness for any one's salvation in my life like I do for this whole family. I know Beckah would say the same. We both could not (still cannot) believe how faithful and graciously generous God is for giving us a piece of his heart for them. What he's placed in us in nothing that we gained nor created ourselves. It's completely our sweet Daddy wanting to give us good gifts and to share his heart with us.
Every single one of them, our Father is aching for. And there's absolutely nothing I can do to save them, but wait on the Spirit and let him lead them to Jesus. It's hard to wait, but he is so trustworthy.
The parable of the persistent widow has been coming up a lot... I know he hears all our prayers and this lady's story motivates me more and more to keep asking him. This is by far my biggest request if you could join me in praying for this whole family, including:
(sweet George and Sarai- innocent angels)
Luis, Janet, Rosa, Ricardo, Antonio, Lupe, George, Sarai, Chava, Santana, Sergio, Jasmin, and all the rest of them. Amazing how faithful God is. I was sad about having my day off without my best bud, after Beckah left on Thursday. I didn't want to be alone, but didn't know what to do or who to spend it with. I gave it up to him and the very next morning, I woke up to the answer (all 3 of them) literally sitting on my bed at 8am! My sweet neighbors Rosa and her sons Chava and Santana leaned into my confused face full of morning breath and asked me to go spend the day working on constructing their new house. Though I was exhausted and still a bit fluish how could I say no?! We spent the day on a mountain side, shoveling gravel to build their floor, shooting fireworks off the mt and eating lunch over a fire. Though I didn't get to say a lot about Jesus, God gave me a lot of footage with them and used it to really grow our relationship. (They're Jehovah's witnesses) I'm able to call them Papa and Mami as they care so much for me.
God's blessed me with more people to love than I've ever dreamed of. Though the enemy tries to attack with loneliness, Jesus pulls me up and shows me how deeply he can fill my heart. More than any best friend, child, nor man ever could. He is beyond our wildest dreams.
With Beckah gone, it's been really hard going through the day without sharing life, laughing and crying with my girl. But God is using it to grow my reliance on him and also take me into a new season. He's so exciting like that, always bringing new seasons and surprises. I've already been able to spend way more time with our neighbors in just 3 days than I have ever before. And today he gave me an opportunity to tell them why I'm here. He provides all we need and dream of, always in abundance.
Little by little, he's leading me along, showing me glimpses of what he made me for. I belong here with these people. This nature lover has never known such joy in such a polluted, overcrowded city with hardly any trees in sight. That's God for you :)You are a part of his glory and goodness. Thank you for continuing to pray for his work here and for me. I am so grateful! I can obviously see that you're praying. Please continue, for his glory!
(George, Beckah, Santana, Luis, Chava, me and Carlos)
I´m so grateful the Lord brought you here for this time. He does no thing by accident and in His beautiful plan and perfect timing, He is pouring His grace through you into the lives of all these lives. I stand in awe! Thanks for being so willing to work with us! What a team!! :)
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