My Turn

Since everyone else has been writing these posts, I have not had a chance to offer any of my thoughts on this trip. I decided since it is the last day here I would take a moment and share with you a few highlights for me.

There is no doubt that for me the highlight of the trip was the opportunities I had to speak at the ladies bible study on Tuesday and Thursday. I had been asked to preach on Sunday morning at one of the satellite churches, but our schedule did not allow for me to do that. Hopefully next year that can be worked into the week as well. Back to the ladies bible studies...This is my second year to speak and the group is growing. They are almost out of room in the back yard that they hold the meetings in. The church is trying to find a building so that they can accomodate more ladies. Twice a week the ladies come to hear the word and to then receive food to help care for their families. Tuesday was a great day with the ladies, but Thursday was awesome. They start with a few songs and then I get to speak. On Thursday things just flowed really well and the ladies were connecting with the message. After my speaking, a number of them came up for prayer so I was able to pray over them for different things in their lives. It was a very cool time.

After the prayer time, I was asked to help pass out the food items that were available for the ladies to take home and I recruited Dan to help me. The problem was that there was not enough of each item for everyone and Dan and I were told to just give it to who we wanted. So we have one box of milk and three mom´s who don´t have milk yet and we are suppose to pick someone to receive it. Dan looks at me and says "I don´t want to do this. Why did you bring me over here? If I pick one mom then I don´t pick two other moms. This is horrible." And horrible it is...but also reality for those who work in this ministry. There are always more families that need food than there is food to go around and one person getting milk means others don´t. I am thankful that we don´t have to make those decisions on a regular basis, but it is a reality that those who work here face daily.

Well I could go on, but I will stop for now. In the coming days I will share other thoughts on this trip and also add some photos for some of the events that the team has described for you. Thanks so much for all of your prayers. Please continue to pray as we travel home tomorrow morning.