Two years since I have been to the villages and the peoples to whom G0d sent us… two years pr@ying for their protection through the difficulties their country faced… two years believing G0d to be the S0verign L0rd over all things, all situations, all peoples… two years knowing He loved them and was with them more than I could ever imagine!!
2014–the year to return… the year to see what G0d has been doing… the year to rejoice in HIS F@ITHFULNESS!! I cannot express to G0d how grateful I am for the opportunity to
go back and see those I have missed so much!
For me and for my heart, it was a full circle experience. I was
with all the people who began this journey with me. I was seeing
the lives of those He had changed as we w0rshipped together. Where there
was once only one f0ll0wer choosing to live the hard life of Chr!st in
front of those in his v!llage, there were now close to 20 worshiping
together. We spent the day talking about G0d’s Word and looking at how
to live that out in the culture of !dol w0rship.
It was a great
discussion and the levels of f@ith were evident as we struggled through
what f0ll0wing Chr!st looks like as a P@n@ f0ll0wer.
A favorite
moment was when the f0ll0wers wanted to sing a song where they had
changed the words into their own language. To see their response to
that…instantaneous dancing and praising G0d in ways they can only do
in their heart language!! What a joy to witness!!
A hard
moment for me was the news that one of my precious friends I would sit
with under the tree and learn language with had passed away 2 months
before our arrival. She died giving birth to her 5th child. The child also
died. My heart was and is still heavy for her husband and the 4
children she left behind. As we sat with her husband, he expressed his
emotions in ways that are rarely seen here. Please lift him up to our
Father and ask Him to comfort and bring salvation to this man and his
whole household.