About 1/2 way through the day today, Karen found Chris and Gordon and pulled them aside for a private conversation. I passed by and noticed Chris and Gordan praying with her. During lunch Chris informed us that Karen said "I want Jesus", and that she accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior while members of the EBC family were busy building her a house. What a blessing it is to be present when God draws one of his own back to him.
One of the ladies that helped several people get to the wheelchair distribution yesterday just stopped by today at our motel. She collected a suitcase full of clothes to distribute to needy people in her village. She has such an amazing heart. She lives in what we would consider extreme poverty, yet she does so much to try to help others with little regard to her own needs. It has been an honor to see Christ´s love shining through her so clearly and be able to play a small part in helping her do God´s work. When she was hitching a ride home with us yesterday we had an interpreter with us. One thing she said that really struck me profoundly was "My soul aches to help, but I don´t know what to do". We were quick to point out that she was already doing soo much.
Keli, Monica, and Willa just left about 5 minutes ago to go shopping for a house warming present for Karen. They are very excited to pick out a few things to make Karen feel at home.
Oh... if you haven´t already found it, Dick Rutgers posted several of my posts and some of his own on his blog at http://blog.dickrutgers.com/. So go take a look.
Below is a small snippet of the entries from my personal blog. I apologize for the lack of context for each item, but thought something would be better than nothing.
- Meeting other missionaries on the plane to Guatemala, all of which were reading the same "When Helping Hurts" book that many of our team read prior to our trip.
- Arriving in Guatemal and waiting in a gated area while our transportation worked it´s way to us in Heavy Guatemala City traffic. It felt like we were some new sort of Zoo animal on display.
- Meeting Chris and most of the Bethel Ministries International team for the first time.
- Driving on Guatemal roads. Many Americans would pay good money for that kind of thrill ride.
- This city is so FULL of people. Even the high mountain passes have people walking along the side of the roads to/from ther daily distinations.
- Chris Mooney is a hoot.
- Chirs Mooney is passionate about this ministry. I saw him on the verge of tears twice within the first few hours of meeting him as he described what Bethel Ministries does and why it is so needed.
- I am so blessed to have my wife here an be able to experience, through her, the compassion that she can so quickly develope for people in need.
- This representative group of EBC is so amazing. I am so honored to be part of this church and this team.
- Pastor Don is a dang hard worker. Yet another way he lead by example.
- We meet every night to discuss the day as a group. It´s fun to see how God touches us all in different ways throught each day.
- God, Thank you for Keli, I would be lost without her.
- The people her work so hard just to survive. Minimum wage is about $250 a month, and most work for way less than half of that, and NO it is not that much cheaper to live down here.
- I miss Ben and Brandon.
The ladies just got back from their shopping trip. They furnished a whole house in 30 minutes. They are very excited about seeing Karen´s reaction. They also got candy bars while shopping and didn´t bring me one. Booo! ;-)
2 comments:
The pictures of the house building are great. I can see that everyone is working hard. Wish I were there to see and hear in person what God is doing and getting in on the teamwork involved. :)
Fayth
What blessing to read and see. AND how blessed we all are to have this instant communication part of life, especially in an event like this one. I also truly enjoyed the photos -- could hardly stop grinning!
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