Enjoying the culture

 

The team learned many new lessons this week.  They learned how to stop and smell the roses so to speak.  They learn how to take a siesta if needed and enjoy the people around them.  The ladies learned how to make tortillas.  I believe Trish and Lynn gets the blue ribbon for making the best tortillas.  But Kim Karen and Bette get the blue ribbon for looking so great in their aprons as they learned to cook some delicious food daily.  Pastor Randy and Tyler learned how to just sit and simply enjoy the children.  While Ellie taught the little ones how to braid their hair.  Sondra was blessed with some good ole coconut water and sugar cane one day.   God provides all our needs only if we ask.  Each day the team got to enjoy the freshness of the day as they traveled to the job site.  The clouds hovered over the mountains surrounding the village.  It was a glorious site to see as God painted such a beautiful picture daily.  Thank you God for your many blessings.  One day as the team gathered to pray Jake counted 40 people in the circle to pray and praise God for all HIS many blessings.  Pastor Randy shared one day, How are you blessed?  What is a blessing?  This really gave me a lot to ponder on in the blessings in my life, my salvation is definitely a blessing.  To be called a child of God through the blood of Jesus Christ,  another blessing is to be able to share Jesus' love with others so they too can come to know about the sweetest gift of all, Jesus. What is your blessing today?  Ponder on this and see what God tells you.  Thank you Pastor Randy.

 

 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,

whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”

Jeremiah 17:7-8