Well I didn't want to blog every day because I figured no one would want to read that many posts, but so many amazing things are happening! Ok, I will try to pick out the most important things.
I worked with the mission team here again today, and Leslie wanted the women to go on a prayer walk and pray for several things-first, for the ladies whose husbands work at El Sembrador. These women work so hard to raise their families and keep the house in order, but they don't feel like they are doing anything productive or worthwhile while their husbands are out working. Leslie wanted us to encourage them and pray for them so that they would realize just how important they are to this ministry and to God.
She also wanted us to pray for a very special girl in one particular family here. We weren't sure, but we think she has cerebral palsy. She can't walk, and she has many mental and physical disabilities. Her parents can't afford to take her to a doctor and get help, so they are just doing the best they can. But I'm telling you, they were the most precious family I have ever met. All of Scarlet's (the little girl) siblings were so sweet, and her mother was so loving to all of them. It was such an honor praying for that family, and I hope some of you can send up a quick prayer for them as well.
And finally Leslie told us to pray for rain. Corn is in the process of growing and without rain it will severely affect the harvest. Corn is such an important part of this school, and a bad crop will mean bad consequences. The only rain that has come here in the past two weeks has been a quick 10-minute spurt of rain that stopped almost as quickly as it started. So we all went off in different directions on a particular road and prayed for the corn, the fields, and the school in general. After a while I ran out of things to pray, and I just stood there, side by side with my Creator, awestruck by the mountains in the distance and all of His creation around me. It was such a humbling time.
Something else that got me thinking was a conversation I had with a girl named Daniela. She is part of the Bible Institute here, studying to enter into children's ministry. We were talking about our schools, and she asked me how many people were in the missions program with me at Asbury. I told her around 30 people, and that is a pretty generous number; missions is one of the smallest majors at Asbury. But her eyes got so wide, and she told me that their were only 11 people in the Bible Institute, and only 3 people were graduating this year. She also said that this was the only program of its kind in all of Honduras. I thought of all the Bible colleges and seminaries there are in the U.S. What an amazing privilege to have such easy access to ministerial education. Some people are thirsting for it; I will never take it for granted again. I only hope that one day people everywhere will have the opportunity to pursue the calling God has instilled in them in a deeper way.
That's it for now! Thanks for all the prayers, and if you have a free moment, remember to pray for the corn.
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