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WAKE UP CHILD. IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE.

September 29, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE WEEK! “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:29-31 I am FINALLY in a really good place! This journey had an extremely slow and hard beginning…but Sunday changed everything! I spent several hours in the word and He opened my eyes to so much! I finally felt...

Psalm 118:13-14

September 29, 2011
Adventures
Field Support

“I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.” Psalm 118:13-14 This verse has been my strength this week. At some points this week I have definitely felt like I’ve been falling, but the Lord has been so good. Physically this week has been the hardest so far just because I was sick for the first half of the week and on Tuesday lost my voice completely. It was just frustrating because I felt useless in ministry without my voice, but the Lord is good and by the end of the day it had...

Little Lourdes

September 29, 2011
Adventures
Field Support

Lourdes Meliza. That’s the name of the boy who’s captured my heart. He’s 11 days old in the children’s’ hospital and was born with a cleft lip. I’d say no one wants him, but I’d be wrong; I want him. And God longs for his soul. For whatever reason, financial or otherwise, his parents left him. He depends on the nurses for care and love. For the past...

God in Guatemala

September 28, 2011
Adventures
On the Field

Arriving at the airport, I was nervous, anxious, and excited. There were different emotions going through as I was soon going to meet my fellow teammates. My parents and I found one of my teammates and we quickly got to know each other. I felt much comfortable after meeting her. Not long after, many more people showed up and I got to meet all of them. Training camp was fun and not at all what I was expecting. Guatemala is gorgeous. Puerto Barrios is a small port town with a similar town right next to it called Santo Tomas de Castillo....

A normal day in the life of Derek… In Guatemala

September 28, 2011
Adventures
On the Field

So… This is my first blog. The deal is… I’ve been in the old Guatemala (there’s not a “new” Guatemala, or an “old” Guatemala, that’s merely a phrase) for about three weeks now. I would like to say that I just didn’t have time to write a blog prior to my first installment, but that’s not true. The truth is, things just got hectic as soon as we got here and wasn’t able to explain to you fine people what happens here on the trip. So here it is, and I’m just going to tell you about what goes on throughout the daily...

The Pharisee in Me

September 25, 2011
Adventures
On the Field

Proverbs 21:2"Every way of man is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts." God showed me that I have a tendency to be a creature of habitand this can have negative consequences on my spiritual life. In our relationship with Him motions of repetitiveness can take away some of our passion in who we are and what we do as Christians. Let me explain. In the morning when I first wake up, I formed a good habit of giving thanks to God and praying for the day that lies ahead. Over time it has formed a religious tendency in me. One morning I got up and didn't...

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