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Water

June 24, 2011
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Blessed. That is how I feel about this opportunity to spend my summer in Panajachel! The Lord is doing awesome things in me, my teammates, and this city that were staying in. This theme of water is constantly being brought to my attention. One of the first days we were here, something broke in the bathroom and water was shooting out of the wall at a rapid pace. The room began to flood, and we all had to sweep out the crazy amount of water in the bedroom until the water was turned off. Our team is studying John, and in John Jesus talks a...

Digging Holes

June 24, 2011
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Scoop, lift, throw. Scoop, lift, throw. Scoop, lift, throw. This has been my motion for the last week. My team and I have been a part of finishing building a water well that has been an ongoing process for 3 years. Once complete, the well will be a source of water for 4 families in the community. Being a part of a project that will soon impact so many people has been a blessing. My main job has been shoveling dirt into the surrounding walls of the well. First off, I have never shoveled so much in my whole life and second, by shoveling every...

Black Light Disorientation

June 23, 2011
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This past week we did our first prostitute ministry. I was really excited to finally be going in to the red light district to minister to those that are so close to my heart. We made cards with encouraging verses in Spanish to give to the women we met and we also got flowers to give them so they knew they were beautiful and that someone loved them. The first place we walked into was a night club. The music was blaring and it was dimly lit with black lights everywhere. There was a dancer on stage and two waiting to go on. The Pastor we were with (who has...

Questions for God

June 23, 2011
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During prayer I find myself asking God question upon question. I turn to Him in order to seek answers. If I don't feel that they are answered adequately or in my own time, I continue to ask Him again and again and again. However, God doesn't tend to work how we would like him to to work. Earlier this week I had a revelation about questioning God. If I lift a decision up to God for discernment and he puts peace into my heart, that should be the answer I'm looking for. It is only when I am away from God and His word when confusion creeps in....

Je suis pret !

June 23, 2011
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Je suis completement heureux detre ici avec des gens superbe ! Le temps que je passe ici est tout simplement fantastic. Jai la chance de visiter le Guatemala en compagnie de gens qui veulent servir Jesus. Dieu ma utilise cette semaine en faisant un appel aupres de plusieurs enfants. Jai utiliser ma manipulation avec les cartes en faisant des illusions. Gloire a Dieu ! je me demandais comment je pouvais mixer les cartes tout en prechant la bonne nouvelle. Jai eu la chance de demontrer que les cartes etaient seuleument des illusions, MAIS que Dieu est vivant et quil peut faire des miracles...

Sure of what we hope for, certain of what we do not see

June 23, 2011
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Before I came to Guatemala, I was smugly satisfied with the amount of faith I have displayed in my life. Faith is something that has been spoken over me ever since I took a spiritual gifts class six years ago. I had no clue what that even meant at the time, but it was all coming into focus over the past two years: quitting my career, going on the World Race, interning at a church, applying for seminary (in Texas, of all places), and again quitting my job to lead a Real Life trip to Guatemala. I thought I was all stocked up on faith. I was confident … maybe even a little cocky. And...

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