I’m pretty sure that I’ve learned more in the past week and a half about the power of prayer and the life of scripture than I have in thirteen years of Bible class. The Word of God has become alive to me and prayer has become essential in my every day. The only reason these things are true is become I have been continually becoming more aware that God needs to be tangible in my life if I’m going to get the most out of these next three months that I can. Being here has not been easy. It has been exciting and so fun at points, but not easy. I absolutely love my team; they have been such an encouragement to me. It’s amazing how open and vulnerable people become with each other when they’re put in another country together. All of us have broken down in different ways and at different times, but it has only brought us closer. It is incredible to live in a house with twenty-two people who are constantly lifting you up in prayer, speaking life into you, and encouraging you daily.
Some of the things we have done this week in Puerto Barrios have been visiting a nursing home, a trash dump, a high school, and doing intercessory prayer in the market. At the nursing home we just talked to the people there, sang for them, and prayed over them. I really enjoyed that because they were so happy we were there, one woman was so grateful for our arrival that she actually asked if she could pray over us. The trash dump was something unlike I have ever experienced before. As soon as we stepped out of the van I was sure I was going to throw up. Not only because of the gut-wrenching smell, but because of the sight of people living in piles of trash. There were dead animals all over the place, flies landing on everything, and huge piles of trash burning. We found an adorable group of kids there and walked around and sang with them, took pictures with them, and tried the best we could to show them the love of the Father. At the high school we performed dramas, sang in Spanish and English, and I shared my testimony. It was really incredible, I have never shared my testimony in front of a group of people before. The Lord really granted me with his peace though and it was amazing. I spoke in English and my friend Maca, on my team, translated it into Spanish as I spoke. The intercessory prayer was good, it is always hard for me to ask people if I can pray for them because not only am I timid but I never know what to say. It’s easy to memorize phrases in Spanish like, “Can I pray for you?” but actually approaching someone and asking them is much more difficult for me.
Please continue to keep me in your prayers daily, I can’t even tell you how grateful I am for your love, support, and encouragement.
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