This morning we had breakfast at 7:30. It was cereal that tasted like corn pops but it looked like puffy cheerios, served with it was; milk, fruit, and strawberry yogurt. It was really good!Then the leaders from each ministry came to speak to us about their testimonies and what their ministry is all about. There was Brent and Stephanie, who are leaders in for Elim which is the Garbage Dump Ministry, Eli, who is the leader of Mana, which is the daycare, Joca, who is the leader for Inca Thaki which is a ministry for children surrounding sports, Brenda, who is the leader of Amijai, which is a ministry for children and families in the neighborhood and Daniel who is the president of Inca Link. Each time I hear them talk I just want to bawl my eyes out. They all just have such great hearts. The other thing I think is awesome is that they are all from Peru. They are wanting to change their neighborhood in God's way and they are.
After our meeting we picked weeds. Not my favorite thing to do but I did not see one toad so that made it a little easier! There were quite a bit of lizards though. Thank goodness they were small! This took up quite a bit of the day but man, we got a lot done! It was hard though, it was hard but we just kept thinking about the 5 Pillars:
Give 110%
Choose Joy
Challenge by Choice
Be Here Now
Love Covers All
For lunch we had beef, rice with peas and carrots. It tasted like beef stew and I liked it!
Today will be the first day we have interaction with the children outside of the compound. We will be going to Amijai to minister, and play with the children who are in the neighborhood. We are planning a lesson. We are going to act out the story Daniel and the Lions Den.
We left the compound by foot around 4. We started with 5 children from the compound, Jesse, his sister, Danny, Ricki and Elton. By the time we got to where we were going we had about 20 kids walking with us. They just followed us because they knew they were going to hear Gods word. How awesome is that!? These children are so loving and sweet. They too would greet us with a kiss on the cheek. We read them the story of Daniel and the Lions Den. We acted it out. (Someone has a video of this that I need to post, I will do that when I get the video) We sang "Father Abraham" (I had completely forgotten about this song) so much fun. Then we played this game, which I vaguely remember. You have 4 lions or so and the rest of the group is on the opposite side of the room and you keep asking, "what time is it" and the lions say 1 and you take 1 step or and so on and so on, until you say what time is it and the lions say "its time to eat" and then they chase you and catch one to be on their team. (something like that) Being with these children, God opened my eyes to this: Yes, there is a need but God will provide that. Yes, there is poverty here, but poverty is much more than not having food, or enough clothes to wear, poverty is having an empty soul. Poverty is not having God in your life. The richest person could be living in poverty if he or she does not have God. The children we were with tonight, had so much spirit inside of them. They know God. And you know what...God will provide everything they need. In this moment I remembered this scripture:
Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV)
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
God is great! You can see these children and know his work is being done! Honored to be here!
For more information on Amijai click the link below.
Our word for today is: Work
Reading: Genesis 2:15, Psalm 139:14, Proverbs 12:11, Matthew 9:35-38, Ephesians 2:8-10, Colossians 3:23
Colossians 3:23 Work willingly at whatever you do as though you were working for the Lord other than the people.
This verse stuck out to me today more so than the others. We had a lot of work today, pulling weeds, picking up trash, washing tables and chairs and I didn't complain, it was nice to help this ministry and I know that the work we are doing is making a difference and it is appreciated. But is was hard and I am tired and I am not feeling the best about myself today. So father, I pray that I can keep my flesh feelings out of this journey and focus on you and all you want my eyes open to in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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