It's hard to believe that this is our last day of street ministry with our translators. I pray that it would be an awesome day and the Lord would bless it in a special way. I pray that He will give our crew strength and energy and boldness to make this day all that the Lord wants it to be. This is the day that the Lord has made!
7 PM
As if God could bless us anymore-He did! This morning I had the privilege of leading a young man named Henry to the Lord. He was so eager and ready to accept. It blessed my heart to see this young man come to know the Lord. It is so obvious how the Lord was working here way before we arrived. He had prepared hearts and opened ears ready to here the Gospel. I praise Him for that!
We also spoke with a young woman named Hajala. We met her as she was busy washing dishes in front of her home. She didn't seem very interested at all in what I was saying at first. When we first started talking to her she wouldn't even give me eye contact and just kept on working. When I finished sharing the Gospel she said that she wanted to accept but that something was holding her back. I asked her what that one thing holding her back was and she said it was the fear of leaving her own religion-Islam. She had many other questions and hesitations and we lovingly continued to share scripture with her. We had been talking to her for nearly a half hour. Normally if someone was still not receptive, we would leave graciously and move on to the next person God had for us. But, this time was different. The Holy Spirit kept us there and told us not to leave. Eventually, Hajala did pray to receive Christ and her joy was so evident! I gave her a Bible in her own language, Luganda, and you would have thought that I had just handed her the world. I began to share Scripture with her in the book of John that would help her get started in reading the Bible. She was so excited-her words and expressions told me so. I began to think to myself , "What if we hadn't stayed? What if we had just given up on her and moved on to the next person?" To think that she might have missed eternity. That is so HUGE.
God is so awesome and He always knows what He's doing. That seems like such a simple concept but I am still learning that. I know that He will always make His plan known to me in His perfect timing. Tonight they gave us a list of the IWC projects for Summer 2008. To be honest, I was disappointed that there aren't any projects in East Africa next year. Ideally, I would liked to have done another IWC project in Kenya or Uganda next summer. But, I guess this means that God has something different in mind on how to get me back here. I am trusting in His plan and I will be obedient to whatever He has for me.
This afternoon we had another house church service. This is a brand new house church and today was the very first service. It was so awesome to see the beginning of this work that God is doing. I was privileged to share my testimony during that time. God graciously gave me just the right words to say. I was so thankful. It was really hard to say goodbye to our translators. I knew it was gonna be tough but it was just different this time. I have such a strong desire to be here and work alongside these men and women to train these new believers. But I will be fervent in prayer as they are busy doing the Lord's work.
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I am constantly amazed at how God continues to use you during this trip - I remember you telling me how inadequate you feel when doing cold contact visits and how street evangelism is a little hard - Anyone can see by the picture here that God's glory is shining all over your face!
It is when we are the weakest that God is able to shine the brightest!
I am continuing to lift you up as you look to God for guidance in your future vocation!
I love you!
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