Peru
So my heart beats faster each week as I draw closer to leaving for the summer.
I'm so excited and scared and nervous and sad and happy and anxious and every feeling you could think of.
Here is a poem I heard that kinda thoroughly describes what I am feeling and what God is leading me toward in Peru and in foreign missions for the rest of my life.. It's called Ants in the Sugar Bowl.
So I send you to ants in the sugar bowl. To things that fly, creep and crawl into the house. So I send you to uncertain water and sporadic electricity. To long hours, sweltering heat, exhausting days. So I send you to uncomfortable vehicles, crowded jeeps, smelly buses. To noisy early, EARLY mornings. So I send you to rice, rice and more rice. To poverty you didnt believe existed. So I send you to masses of people like you have never seen. To know and work with people who have never even known any kind of comfort. So I send you and I expect you to adjust.
So I send you to people who will give to you in the middle of the poverty. To friends that will embarress you with their generosity. So I send you to pastors that will entertain you from their lack, with bounty. To hungry, receptive, questioning people who want to know God. So I send you to study, to teach, and to learn. To probe your very own motives, values and beliefs. So I send you to learn about yourself and the culture that has reared you. To know God and to understand more deeply... dependence on Him.
So I send you.
Are you going? Because I will go with you all the way.
Isnt that amazing? That's my life. My heart. My God. My Savior.
2 Timothy 4:5 says, "But you should keep a clear mind in every situation. Dont be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at bringing others to Christ. Complete the ministry God has given you."
I'm so excited and scared and nervous and sad and happy and anxious and every feeling you could think of.
Here is a poem I heard that kinda thoroughly describes what I am feeling and what God is leading me toward in Peru and in foreign missions for the rest of my life.. It's called Ants in the Sugar Bowl.
So I send you to ants in the sugar bowl. To things that fly, creep and crawl into the house. So I send you to uncertain water and sporadic electricity. To long hours, sweltering heat, exhausting days. So I send you to uncomfortable vehicles, crowded jeeps, smelly buses. To noisy early, EARLY mornings. So I send you to rice, rice and more rice. To poverty you didnt believe existed. So I send you to masses of people like you have never seen. To know and work with people who have never even known any kind of comfort. So I send you and I expect you to adjust.
So I send you to people who will give to you in the middle of the poverty. To friends that will embarress you with their generosity. So I send you to pastors that will entertain you from their lack, with bounty. To hungry, receptive, questioning people who want to know God. So I send you to study, to teach, and to learn. To probe your very own motives, values and beliefs. So I send you to learn about yourself and the culture that has reared you. To know God and to understand more deeply... dependence on Him.
So I send you.
Are you going? Because I will go with you all the way.
Isnt that amazing? That's my life. My heart. My God. My Savior.
2 Timothy 4:5 says, "But you should keep a clear mind in every situation. Dont be afraid of suffering for the Lord. Work at bringing others to Christ. Complete the ministry God has given you."