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To the Very End

You know me and I know You You're the God Who calms all my storms You're the voice inside my head: "Don't give up. Don't let go. Don't lose trust. Don't lose hope." You can have all my fears, God You can have all my sins You can have all my weakness And I know You're with me To the very end I still believe there's nothing more beautiful than the love You have for me. I still believe there's nothing more beautiful than the love You have for me, God. [To the Very End – United Pursuit Band] This is our last week...

heartbreaking

my soul cries out to God. I AM WEAK. my soul pants for The Lord. There has been pain which greets my heart and tears that meet my cheeks. This place and its poverty. This place and its nothing. These kids with no family. These kids with no shoes. These people with yellow eyes. These people with dark hearts. It only takes a day to realize the depravity of the world. We are a people with clean bodies and good health. We are a people with much stuff and big cars. We are a people who will make it on our own, and we will make it succesfully…whatever 'succesfull' looks...

FAST

July 11, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

A couple days ago we decided to do a team fast. Some fasted from sarcasm, talking badly about themselves, guarding their heart, and many of us fasted from food. I was one who fasted from food. This was my first time fasting food and the Lord completely opened my eyes to something new. We started at 6pm Monday and ended 6pm Tuesday. Throughout the day whenever I thought about eating or just food I went straight into prayer for the two ladies that the Lord has completely broken my heart for back home. I prayed for the Lord to do great things within them and for all the walls to be broken down...

These pentocostal weirdos

I might offend somebody with that title, but it's okay. So, let me tell you the weirdest experience of my life. Ever. So, we help at a church which is pretty cool and they love us and we love them. They invite us to bbig important events and of course we want to be a part of that kind of stuff so we go. Typically it's pretty cool and fun, and we get a chance to build relationships and stuff. Well, last Friday they had a "youth prayer night". Which I thought was going to be equivalent to a youth lock in. Oh, how I was so wrong. It really was a youth...

Overwhelmed…

July 9, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

…simply by the Lord's goodness. Do ya'll remember the little children who helped me pick weeds in Popia's garden?Well, the Lord has left Oliver, Garby, Melissa, Ruth, and Jonathan on my heart. I've gone back to see them many times since that day. I actually have a prayer request, and I'm asking you to pray with conviction and to truly believe that the Lord is Healer. Little Jonathan has some sort of disease on his feet and he's in so much pain, yet he still has the biggest smile on his face. I can't really go into too much detail about all that...

Misunderstanding a Little Less Completely

July 9, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

For my sharp-eyed readers, the title is drawn from C.S. Lewis, and I believe I've come to another point of misunderstanding a little less completely. This is not to say that I'm coming to understand a little more completely – as if I understood at all – or to say that I am stranded in the stagnancy of apathy. What I think C.S. Lewis was trying to say was exactly what I'm feeling right now: I don't know much of anything about God's greatness, but I do see slivers of it here and there. I've preached twice now, once on June...

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