God blessed us today with many workers in the field, preparing for what will surely be a tremendous harvest for His kingdom. One of the day’s highlights was the feeding of over 50. Lunch was taken on the church construction site, thanks to Chief Chef Jacquie, who prepared PBJs (peanut butter and jelly sandwiches) and provided bags of potato chips for the team, local construction crew and neighborhood boys who always show up to help. Chuck gave the devotional on site, explaining how our team always takes time before each and every meal of the day to feast on the Word of God and nourish our soul as well as our bodies.
After lunch, Tom and Michael broke away from construction to organize a soccer game for 24 kids in a nearby field. Following the game, the children combed the field picking up trash and filling three large yellow lawn and leaf bags. The message conveyed during this activity is that the church property is Holy Ground and that we, children included, should help keep it clean.
Juan stepped up the evangelism today as well, sending two teams of two each along with a translator into the local neighborhood to reach out to the lost with the love of Jesus and pray for the needs of the saved. One team prayed over a 4-year-old boy crippled by cerebral palsy and who had recently developed pneumonia. The family had no money for medicine much less the help of a doctor, so the mother was relying solely on God to provide healing.
Another mother and her family didn’t attend church and hadn’t in many years. She wasn’t ready to commit her life to the Lord but readily welcomed us in to her dirt-floor home and was open to hearing the Good News. The team prayed over her, her grandmother and children that the Holy Spirit would move in their hearts and lead them to Christ. We knew He was already working on the family or we wouldn’t have been directed there.
Leaving the site in the late afternoon brought a few tears, as tomorrow will be our last day on the mission field here in Esteli. We have seen many come to the Lord. We have seen many moved to tears by His mercy. We have seen many realize that he is indeed our Lord of Lords and King of Kings. The tears shed were indeed tears of joy.
You have made known to US the path of life; You fill US with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand. Psalm 16:11
The evening ended as always with prayers. We ask that you step up to the same. A few members of our team are feeling the inevitable aches and pains of hard labor. We ask that you pray for continued physical strength and health for all team members as tomorrow we step for one final time during this trip onto that Holy Ground.
To be continued...
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