Spiritual Wealth

Hello Everyone,

I am glad to see that people are looking at this blog. I hope to do some aesthetic adjustments on it soon so do not get too comfortable with it. I hope to have some pictures up soon of the villages, apartment, church, etc. that way you all can get a visual of what is going on here.

The Lord has been very gracious over the past couple of days in my time spent here. I have been able to keep in touch with loved ones over seas via skype which gives me a lot of comfort. With a week since the team has left me here, I feel a great peace come over me knowing that there are so many people praying for me and thinking about me. Evenings spent alone in studying God's word, reading books like Jim Elliot's Journals, Donald Miller's Through Painted Deserts, and journaling helps me stay focused. Honestly, I enjoy the slower pace here. I wish I could take the mentality back to the states with me. By the way, I am not a hermit here. I have made significant friendships with the youth and twenty-year-olds. We hang out, talk about music, theology and relationships while walking around downtown, pretty much the same things I did back in the states.

Please pray for Luci, he recently injured his leg playing soccer with the youth. Consequently, he will be in a cast for 10 days and giving me more of the responsibility of going and ministering to the villages. Although I am with his wife and a translator, I have grown accustomed to his presence and his elloquence with the people in the village. I understand this can be a serious growing time and an out-of-my-comfort-zone expereince that will bring me into a closer trust to God's will in mission work. In my next blog, I hope to give some more details on what goes on in the villages and also I hope to provide some pictures of the villages and the people that inhabit them.

Until then,
Pace Domnului (God is peace.)