Well, we can make plans but God orders our steps. He does all things well. We left early yesterday morning to “finish” the house building for this trip. We were immediately delayed because the person who was supposed to show us where the houses were located was not available. (At this point, my attitude was not nearly as great as that of our team members!) However, we finally got started with four building teams, one finishing team, and two concrete teams. We were on a roll!
Twenty-two of our team members left at noon to visit/see Casa Aleluya. No problem as they were going to return to SDX and help us “finish” the houses. However, around 1:30PM the heavens opened and the rains came in a major fashion along with severe lightning. We waited for about an hour and a half before deciding this wasn’t going to stop any time soon and the ground had gotten too wet to continue with the concrete process. So, we got back to the mission house around 3:30PM. I was a bit disappointed that we did not “finish” the houses as we only had one more day with this team. I was more disappointed in my attitude from earlier in the day but God has forgiven me for that blunder on my part!
An impromptu meeting was called for 5:30PM and we were going to eat at 6:30PM. We sang, folks shared, and then God showed up. Again, it was one of those that you had to have been there experiences. The five pastors on this trip ministered to the folks and we concluded that time on our knees in a circle of prayer in the middle of the room. Special, special time! April McNiel then asked the group to pray for me and they graciously did that with Pastor Mel voicing that prayer. Special to me! That worship service ended sometime after 7:00PM but no one cared.
Jack, Carolyn, & Olga Ciak came for a visit and we were able to present them with our 2009 VBS offering. They were grateful. They are good friends of GRACE Ministries and I look forward to their being involved with us for years to come.
So, it is now 5:30AM and the men are about to head to SDX to “finish” those houses. The women will join us around 9:00AM to begin the dedication process. Pray that this will be a blessed day with many folks hearing the Gospel.