“Heaven came down and glory filled my soul!”   There are those times when you are in one of those “you just had to have been there” experiences.  Last night was one of those for this group!  Let me set the table. 

Our Thursday was planned – morning devotion, dedicate the houses, visit Amor del Nino, visit Casa Aleluya, come back to the house for a quick bite of lunch, finish painting at the seminary, tidy things up around the mission house, have a meeting, get ready to leave. 

It seemed that Murphy’s Law went into effect from the very start of the day.  Nothing seemed to go right and we were way behind time wise all day.  We didn’t even get back in time to go to the seminary to paint. 

So, I took comfort in the fact that we were able to lead one of the ladies who had received a house to pray to receive Jesus as her Savior.  Juan Marcos Ruiz was the one who led her in the prayer.  God thing, great thing, hallelujah!  Then one of our students came to me while we were washing the trucks and told me that she had asked Jesus to save her that afternoon.  She was happy!  God thing, great thing, hallelujah!  Now it was beginning to make some sense as to why all of the troubles had come our way. 

We began our final meeting around 8:00PM and it lasted until almost 11:00PM.  Three young men immediately shared that they had given their lives to Jesus that night.  God thing, great thing, hallelujah!  Then, about half way through the meeting, one of the young ladies just simply stated that she didn’t have Jesus in her heart and that was what she wanted so she prayed the sinner’s prayer on the spot.  Another young lady shared that she had given her heart to Jesus on Father’s Day but had not told anyone except her family.  God thing, great thing, hallelujah!  Another young man confessed that he had been saved but was living a double life and that was going to change.  God thing, great thing, hallelujah! 

This group had been extremely tight lipped during our share times all week but that ended last night.  God really did a work in our midst.  What a blessing! 

So, what seemed like a “bad” day ended up being very much a “God” day and we give Him the glory!  We have had a great week of ministry and I really hate to see this team leave.  They are making plans to return next year!  God thing, great thing, hallelujah! 

Jeanette, Callie is planning on you guys picking her up at the airport.  Speaking of the airport, it is almost 3:00AM and I am off to deliver our first group before returning to get the second group. 

Thanks for your prayers and for keeping up with us via this blog.  God is awesome!