we were privalaged to go to the same church as last week :)! Praise the Lord how links between faces and people are becoming clearer as the days go by. Out has been about a week now since our out reach in CR started, and it has been amazing to see the different style of challenges we have faced. But God is faithful and multiplies what we have when we offer him the things we have been entrusted which. One key thing I have been learning is that God does not need. He does not need. He asks from us not because he needs, but because we need. We need many things. But first thing is first, the heart. For us to enjoy his love and outpouring Grace, we have to surrender what we have. My friend E explained this to me the other night... If we always get what we want and we never have to forgo something, it cripples us. Thus, to grow, there needs to be a cost; for things to be cherished there needs to be a price, even if it is minuscule, costing something is important for growth.
It is amazing to see our reactions in different Cultures. Once you become expectant, Joy is easily sapped from the gift. We loose motivation to work, or value of things. God creates and places value in things. Think about people. Each has a value and a purpose. If you miss the purpose and skip over to a problem, though you are tying to help, it may not be helping. Instead it may lead to embarrassment, diminished sense of dignity and even at times reliance. But to empower some one creates the opposite. It creates a motivation to work-which remember... Is one of the mandates given to humankind! Sweet eh? :) God bless. He is an amazingly deep God!
Dare to think deeper!
Ps. Need prayer 250 for the students are needed before they come back. We are preparing the dorms and cleaning up the damages. But we need these mattresses for the students who are coming near and far; from normal Thai to the Hill Tribes that have their own language. I think there are 6 different ones. Thanks for all the prayers. It really makes a difference.
~rachel
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