We woke up to a particularly beautiful morning today. We were really struck with how great it is to have new days. Sometimes it's just a relief when a day ends, and you know that there is a fresh one coming. God is so good in that way, and we are full of praise.
"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23
Sometimes it's hard to keep up that attitude of praise when the cool morning becomes a hot, full day (particularly, a Monday ;) What does it really mean to depend on God and get strength from Him? I hope we can understand that even a little more during our time here.
Being in a new place out of your comfort zone has a way of revealing the weak spots we have learned to tuck away. God is so good and he provides for us, but that doesn't mean we do everything perfectly and have smiles all day long!! Though that would be so nice! My prayer is that he won't leave us the same, that he will make us more real in our faith.
Thanks for your prayer and support and for reading our blog!! It's awesome to be able to stay connected to home. Here are a few prayer requests we'd like to share,
-Walfie..he was going to come to church with us Sunday but didn't. For chances to talk to him about God, and that we'd understand what he says. (if only they spoke English! or we spoke Creole!)
-Wisdom for how to best teach English and what to talk about during class
-Pastors in Haiti, to have endurance. They are so busy and the handful we know are going through a lot of hard things right now. Praise that Pastor Emmanuel (a neighbor of ours) shared that he was able to pray with a witchdoctor a few weeks ago and he turned to God! He introduced us to another witchdoctor that he knows when we visited his church last week with Cory. As you can imagine being a pastor here can be pretty heavy.
Thank you. Have a great week!
thanks for keeping us in the loop and letting us know how we can be praying for you! thanks also for sharing what you're learning--it's challenging and so good to be reminded what a compassionate and faithful God we serve. praying for an overwhelming sense of His presence this week and many sweet moments of encouragement for you both! we miss you, guys!
ReplyDeleteI like your wonderfull morning, sounds as though your are having a wonderfull day. Jan and I have been doing our thing in Vegas and reading your Blog. We love you both and continue to pray for all that the LORD wants you to do in HIS work. You are both great and awesome leaders of HIS work, HE will lead up in all that you do. It is wonderfull that a Pator has converted a wickdocter to the Christian Faith, this is why you are there to bring HIM into others lives. Praise HIM in all that HE does for you. We are doing fine here and in Vegas, just having fun and enjoying the weather, much better than INDY. Lots of good buffets with a fantastic selection of food. Love you both G & G Marquand
ReplyDeletewow Great insight on the beginning of the day. We are praying daily.
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