Somos Vencedores//We Are Conquerors

     Oh how I wish I could write paragraphs and paragraphs of my days here and the ways I feel like God is using me.  I want to spend a whole day writing about what I have seen and where my work here is going.  For some reason though, I sit staring at the blank entry in front of me not able to write words for all that is happening before my eyes.  I can now translate english to spanish better than I can translate my life here into words!

     God has placed hills in front of me every day this week telling me "climb on."  It is scary and thrilling at the same time.  I said before my trip, "okay God I want to do your will but let's not make me preach in Spanish."  Those prayers were usually said with a slight chuckle knowing that God works best where we lack skill.  Four spanish sermons later I can say to you that the hardest moments of my trip have been preparing for these sermons, but the moments I know I will share most when I get home will be these exact moments.  I saw God where I couldn't measure up to the task placed before me.

     So over the past week I have learned whether I have the skills necessary or not, I have the victory.  Romans 8:37 says, "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.". In fact, it just so happens that when we don't have the skills, it comes out looking even more graceful than if we did.  So if having skills or not having skills doesn't matter, what are we waiting for?  God says that with Him we can be conquerors.  I had to take the risk to preach in Spanish to be able to see what God would do through me.  As I start my final week here I will remember that I have the victory in any situation, I hope you will join me.

Xoxo,