A God-Breathed Week

   This week has been transformational and God-breathed.  I got to spend my first 3 weeks here doing life with the teens, sitting with their families, having one on one time, eating meals with them, and being intentional.  That was what I felt that God had called me to do during my time here and  I enjoyed it so much.  I felt like I was really beginning to learn about them, and more than anything I knew that I was really learning who God created Emily to be.

     On Monday a team of 3 hardworking missionaries showed up and literally set up camp in the pastor's home (the home I live in).  Slowly teens from the communities I had gotten the chance to work in started showing up with their bags and jugs of water for the week.  Before we knew it there were 34 teens ready to sleep over at our house and learn how to be followers of Christ!  I knew a lot of the teens that showed up from my Bible study classes and I was looking forward to spending my last week completely at their side.

     With a lack of sleep and an overflow of joy, we ended the camp yesterday.  The teens were able to learn about the basic need for salvation and 13 teens made the desicion to hand their life over into the all-knowing hands of Our Lord!  While some decided to make the decision to begin their journey with God, others made the decision to officially make a public announcement of their new life in Christ by getting baptized.  Ten were baptized in the river with their families and neighbors present!  Like I said this week was God-breathed and full of new life to say the least.

    God has a plan for all of us.  His plan is that we would love Him with our being and follow Him where He takes us.   I have learned that following God were He takes me has given me the best things I have in my life- a good relationship with my family, a wonderful ministry to work with back home, and so many wonderful dominican brothers and sisters in Christ.  I am so thankful that God is interested in His created humans.  As I give thanks to God today for all He has given me, and throw a fiesta in His honor in La Otra Banda, I will carry the smile that God has given me through my obedience to Him in this journey.  "But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ"- 1 Corinthians 15:57.

Xoxo,