Hola! This is Emily and my first time writing on the blog in a while. Here's
just a (long) update of today and yesterday. Yesterday morning everyone woke up
around 5:30-6:00 am to get ready for breakfast and devotional. Our large group
loaded the cars with supplies for the pharmacy and for our trip this morning and
I got the chance to call my parents before we left. This trip had so many delays
on the way to the church. First something was wrong with our car breaks and so
we had to stop to take a look. The decision was eventually made that the car
was not in good enough condition to drive so everyone squeezed into other
suburbans. Not much later they car I moved to had a flat tire that took some
more time out of the day. The spare was put on and we were back on the road.
Then the same car had another flat tired! They were fixed as well and so we
continued on the trip. This was definitely some spiritual warefare and either
God was protecting us from something or the devil just did not want us there
today. When we finally arrived the clinic time was cut in half because of the
vehicle troubles. We arrived and I was assigned to the Gospel sharing station.
This is where the team talks about the patients' illness/pain, about their
faith, and ask if we can pray for their pain or any other things going on in
their lives. If they aren't already Christians, we present them with an
evangecube to explain the Gospel. My translator Andrea and I were able to share
Christ with a six-year-old. I thought that was really neat. At the end of the
clinic, everyone packed up and were ready to head out until the same car with
the two flat tires had a hole in one of the spares! Everyone called me a jinx
because every car I had been in had had some probem. They got rid of three
people because of the flat tire. I was apparently the Jonah of the trip so they
threw me out of the car to avoid anymore problems. After that the funny thing is
they never had another problem. The group arrived home for dinner and a group
meeting. And that was the end of yesterday.
Today was sadly the last day of working in the clinic and everyone made the
most of today. This morning Mr. Munhall taught on God's plans for us (Romans
8:28). Once the devotionals were finished everyone loaded up into the cars again
for the trip to the clinic. It was about a two hour drive to the church where
we are serving today and the car ride is always an enjoyable couple of hours.
Except once again a car's engine had problems and needed work. Thankfully that
didn't cause much of a delay. We were back on the road in about ten or so
minutes later. Once we arrived at the church where the clinic would be, everyone
helped unload the cars and set up for the pharmacy, the childrens ministry, and
the Gospel sharing station. Everyone was quickly assigned to their stations. At
first I worked with the children and they were just getting out of their classes
when we arrived. When we walked by their classrooms they kept running from us
for no reason. We played their little game of tag and they kept on running until
they gathered round to watch us perform our worship songs. While we were
dancing, those kid's faces lit up and they had the biggest and sweetest smiles
on their faces. After everyone finished with their first station the group
breaked for lunch. All week the lunches that was prepared for us have
been delicious! Today we were served rice, tortillas, beef, and broth. The next
stations were assigned and begun. I helped at the Gospel station the second half
where we spoke to the patients with the help of the translators. I don't know
exactly how many people were lead to Christ today, but I do know that one of the
teenage boys helped lead a lady to Christ.
After the day were done at the church, the group drove back to the mission
center. At the mission center, the men and boys left to go to a nearby church.
They are still there right now. While they were gone, the women and girls had
the privelege of hearing a lady named Kristina tell her story of being in a car
accident and how that brought her closer to God. After we heard Kristina's
story, we prayed over a friend. Then it was time for a game. Everyday we see
women walking around with big baskets on their heads and towels wrapped around
their heads to help balance the basket. We decided to take towels and try the
same thing! It was pretty funny watching everyone trying to slowly making their
way across the kitchen to the living room. Priya won and Lizzie got second. Then
Mrs. Bull showed the girls her cowboy boots and everyone took turns smelling the
boots. No, they were not smelly, it smelled like new leather and it smelled
really good. I called my brother Josh too and left a voicemail. I really miss my
whole family. That's about all for today. Tomorrow we will be going to the
market and I think it will be really fun and exciting!
Can't wait! Emily :)) <3
