So this is our last week of work till Christmas break witch someone of us are in dire need of. This month has been a very hard one for the Cusco team and just me in general. One of the hard things I have had this month is trying to help / deal with my partner. I mean don't get me wrong my partner is awesome and is a great man of God. But when your with someone every second of the day you just tend to bite at each others ankles, you know? But its so hard here for many reasons. I mean my spanish is not bad but it can defiantly be better but I hate studying. Everyday I am faced with the option to study or do what ever els I need to be doing that day. I'm tempted more than ever to not read my bible and everything will be ok if I don't. I am tempted everyday to go through the motions of my daily work. I am tempted to retaliate at work when people call me names and say My God is not real. I am tempted to get mad everyday when the people slam there doors in my face. If people are not in the word if they take everything as a sign they are going to fall into the trap the devil has waiting for us everyday. Everyday we are pushed out of our comfort zones and if your not ready for that you WILL lose sight of why your here. It's so easy to forget why your here, but we NEED to remember we cant do it on our own. For I am a soldier of the cross and I will not be beaten by the easy why out. I will study everyday to better my spanish, I will be in daily prayer and devotion, I will have faith that my partner will come back after break, I will stay faithful, I will do what you ask of me, I will suffer if that means people are brought to to you, I will because I believe. I mean with all this said, I am reminded daily of how blessed I really am and when I sit and think about it I cant do anything but thank God for what I have, for my family, for my friends and for the new family I have and "all" the awesome / amazing people I have had the privilege to meat and know for the rest of my life. I can do nothing but thank my awesome mighty and powerful God for keeping me in His will and here in Peru. Thank you Lord I am forever yours Amen.
Please pray with me this Christmas holiday about my team and especially for Jorge my partner. He is really having a hard time with a lot of things. He will be returning home this Christmas to visit his family but he will be gone for a month. So please pray that he returns, because God has called him here and I know 100% that he is suppose to be my partner. thank you all and God Bless.
It's awesome that you're choosing to do what's right even though you don't feel like it. That's what living like christ means! That's what taking up your cross is all about. It's crazy to think that Jesus hung on the cross for 21,600 seconds!!!! He chose us 21,600 times. So we can do the same for him :)
ReplyDeleteI'm proud of you Alex! I'm fighting on the sidelines for you with prayer. God will win. God will always win because he is love and love wins. You have the love of GOd in your BODY. that means----- you ALWAYS WIN.
I'm also praying for your partner that God will do a great massive working on his heart!
Galatians 6: 7-9 says "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers." Whatever you give to God He will bless and use, and use mightily. I am very proud of you for not giving up when it's hard. It's difficult sometimes to be cheerful when you are suffering. But that's where God's power is demonstrated. No person can be happy when they have just been nailed, but the Christian has a different perspective. It's not you doing the work, it's God through you. So, God, in His time will bring to completion His plans, if we do not give up, and we have the determination and faith in Him to carry out His Will to the end. I'll be praying for you!
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