Eyes to See

One of my friends, who had prayed for me during the trip, asked me on Sunday if I had "eyes to see" while I was in the DR.  I had asked for prayer before the trip for eyes to see God at work on my trip, because often times, I think I miss that in my busyness.
I shared all of the stories I have on this blog because I see God's work in them.  That God uses Rod and Nancy and the pastor in Bavaro as his hands to reach out in love and  give those people a chance.  And those people are in turn being given the opportunity to be God's hands and feet to other people who cross their path.

One story I forgot to share about our trip down: we were delayed on the ground in Chicago due to lightening, we were certain we would miss our connecting flight.  Sue asked the passing flight attendant, who was walking by with connection information, what the status of our flight was.  The woman turned to us and said, "God must be with you, because honey, we're the crew for that flight!"  So the flight couldn't leave without us because it couldn't leave without them!  And I loved that she put it that way.  God must be with you.  Romans ³¹ What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

I was working in my garden today.  I have this humungous  butterfly bush that I trim the dead flowers off of every week.  And it gets kind of annoying because there are so many and I start thinking, it would be much easier to cut the whole branch off and forget this.  So why do I trim all the dead flowers off weekly?  Because I'm trimming those off, new ones are growing.  I'm sure Rod and Nancy and all those who are in missions get tired of working to eliminate the ugly stuff that they see, because new ugly stuff pops up every time they're there.  But because they work, one situation at a time, one relationship at a time against that ugly, new beauty appears.  It takes time. 

Some of those kids come from a great family who loves them and provides for them the best they can.  Sponsorship can help them out in providing an education and an opportunity to learn more about Jesus through their school.  But some of the kids, don't know what love is.  They don't know what it means to be loved and have never seen love modeled for them.  God's love can be made complete in you, if you can invest a little time and write them an encouraging letter.  Or a little more time and money and go for a visit.  Sponsorship, is about giving, yes, but it's about giving of yourself as well.  Please invest in these children.  I know translating is hard, I'll help you if you want.  It doesn't even have to be long, just a little note to show there's someone out there that cares.  Someone that thinks they're special.