Here comes the sun, do-do-do-do

Hello from a sunny Quemchi!!

Sunday was the first day in over a week that we saw sunlight, and it was so wonderful, though it didn´t last long. Yesterday, it was both sunny and rainy, and today - a beautiful sunny day all day long!!!

I think i am a lot more grateful to the Lord for sunlight now... it´s amazing some things you take for granted.

Yesterday, before we went to school for English class, i was praying and reading the beginning of James, and i realized that i had been relying on myself to do English classes. Maybe i wasn´t taking them seriously enough as a part of ministry, since it´s a public school and there´s a book the kids are working through, but i realized that i wasn´t really depending on God to teach the classes. I guess i figured i was pretty good at teaching and could just kind of ¨wing it,¨ and get it done. But reading James and the need to ask for wisdom when we lack it and the next to last verse in Hosea (our fruitfulness comes from the Lord) both struck me in conviction that i need to seek the Lord for His wisdom and guidance - not just when we meet with people in the evenings, but when we step into that classroom as well. If i want to see ANY kind of fruit, it comes from the Lord. If i want there to be success in the English classes, it comes from seeking the Lord, His wisdom, and His fruit-bearing touch.
So, it´s refocusing the English classes. How can i be God´s little seed-sower here?

So, we are starting to memorize Philipians 4:13 in Spanish and English with the 5th and 6th graders. I know that was a great encouragement to me in studying Spanish, and i hope that speaking God´s Word out in class and sharing about hope will be a blessing. We know that His Word will NOT return to Him void...

In unrelated news today Chile´s new soccer team just beat Austria 2-0. This is a very good team... i can hardly wait for the next world cup. I wonder if we´ll be back here in Chile? CHI CHI CHI LE LE LE ¡¡¡VIVA CHILE!!!

i promise to post pictures soon from our trip to Bariloche, Argentina to renew our visas...
it´s a bit difficult to do, but i´ll do my best... :o)

DAY 7

It´s been a very stormy Quemchi lately. We are in Day 7 of pure rain. Last week we had some nice days of sun. My poor little ¨Bear´s Ear¨ flowering plant is fading, though, for lack of sunlight.

We´ve been meeting with our friends Charly, Ana, Paulina, and Juan Carlos for Bible study. They really want to learn and are open and honest. It´s amazing how God built this friendship. We want to honor God with this relationship, though we at times feel too inexperienced to lead this searching family.
That´s why there´s grace, and that´s why there´s God´s Holy Presence.
Who are we but Christ´s servants and friends, co-laborers with our LORD?

Oh, that i will be faithful and bold.

July 26th

how easy to be a part of creation that doesn´t have to think and reason... like hawks. They do what they were created to do because that´s all they can do... and in this natural fulfilling Your Will, they are honoring, glorifying, and praising You.

i have to wonder... am i doing what You created me to do and thus fulfilling Your Will and thus honoring, glorifying, and praising you?

through on man (Adam), death came to mankind, and through one man Jesus, life came to mankind...

and it´s in this twilight zone that i struggle... in the flesh of death in the spirit of life,
wondering, battling, fighting,
struggling to know

are You pleased?