Saturday, August 23, 2008

Outreach Update #3

We have just over one week until we complete the outreach. We will be graduating the 6th of September!!!
God has been doing incredible things in our lives! We spent nearly a month in Misiones and now are almost finished with a week of ministry here in Chaco.
This week has gone by really fast, but has been an incredible week of blessings and miracles!
One of the first days here, we were walking home after an activity with the youth and we were deciding what we were going to eat. Not having many options, it came down to noodles with salt and oil! Marianela and i really wanted meat along with our noodles, so we prayed as we walked. The girls and i have been staying in an apartment with a house attached in the back. As we arrived home and began preparing the dinner there was a knock on the door. The lady asked if we would like some cheese, we gladly said yes! We were so grateful to God that He had added a little more flavor to our meal! A few minutes later another knock on the door, this time the woman asked if we wanted meat that was left over from their dinner!!! Once again we gratefully accepted what was offered! Glory to God, He is so faithful! But God was not yet satisfied...that night not only did we eat noodles, but we ate noodles with cheese and meat...AND DESSERT!!!! it was a wonderful night of thanksgiving and praise to God!
His faithfulnees doesn´t stop there...
One day we had the opportunity to watch the semi-fianl Olympic Games, basketball game. The teams playing were the United States versus Argentina!!!! it was quite exciting! as we prepared to leave, Laura prayed ¨Lord, how nice it would be to watch it on a plasma, or big screen. we arrived at the restaurant and sat down to watch the game...a waiter came over and informed us that if we wanted to watch the game we needed to move to the second floor. we went up the stairs and there on the wall was a t.v. not just a big screen, but two huge screens!!!! thank you Lord!

Marianela has been praying for some jeans because more than one pair has ripped and been too severe for repairs...leaving her with just one pair of jeans...
She has been praying for quite some time and the other day, we were talking to one of the girls from the church and she happened to mention that there was a bunch of jeans that had been sitting in her closet and she had asked the Lord to show her who to give them to and up until now no one had been in need of jeans!
We are all so amazed at how faithful God is, even in the little silly detials.

okay.. one more story in case you haven´t grasped how faithful God is...
the day we were watching the basketball game, our leader, Naka, accidently left his backpack at the restaurant, but didn´t realize it for over 2 or 3 hours. this was not just any backpack, it had all the money for the outreach, plus documents and other important information. we all began interceding as Naka ran out the door and down the street. a few minutes later, we received a phone call from Naka...NOTHING was missing from the backpack!!!! Glory to God!

well...those are my stories for now...it´s really late and i should sleep.
May God surprise you with tons of blessings...even in the little ordinary things!

2 comments:

Lindsey said...

Glory! So good to hear of God's faithfulness and provision in your life and on your trip!

Laurel said...

Great stories! I can't wait to come experience Argentina with you. Woohoo!

mama :)