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Charlotte Eagles Update
With summer coming to an end and a great soccer season closing out, updates are in order. This month marks the 7th month I've been involved with Missionary Athletes International and the Charlotte Eagles, and that also marks 7 months of support raising. It's been an incredible time of learning and growing, but unfortunately the funds and financial side of things don't share the same growth and success. S o with great guidance from the leaders at Charlotte Eagles we've agreed together that God has shut the door on this full-time staff opportunity. With that being said, don't be surprised if you hear more about voluntary involvement over at MAI headquarters in the future.
 
The Story Behind the Changing Tides
 While I was out on the west coast this summer for a wedding God began speaking to me about this change in direction, I like to assume it's a left turn. At first it was so subtle, I was looking out over Canada's coast and was confronted with "Are you sure you're going the right direction?" I shook it off with out another thought. Then in Seattle it intensified, "What would you say to leaving MAI behind?" I was outraged, NO! No way!!! I love it and I've worked too hard to let it all go. Then, California - oh California. It was impossible for me to fight off God's nudging there. The waves would come, and they would go. In and out, up and down, over and again. Relentless, like God's prompting. And I let it all go there on the coast - the control, the direction, the leading - I let it all go back into the hands of my creator, to the one who knows exactly where we're going, and most importantly at what speed. It's amazing how clear his voice can be when I get rid of all distractions and clear that always-busy schedule - it should always be so simple.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Today the girls and I had ATL (Ask The Lord) Ministry and Living Water Ministry. ATL is when you pray and ask the God to show you where to go and who to speak to. Becca was hungry for pizza, big suprise there, so we let her stomach do the leading and set out for Peter Piper's Pizza. Once we got there we met two guards who we invited inside for pizza. During lunch we noticed that the two men were distant - not from us, but from each other. We had great conversation and as the meal went on both men seemed to relax and the tension eased. When they went back to work we questioned the translator about it and he explained that they had been enemies for years, fighting over the same jobs and tips everyday. It was unbelievable that God used us unknowingly to bring two enemies together to break bread, or pizza, with one another.

Living water is a ministry where you go and pass out clean water to large groups of people. We choose to do this at the hospital today, and it was unbelievable. Families have to sit outside the hospital in the hot sun and wait for their loved ones to be released, most can not even go in to visit. We also recieved permission from the director to enter the wards where we met a nurse who had lost her nephew recently and was hurting emotionally as well as financially. We also prayed with a couple younger kids who had various diseases or injuries. It was an incredible day of ministry and it was the toughest day to pull ourselves away from the community and say goodbye to all our new friends!

 

Be praying for us as we head back to the states tomorrow! Thanks for following our journey to Matamoros, Mexico - More pics to come!

 

 

Yesterday the girls and I had a fun filled day of children, LOTS of children! In the morning we went to Pandavida Orphanage where we feed, sang, and played with the kids until they dragged us out the gate. They were so cute and none of us wanted to leave!

In the afternoon we held VBS - Vacation Bible School - for some of the kids at the church we've been helping to build this week. We sang songs in spanish, played Simon says, or rather Simon "dice", and talked about what it takes to be followers of Jesus. It was probably our most draining day yet!

Today we did construction in the morning and house visits in the afternoon. Our translator took us to a house where we met Frank, Cesar, and Gustavo. The were telling us about all the bad choices they were making in their lives. Things like doing drugs, drinking, dropping out of school. The boys were all about 16 yrs old. The translator told us that they wouldn't listen to him, an adult, but maybe we could talk to them and they would respond. By the time we had finished talking with them two decided to pray and ask Jesus to be in control of their "new" lives.

So please be praying for our new friends Frank and Cesar and their new faith in Christ!

 

 

 

"Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure."  Phil. 2:12-13 (The Message) 

 

Today we spent time doing construction in the colonials and prayer walking the neighboring communities.

As we were walking through the neighborhoods we saw a man ahead of us who had his hands wrapped in gauze. We decided to pray for him and stopped while he was still up ahead of us on the road. After praying for him we continued on, but ended up running into him a short time later. As we passed him on the street he asked us if we were Christians and if we would pray for him. Laughing, we replied that we had already prayed for him a few minutes ago, but would love to pray together with him. He explained how his arthritis had hindered him from working a job and how he was in charge of caring for his son, but could not. We prayed God's blessings, provision and quick healing over him so that he could provide for himself and family.

We were so astonished by how our big God cares so much about all of us and even knows how to care for us!

 

 

We made it here safely and are unpacked and ready for the adventure ahead!

 

Thank you for praying for us this week as we head into the unexpected and prepare for meaningful relationships and felt needs.

 

We'll be working on getting more pictures up soon!