Post 20.0

Wow! I can't believe that this 3 month trip is half over already! Much has happened while we have been here and I am even more expectant for what will happen in the second half of the trip. The biggest single coadherant principle that I have learned, I read fromthe Jim Elliott Biography: Shadow of the Almighty. A quote that stuck out to me in the preface was, "Obedience is an expression of love to God." and I did a word study through Blue Letter Bible of the word obedience and I learned that the word obedience means to listen or hear. While I am here in Mexico it is vital that I am listening to the voice of the Lord unto a response. Obedience is hearing what the Lord desires then acting on it, nothing pleases God more than when His children obey him. The Lord also revealed to me that obedience is not picking and choosing what I want to obey or not, obedience is following whatever God asks of me whether it is convenient or not. I got the clinical symptoms of Typhoid Fever for 7 days and during that time I was really sick, I had a lot of time to think about my life and where I have gone and ahead to where I'm going. The Lord has been speaking to me and when I get back to the States I will be attending college at MTSU and studying a pre-med major. Thank You all so much for your continued prayer support during this season of my life. I hope to connect with everyone who is reading this blog (if anyone is reading this blog) on a personal level and show you pictures and tell you all the stories of what the Lord has been doing here in Mexico. Thank you again for all your prayer support and continued prayer support, God bless you and I hope to see you soon!

30 Day Recap (Mexico 2012)

The past 30 days have been very full and busy. So far our team has gone to the Tepehuanes twice, participated in a 3-day youth retreat with the youth group from Mazatlan, I have given music lessons at a high school, I have the opportunity to lead worship every Sunday at the Women's Drug Rehab Center in Escuinapa, we are also involved in a village called Rincon which is a poverty stricken village just outside Escuinapa, we are really involved with the kids there in Rincon, every Thursday we do a service project for the ecology department of Escuinapa, we usually pick up trash along the highways or clean out riverbeds. So as you can see we have been very busy serving here in Escuinapa as well as in Mazatlan. The Lord has been moving greatly among the people here in Mexico, the main difference from American and Mexican believers and nonbelievers alike is their faith. Here in Mexico when you pray for someone's healing, they actually get healed. Since I've been here in Mexico 4 people have received the Lord, most if not an entire youth group was filled with the Holy Spirit and released in their spiritual language, demons were cast out of a possessed man, and a woman's hand was healed from being swollen. I am so thankful to have this opportunity to take part in what God is doing here in Mexico. One of my favorite experiences here in Mexico has been going to the city plaza on Sunday nights. At the plazuela, as it is called here, I meet new people, practice my Spanish, and play my guitar while hanging out with the team and nationals. I can't believe that my trip is already 1/3 over, it's like just started, its like finishing the Fellowship of the Ring and realizing that there's only two more! God is good, I'm learning so much about the culture and God is teaching me new ways to live in this different culture that I can bring back with me to the United States. I am so blessed to be living with Alfonzo, Erika, and Alfonsito Martinez, they have been such an encouragement to me and my spiritual parents since I've been here. Thanks for praying for me! God Bless You.