...carrying hope+justice+peace to everyone we meet so that they know that they have a God-given purpose in life...
Brandon made a great video last week about the Vulnerable Children camp that was in July. He focused on the story of one of the girls that I've been discipling. She's not in the VC program, but helped translate for Kid's Club and so came along as a counselor at the camp. I hope you enjoy the video!
This is a picture of twins that were born to my friend Tuesday. It was a stressful labor and I had to rush her to the hospital and she had an emergency C-section. But she is doing well and so are her boys, Olwami and Oyintando. Please pray for God's continued provision for this family. The mom doesn't work and neither does her mom who she stays with.
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There's a word that's been coming up with me a lot: Expectation (and expectancy). There was a Celebration at my church back in the States where they talked about this, and it's made me think about it too. Several subsequent conversations from friends from that church have expanded my thoughts.
Here's the gist: I want to live a life where I expect God to move. Where I'm not just going through the motions of asking God for things because that's what I'm supposed to do, but instead I'm actually expecting change. The Bible talks about how God moves on people's behalf, and it says we can come "boldly" before God's throne to make requests. I make requests all the time, but lately it had felt alot like sending a prayer into the great void "out there" but not expecting anything in response.
I want that to change. I've begun by changing my prayers to use more confident language. And it's made me feel more confident. Yesterday at our prayer time with the Masi team I felt God clearly reminding me that he has promised to move and he will. Despite the bondage, poverty, pain and sorrow I see around me in Masi, God is bringing breakthrough.
So I copied an idea from my friend in Norman, Megan. She has a plate of expectancy in her home. On the plate, she writes down the things that she is expecting God to do. And then she displays it so everyone can see. I loved the idea of writing my requests in a noticable place and then seeing how God answers them. So I made a chalkboard of expectancy in my kitchen. The very day I included my friend Danielle's wedding venue, she found the perfect spot. So God is moving!
