Into the village.......

I spoke with Kim around lunchtime today.  She was calling from the side of the road......flat tire.  Welcome to global missions!!!  Today, they went into a nearby village.  They initially thought they were going in a large group but that was not the case.  They were sent out in groups of two Americans and a translator, and just basically went and shared with some of the villagers and hung out with them all day.  I believe they began the day as a group at the local church for worship, then split into pairs and their translators.  Kim and Beth Hill went and spent the day with a local widow, and also got to spend time in the home of one of the church members.  The church member's husband was not a believer, so they got the opportunity to share the Gospel with him.  Prayerfully a seed was planted.  They also got the opportunity to pray over a child who had been passing out and was not well at all.  Kim said he just laid in one spot under a tree and never moved. She thought he had cerebal palsy.  They were told it was the first time anyone had ever prayed for him before.  "Whatever you did for the least of these......."

Please continue to pray for Sonrise Community Church.  They are having some issues with the land the church was constructed on.  The enemy clearly doesn't want this church to be built.  Pray for Ivan (the pastor) and the rest of this community.  May this church be a light in a dark world.

Other than that, I think everyone is getting along well.  They are going back into the village for the next couple of days to continue to hang out and love on this community.  Kim is going to get to go back to Sonrise on Saturday before they leave.  Please pray for the group emotionally as they prepare to return home on Monday.  Most of them have seen things that they never have before, and returning back to the prosperity of America is many times very difficult.  You tend to view things a little differently when you've seen how the majority of the rest of the world lives...........God, break our hearts for what breaks yours.