Short Story #1
The team and I were out picking up rocks in the fields at the church/school property. Some of the students had a break and came to talk with us and even helped pick up rocks. Throughout my time in this country, some students would pick up rocks with us on their break. As we did this together, we built great friendships and it was a sweet time to be a light and also have fun as we sang songs, shared riddles and got to know each other!
Short Story #2
I was prepared the night before to share something at the hospital and when I woke up, I had a feeling that I was supposed to share something else. So I took just a few minutes and prayed about what to share and was feeling nervous that I wasn’t prepared. I decided moments before we left to share about the amour of God. I didn’t tell anyone what I was speaking about but was preparing in my head as we walked 15 minutes to the hospital.
We arrived at the hospital and one of my friends opened up in prayer and after I would share about the armor of God. In my head, I thought that I would share 1 by 1 as it was translated but then I was told to read the whole passage first, and then it would be translated. This threw me off on how I planned on sharing that I was stumbling on my words.
After I was done, I thought to myself “this was awful and an embarrassment.” I vented with my two friends as we walked back to the house about how I should have stuck with my original plan regardless of my feeling when I woke up to suddenly change it.
When the other group got back from the school, we asked what was shared and my friend Vic who spoke at the school said the armor of God. She could have shared anything from the bible and she decided to share the armor of God. In my head, I doubted and regretted switching topics last minute but to me, this was a reminder from the Lord that obedience is important even though my thoughts were jumbled as I shared. Even though I thought I did awful, the Lord can still use what I shared to help me grow as much as others who are hearing it. That the Lord can change people’s hearts regardless of how the message was given. It was a sweet reminder and kind for the Lord to show me this!
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