Utterly Amazed.

"Look at the nations and watch - and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days that you
would not believe, even if you were told."
-Habakkuk 1:5

I've been to this part of Guatemala once before so I knew what the land & people would look like. I pretty much knew about what I would be eating, that I would struggle with the language, and about most of the work I'd be doing here with Danny & Kim. I started praying this past January for the Lord to prepare my heart for my time here, even before I knew for sure that I was coming! I felt very prepared for this trip, and still fully believe that the Lord had equipped me with the courage, strength, and patience to come here. But when I think about my experience so far here in Guatemala, I'm simply amazed.

I think this verse perfectly describes how I feel right now. The faith of the people here, including Danny & Kim, is unlike anything I've ever seen before. There hasn't been a day or an hour here that I haven't been overwhelmed by the powerful, loving presence of God. It was inevitable that I would pray with people here, I knew that was a given. But if you had told me how intense and powerful and passionate our prayer meetings would be, I would still be speechless after the first one. The first time you go into someone's home and pray for their physical & spiritual healing and, you will leave there speechless. When you go to pray with them, week after week, getting to know them & love them & cry with them, you begin to learn how to pray. You begin to learn how to pray continuously, and how to trust in the Lord's perfect, mysterious plan.

Sometimes it's hard for me to believe what Jesus is doing here. It's just utterly amazing. His light is pointing people down paths, His love is restoring broken hearts, and His faithfulness is bringing people to Life. Danny & Kim have been beautiful examples to me of what it means to trust & follow Jesus, as well as the church here. I still have one month left, and I bet that I will be just as amazed at what the Holy Spirit is doing then as I am right now!

--Becca