Mom and Kerri arrive LATE Tuesday night and so we spend Wednesday celebrating the 4th of July in a relaxed fashion. We have family devotion, eat a little Coastanean meal, watch Independence Day, and pack for our trip to Medellin.
Thursday, Mom and Kerri leave early for Medellin where they spend the day getting to know the city and waiting for the rest of us to arrive. I arrive with some other M’s that evening and once the team from Euless arrives, we head to the hotel. We are in Medellin translating for the second team from Euless teaching the local leaders of the clubs the mentoring process.
Friday, we have a day of tourism and getting to know this amazing team! Sharon comes back and is as funny as ever. Everyone on this team is incredible and excited about serving HIM. I enjoyed hearing their stories of how they fell in love with The Creator of the universe. That evening we head to the club to meet up with our nationals and have the first mentor session of sharing their stories. I had the privilege of translating for Gloria, an incredibly passionate woman who loves to share her redemption story. Unfortunately, none of our ladies were able to come that evening due to illness, travel, and their work. And fortunately, Mom, Kerri, and I were able to hear Gloria’s story and pry for her. It was a sweet, sweet time together as women loving on each other.
Saturday, Mom and Kerri go and visit Felipe’s family and tour around the city while I head back to the club with Gloria to have the next mentor sessions. Today only one of our ladies was able to come but it was A, who I worked with in April with Cindy. It was absolutely to see how HE had answered our pryrs in her life. She was more confident in HIM and her knowledge of HIM. She reported to us that she had began the process with an older lady in her club and she was seeing miracles happen right and left in this woman’s life…not to mention, learning a lot herself. It was such a day full of His Presence as I watched Him unite Gloria and A in a supernatural way! I praise HIM for these two ladies and how they have a piece of my heart!
Sunday, Sharon was asked to speak at the same club I went to with Cindy and so The Faust’s and Sharon headed to see what HE had in store for us. Sharon shared a beautiful word from HIM with the people as I translated. I only messed up once as instead of saying the Lrd is gracious, I said hey was funny but quickly corrected myself as the congregation laughed at me. It was neat to worship again with my mom and sister…in another language but because we serve a Sovereign Dad most of the songs that we sang were songs that Mom and Sharon knew in English! It was a sweet time at His Feet together! We all met up for lunch to exchange HIS Stories from our morning experiences in different clubs and then headed back to the club for our last sessions. To our surprise, all three ladies were there today and His Presence was resting over us. It was A’s turn to teach and to see the transformation HE had done in her life from the scared, timid woman I saw in April to a woman who was confident in His Words! Gloria was so excited to see that these women understood and were able to repeat, almost verbatim, what she had taught them and were excited to put it all in practice. It was such a Spirit-filled time! I am blessed that HE chose me to serve alongside such an amazing group of people who love and fear Him! I look forward to meeting the next group in October and seeing what HE does through them and the changes He has made in the local leaders through the study of His Powerful Life changing Word!
On Monday, the team leaves early and The Faust’s hang around until Tuesday to explore more of Medellin. It was so much fun to just be the three of us and experience new things together. When we returned to Cartagena on Tuesday night, we were exhausted and ready to rest…and rest we did on Wednesday. Until the family from the farm came to visit, Geiner, one of the little guys needed to have surgery on his nose after a fall. So we spent the afternoon just loving on them and enjoying being together as a family…extended family!
Thursday, I took the Mom and Kerri to Palenque to meet the people and see where I spend most of the time during the week. One of the families came to visit us at the house and enjoyed just getting to talk to Mom and Kerri. Krstn brought Mom and Kerri some of her cocadas (coconut sweets) that they loved and ended up buying more from her to give away to people back home. It was neat to watch them open up to my Mom and Kerri and share things that I had never heard before! I praise Him for opening up their hearts and I am excited to start studying with them each week! I wanted to let them see the village and so we walked around the lower and upper neighborhoods. Some of the youth came to find us to meet my family and that speaks volumes to me!! HE is uniting us and supernaturally connecting us! I cannot wait to see how HE grows these guys in His Words as we study each week! And then the greatest surprise, a woman that I have tried to visit every week for the past 5 months was home. We went in to her home and after a little visit, she and her husband asked me to come in and teach them about His Word!! And she offered her sons to help me play futbol in the afternoons as a way to get to know the youth of the village! I cannot believe how just having my family there in the village opened up so many doors to meet weekly and share His Words. Please pry that He protect these times that they have committed to meet with Him and with me each week!!
That night, LATE, Felipe arrived. On Friday, it was just more of being together as a family and relaxing! Kerri and Felipe went on a date that evening and left mom and I to watch a movie and relax. On Saturday, I took them to Playa Blanca where we played volleyball, swam, read, ate, slept, and just enjoyed more time together as a family.
On Sunday, a local club asked me to share what HE has been doing in Palenque…a HUGE ANSWER to your pryrs!! So I shared all that HE has been doing and the leaders HE is forming out in Palenque. I also took advantage and presented Darlys to her congregation stating that I believed in her calling to go and serve the Palenquero people in Palenque. I asked them to pry about supporting her pryfully and financially. Please pry that this club will send Darlys to these people and that they will rise up and support her as she goes. The rest of the day, we went shopping for last minute gifts, ate together, and then watched the sunset from the old city. We spent the night just praising HIM for the time we had together and the much needed refreshment that I needed from time spent with people who love me!
On Monday, all three of them leave and I head back to normal life…
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