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Brief meeting…lasting impression

While in Guatemala, we saw so many needs. I asked Carlos – the founder of Hope of Life ministries – “How do you decide who to help?”  He said, “One family … one child … one need at a time.”   Soon we were in a village that had no well for clean water and the temperature was 105 degrees. We met a 9 year old girl who had been brutally raped and her body was severely injured.  This little one had already had surgery but she was in need of another one.   Noel Yeatts – World Help Vice President, some ladies from our team, and I were able to pray over this little girl and her mother. Carlos told me that when Jesus brings a girl like this to their attention,  THIS is how they know who they need to help.  I realized that day that not only had Jesus brought M—— to Carlos’ attention – but Jesus had brought her to my attention.  Some how I have to be a part of helping this …

Israel The Most Amazing Trip Day 3 Journal Entry

12/30/09  Day 3 This morning I’m looking over the Sea of Galilee watching a gentle rain. Our guide told us that Israel has been in a drought and the rain is needed.  It is a pleasant 60 degrees.  Thank you, Lord, for the rain. 1 .Capernaum – This is a city that Jesus  called home in Mark 2:1.  Jesus performed more miracles here than anywhere else. This city was judged in Matt. 11: 23.  They saw Jesus – and still rejected Him.  We can be like that – too.  Lord, help us not to be ever seeing but never believing. 2. Mt. Of Beatitudes – Matt. 5   Our group gathered on the steps of a theater when it began to rain and we all huddled under a shelter to listen to D. Carson share 3 levels of discipleship: 1. Come and See, 2. Sit and Listen, 3. Trust and Obey.  The sun was shining on one side of the Sea of Galilee and it was raining on the other. 3. Tabgha – The place where …