thankfulness

When G first moved in with us she wanted to start working right away.  She was desperate to be able to pay back some of the “debt” that she felt like she was incurring by being a recipient in this ministry.  What a sweet conversation I was able to have with her about grace and that it is a free gift!  In the Lord’s grace He has given us salvation, but He also gave her a new start through Puerta de Esperanza.

This past week I have seen the girls really start to learn what it looks like to soak up grace and be filled up to overflowing and ready to share that with others.  And it is so cool to watch it happening.  They have a desire to help, not because they feel like they have to, but because they have been receivers of a sweet gift and they are ready to give away what they can as well.  I love that because it is such a picture of the Gospel to me.  God does not call us to “do” for Him because we feel indebted.  Rather He asks us to jump in and work for the furthering of His kingdom because we are so full to overflowing with what we have received.

Last week we lost water for three days and the house was a disaster… dirty dishes, toilets that couldn’t flush, smelly people, you get the point.  We always keep a water reserve, but even that had been used up.  When the water finally came back on the girls offered to come over and clean with me… it was so awesome to have their help and the house was spotless when they left!  Friday we went over and helped pack up hundreds of pills for the big medical team that came in this week to do clinics.  The girls loved it and wanted to know when we could go back and help again.  Monday I had to pinch hit as a translator for the dentist and the girls had to wait around in the heat and masses of people for 3 hours until I was finished.  I fully expected to hear complaining, but C had stepped in and was doing intake, G was playing with babies and everyone was so happy to be serving in some way.  Erin was so thankful for C and she is going to be going out all day tomorrow to help again.

I love that we can plug them in, that the Lord has given them hearts to serve, that the ministries of team Honduras are overlapping… its just sweet to see :)