Second day in the field......Incredible!
For those of you that may not know how this works..... we spend Monday in Tuesday in one barrio and then we switch to another barrios for Wednesday and Thursday.
The barrio we were in yesterday and today is a pretty rough place. Drug use, alcoholism, teenage pregnancies, etc... are rampant in this area. The pastor who we worked with at this place is a survivor of this neighborhood. A one time heroin user/gang member... he is one of the most passionate people I have ever met when it comes to reaching his community for Christ.
The first street we went down this morning was a re-visit of a street we were on yesterday. I had the opportunity to get to know a few of the rougher individuals on that street and saw several give their lives to Christ. Today... our pastor received a warning that there was a plan to rob us when we came back down that street. Some of the young men whom we had gotten to know yesterday put a stop to that for us. We were allowed to venture into parts of that barrio that not even cops would go into because they were in danger. It was awesome!! We prayed with these people, talked with them, and shared the gospel with them and were witness to many strongholds broken in that barrio.
Everyone on the trip has their own individual stories and I wish I had space to tell all of them. As has been the case with every trip. There is so much for us to learn from the people here. When they come to worship there is nothing to draw them to the church like we are accustom to back home. No media, screens, bands, buildings, etc.....just the desire to worship the God who has given them life and hope. It is unbridaled, unashamed worship. I wish I could bottle it up, put it in my bag and bring it home.
Tomorrow's barrio is supposedly one of the rougher ones around here. Should make for an interesting day. I'm excited to see what God has in store for us there tomorrow and Thursday. Keep praying for the team and for the areas that each group is in the next two days.
I'm out....
3 comments:
Dude! Sounds like God is doing awesome stuff and using y'all HUGE!! Keep it up! I'm praying for y'all!!!
Thanks for sharing. What an incredible story of God using you, changing hearts and protecting you.
Sounds amazing!!! Y'all seem to go deeper every trip and I know that Colombia will never be the same!
I can't say it enough...Thanks for all you do!!!
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