Last week was so good. We worked with a church who partners with compassion international and a ministry that provides clean water for the community called Healing Waters. We did so many random things, but my favorite was when we got to walk around the communities around the church. We went to one called El Tunel and just got to meet people, pray for them, and tell them about Jesus. I'm pretty sure there's nothing better in life than that. Anyway, we got to meet this one girl who told us she went to church but wasn't a Christian. She took us to a friend of hers named Jasmin who was sick. Her back was very crooked and I think she may have had some sort of mental problem. I placed my hand on her back and began to pray for her. After a few minutes, I could feel her back begin to move. We had to leave before it could heal completely, but I believe God continued to move after we left. We never got a chance that day to really talk to the first girl, but the next day, she met us at the church and Hannah, Denine and I went out to dinner with her. She began to tell us her story. She said she used to be a Christian, but she isn't anymore because she likes to dance. She doesn't even go dancing, she just likes to dance in her house. We explained to her that there is nothing wrong with dancing at all, as long as you do it in the right way. The YWAM base here has a ministry called Kings Kids where they teach kids to dance for Jesus. We explained to this girl that any gift you have has been given to you by Jesus and can be used for his glory. She ended up rededicating her life to Christ. She also told us a little about her life. Her parents died when she was young and she has been living with her Grandparents along with her 17 and 15 year old brothers. When her grandfather died last year, her Grandmother was no longer able to take care of her and she was forced to marry a 32 year old man (she is 19). She told us she respects him and he treats her well, but she doesn't love him. The things people go through break my heart. Can you even imagine living her life? We've done a bunch of random things too. We did a service for the kids at the Compassion school, interviewed a bunch of people, watched a few baseball games, and did some church services.
I'm so ready to go home. We go back to Kona in 6 days and I come home to Seattle in 2 weeks. It's amazing how fast this time has flown by and yet it seems like forever since I've been home. It scares me to think about a year and a half away from home, living on support, being away from my family. But if it's anything like what these past three months have been like, it'll all be worth it. There is nothing better than serving Jesus. I can't even imagine a better job.

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