As we spent the last week getting enough food across the border for yesterdays outreach, there were a few times that I asked myself if it was really worth the effort? We see so many ministries start something and then after a short period of time, when the excitement wears off and it becomes just another thing to "do", it fades away into a story of " hey do you remember when we used to such and such for the Lord"? We get that way every once in a while. Yesterday was no exception. We have been doing the community food outreach every month for seven years. And for seven years we have experienced a lot of what we think Jesus experienced and experiences still every day, the Joy of being obedient to your Father, while you are reviled in the eyes of some of those you minister to. We love love love it!!! Yesterday Paula and I figured it out while sitting in line on the bridge coming home. It's the suffering we must endure until the end. Not the serving part, we love serving the people, it's the being reviled by some that you try to help that hurts, like our "job" is to serve them. But we laughed and thanked God for the opportunity to " suffer" a little bit for his names sake.
Enough babbling, yesterday was great, 300 people came for food, we worshiped our Great and Awesome God in song, and Jaime shared from the book of James about prayer, I shared a bit about pressing through in prayer and not quitting to pray because someone you prayed for healing dies. The girls had a great time with the clothes outreach, and I was able to help a family move all their stuff from one house to another, as well as deliver a bed to the family who's house is pictured on this page. Pretty sad little house that leaks every where, has a dirt floor and no windows. I'll try to save it for a team coming next year, but they'll probably have a house before then.
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