UPDATE on Wendi’s last meeting:
We just got word that things did not go well again with the
Passport office for Wendi. Since Wendi’s
father’s name is on the birth certificate and since she is only 15, the office
is saying that they have to have both parents’ signatures. We are now onto the next step, we are not
100% sure what that is. We do know that
her first surgery is scheduled in August…..but she needs a passport and then a
visa….pray with us for all things to clear and to clear QUICKLY!
~Vicki
Wisdom.
It is a true mystery.
It is often something that we do not see within ourselves. It can escape us if we are not looking for it
and it can show up when we least expect.
It is not knowledge, and it is not information. Wisdom is something deeper.
I have longed for wisdom.
Not the wisdom that comes from books and schooling only. I long for the wisdom that is richer than
that: The wisdom from the Lord. It is
this covering that can come and go. If
you tell someone you are wise, they think you are arrogant. If you show someone you are wise, they
sometimes will marvel.
Wisdom. Let it not
escape us. I went looking for wisdom
many years ago. When I was 21 years old,
I was determined to seek after wisdom. I
knew that I could not grab onto it alone.
I knew God spoke in and through others, and so I went chasing it.
I carried with me a red book whose pages were blank. When I read or heard a quote that spoke to
the depth of my soul, I wrote it down.
Sometimes it was scripture, other times it came from within. I wanted to grow from the wisdom….and then
pass it on to my son and daughters. May
they fall in love with the wisdom of the Lord the way that I have. I still have that book today. I still add to it today at different times as
well. I go back through it from time to
time to scroll through the pages and let it marinate my soul once again.
It is with this same passion that I request your help in my
quest for continued wisdom. I have a
decision to make and I need to make it by Sunday at 3pm (4pm Central
Time). Sunday through Thursday in Las
Margaritas, Chiapas is the next Timothy Leadership Training seminar for 25
pastors. There would be 8 of us going up
to teach, lead devotions, and assist these pastors and to train them in the
Biblical Truth. This part of Chiapas is
one of the most persecuted parts of Mexico and Central America. The traditionalists are those who have a mix
of Catholicism and Mayan beliefs. They
have been hurting Christians, kidnapping them, and even killing them. Yet, in and through this, the Christians are
crying out for help and hope from the Lord….they want more. The Church is still living there!
I am faced with the decision: to go or not.
To go: to be an encourager and help with the seminar. I would lead two devos and help host and assist.
To Not go: Would my
presence as a “gringo” make the group more of target (which is a serious
concern that we all are talking it through).
This decision has been given to me to make. I long to make the wise choice. Maybe not the choice best in the sight of
mankind, but the choice in the sight of the Lord is what I want to do.
Pray with me BUT more importantly, pray for the pastors in
the Chiapas area that WANT more of Christ and want to share Him with those in
the area. There is Hope in the name of
the Lord.
~Justin
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