SchrockTribe: Day One...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq2Tp3asLU8

This new song by Matthew West sums it for us. SO…

Before you continue on reading….go ahead and click on the above link and watch/listen to Day One by Matthew West.

We are down to less than 8 weeks left here in Guatemala. We have had a lot of questions cycle through our heads in this journey that our family has embarked on.

Besides questions, we have taken note of various truths as well.

*We were called to come to Guatemala (for an actual season!)

*We always said that we would remain in youth ministry at our home church until we were called away (even though we never really gave much thought of what THAT would feel and look like when it was time to move on).

*We are truly called back to the States. If there is any sort of running, it is into the arms of our LORD. That same path that led us here to Guatemala is the same path that leads us back.

*Moving our family to a third world country that we have visited before was a leap of faith, BUT heading back to the States, yet not fully knowing what the “next step” looks like….now THAT is the leap of faith that this past year has been preparing us for.

*What is next?

As we proceed to finish well here in Guate, we continue to work on:

**The on site clinic organization and implementation

**Profiles for each pastor/church that is under the discipleship care

**Hosting various people that come to stay, visit, work, serve

**Update the painting (switching from flat that needs to be re-painted each year, to semi-brilliant that can now be wiped down

Yet, the most important part is that we are doing what we can to live into the mercies of the Lord each day. Each day is a gift. We let the kids experience life in a third world country. This means when we hear the words “I have it so tough” or “ I miss my friends” or “I have nothing to do”, we can easily share with them the world around us and then words seem to change to “God really does love everyone” or “how come they do not have……and how can I help” or “yeah…..pretty amazing”.

We let imaginations go wild. Like letting all of the kids make forts in the big room with chairs and blankets and then let them “sleep” downstairs, if you could midnight to 4:30 in the morning sleeping?

Each new day brings us closer to the next phase, whatever that will look like besides being in the States. Each new day brings us His mercies and new ways of learning more of His heart. Each day, can be and really is….Day One.

How are you living your day today?

~Justin