Week 3 Update

I am incredibly appreciative of everyone who has been praying for me and supporting me. I am seriously unbelievably blessed to have my God family love on me in such a Christ-like way. I'm amazed at the generosity of God's heart, because it is made so clear by the actions of all of you! Thank you- I love you all so much and pray for you as you come to mind- which is often!

This is my second week in the asparagus pack-house barn. It’s tough! My average day is about 12 hours. We don’t really have a set end time but we start at 7AM every morning. The job I was given is super physically demanding which I asked God for...but it definitely requires much leaning on the Lord! I’m the “floor collector” so I take all of the finished pallets of packed asparagus and move them into the cooler, which I call the mines of Moria. Every time I think of Lord of The Rings I think, "man God, I want a crazy adventure like that." Praise the Lord that EVERY day of our lives with Him is a powerful risky adventure with the Maker Jesus Christ!!

We’re working with more or less all employees that are Mennonites from Mexico where many of the women aren’t allowed to leave their houses, education is pretty much looked down upon, and love and affection is minimal to none in all the families. It all stems from a very religious type of Christianity and only a SMALL fraction of the 300 have a personal relationship with Jesus. So all to say, our mission starts here, we pray for our coworkers every day, and are doing all we can to follow the Spirit in how to supernaturally love and serve and reach these extremely sad hearts...seriously, so many of them look so broken and sad. So pray for God encounters in their lives and more opportunities for us to effectively show Jesus Christ. They know we’re Christians and many know the story of Jesus, but to KNOW Jesus Christ is eternal life. Amen Hallelujah- “of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end” !! LOVE YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH!!!

Lake Erie sunset. Yes, I am very much being blown away by His beautiful and powerful glory.