It’s raining!!!
After what feels like months of no rain, it is a blessing to
hear the thousands of raindrops mixed with the thunder and lightning crashing
outside of our home. Let it raaaiiiinnnn!!!
But amongst the beauty of falling rain, there are these
DISGUSTING little black flying ants. Oh my soul, they are so nasty… and worst
is, I don’t know how the heck they get in to the house!
Doors and windows are closed, but these creepers find their
way to the bed, the floors, the walls… NASTY! Just plain crusty.
But what about that beautiful rain…
The results of this week began a month ago when I first met
a young man named Richard.
Each Thursday night, as we speak to prostitutes on the
streets of Boca Chica, more and more homeless boys have been following us
around. They are actually pretty respectful, have never asked for anything AND
keep their distance as we’re speaking/praying with women.
I’ve had some pretty awesome conversations with a few of
them and then each week I remind them of church and our “pick-up” spot. For a
while none of them came. That is, until last Sunday.
Robersy always laughs at me since I get super excited if
there is ANYONE waiting to go with us. Sometimes I wave prematurely and it’s
just someone passing by or I have a huge grin across my face and then another
car pulls up before we do… but this time… THIS TIME it was Richard!
God touched our hearts during that church service and we
decided that we needed to take Richard to camp with us. We arranged a time and
place, but the following morning Richard wasn’t there!
What?! Who doesn’t want to go to camp!?
Trying to forget about it, we carried on and had a FANTASTIC
first 2 days at camp. The teens were pumped and God mightily used the counselors
and speakers for His glory.
On Wednesday night a group of ladies staying on the camp grounds asked to go on
street outreach with me and guess who we ran in to :) Turns out he was
embarrassed to go since he didn't have a change of clothes. Maybe I should have
mentioned to him that his bag was packed on Sunday after church with donated
shirts, shorts, toiletries and a Bible! LOL.
So Thursday morning we headed to camp!
Then following the very first message, Richard accepted
Christ as his Savior!!!!
It was an amazing week over all filled with testimonies of
decisions from the teens and a LOT of fun.
Point is, the blessings poured down like rain, overflowing
and abundant. LOVE IT!!!
But then those little black nasty bugs enter my heart and
mind.
Soooo… we take him to camp, he gets saved and then we take
him back to the streets?! It doesn't make sense! God don’t you have a
solution!?
The huge storm on Saturday night didn't help since Robersy
and I were up and down all night thinking about Richard.
Where is he sleeping? Does he have shelter? Should we go
find him?
Bugs of doubt, fear and just a touch of anger.
“God, why did you put him in our life if there’s nothing we
can do to help him?”
Fast forward to Sunday morning.
We stopped by the “pick-up” spot early since Robersy was
preaching in another church, and there he was… Richard and two of his friends (Input
lots of premature waves and plenty of freaky smiles! HAHA!).
On the way to Los Montones (where Robersy preached) these 3
kids shared their stories, their struggles and their dreams. Three precious
souls that God created!
During Robersy’s
message God pricked my heart and swept those nasty little bugs away.
Check out 1 John 3:18, “My little children, let us not love
in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.”
And what is truth… John 14:6, “I am the way, the TRUTH and
the life…”
We may not have a lot to offer, but we do have the Truth and
HE is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!
I trust God has exciting things planned for these 3 special
boys and the other Boca Chica street kids so, God Almighty…
LET IT RAIN!!!
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