Well I have been in Santiago, Chile for the last week or so and it has been such an incredible experience. I flew into Santiago and met up with two of the team members. We didn´t have a place to stay and they didn´t have any money but the Lord once again was a step ahead of us. He provided a house for us to stay that was a friend of a friend of David from our team. She took us in as her own as she fed us soo much and gave us much love. We were able to pray for her and her family and see God just touch her with various pictures, scriptures and words we felt for her. I love how the Lord makes it work out so that we were all eachother´s answers to prayer in a way. God used us all to reveal himself.
We then went to the YWAM base to meet the rest of the crazy 20 plus team members. I was so excited to finally be with everyone. We stayed there for a couple of days until we found out that we can share at a church across town. It was in these couple of days that I felt it all hit me that I has actually left everything behind. It was a beautiful place though for I had no doubt that I was in the right place and with the right people at exactly the right time but I was being hit with the reality of it all. I had to sneak away though and really worship the Lord and call out to him because he truly was the only thing I didn´t leave behind.. I wouldn´t trade that feeling for the world though because it creates such a strong connection and trust that I could never gain otherwise. To say that I left it all but feel peace and the Lord right by my side is a miracle in itself. It fuels me for I know that there are such great plans ahead. I have such high expectations. I am excited to continue to learn spanish as I have been asked to translate alot already for some team members. I want to continue to be stretched with preaching as I was able to preach last night for the first time with the group at a church. I want to grow in my faith to see the dead raised and every sickness healed. I want to continue to make this a life style and not just a long mission trip. These are just a few of my desires for I know that there ares so many more.
I have been really missing some good worship times with the piano. That has been such an outlet for me and I am working on creating other outlets such as songwriting as well as praying for opportunities to open to play more. I have started a journal for just songwriting.
We went out on the streets and prayed for people and I saw a women partially healed of a cataract on her eyes. I saw some of the cloudiness leave and she said she could see better. Praise the Lord! We also ministered at three different church services this last few days and saw many healed and touched with the love of God.
It is such an honor to be with these crazy incredible lovers of Jesus. This team is so diverse yet so compassionate and fearless and walk in such freedom. They have such a desire to see Heaven invade all of South America. Please be praying for more open doors as we head down south for the next couple weeks- We hope to minister in the farthest city south and continue on to see Antartica.
I will post pictures hopefully within the next week or so and more about what the Lord is doing, but for now this is a summary. Thank you all for your prayers and support. I miss you all back home but am so excited for to be in the center of His will.
With you in Spirit,
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