It has been about four weeks of little to no ministry. It started when we were minstering in Filedelphia, Paraguay eating lunch at a fellow missionaries house. This woman that we met was three months pregnant when her husband was martryed saving her life and their unborn child. I felt strongly that the Lord wanted me to stay back and serve and honor this woman and her precious daughter Shekinah for a week.
I stayed there with my friend Melissa as the rest of the team took off to Bolivia. Well, the one week turned into 3 weeks away from the team but it was all ordained from the Lord and I don't regret any of it. Melissa and I were able to pray, babysit, make dinner, clean out the car, and serve her however was needed. We felt honored to bless her and sow into what the Lord was doing in her life.
We spent one week with her and then headed back to Asuncion to rest and seek the Lord. We had five days there just the two of us to really lay low and do no ministry whatsoever. We got to listen to teachings, worship, pray and just relax. I felt that this was a real special time that only the Lord could have set up for me. Although I was missing the team and wanting to be with them, I felt that I needed to take advantage of this time for it was so precious. I was able to hear from the Lord so clearly on some things but the most important was the Lord reminding me of my royalty and the calling on my life. He so lovingly released His thoughts over me and reassured me that I am so right in the right place. I feel like the Lord showed me who I am in the Spirit and I actually saw myself as He sees me. It was very powerful and clear.
I was hoping to rejoin with the team right after that but the team ended up being in Bolivia even longer so Melissa and I ended up going onto Sao Paulo, Brazil where some of the team was already at. We took a bus there and had a fun adventure.
We got to stay there for a few days and rest and get to know a wonderful Brazilian family that we stayed with. We felt so blessed and honored to get to know this family. My birthday was coming up and my one desire was to be back with the majority of the team so I prayed and asked that it would be possible. I found a cheap bus ticket to join up with them as they were getting back into Brazil.
I was so blessed to be back with the team for the three weeks seemed like months away. The team was exhausted from alot of ministry in Bolivia. We travelled onto Sao Paulo and stayed at a beach house of the same people I had stayed with. It was such a blessing to be able to rest for five days at the beach house before heading into Rio. We are currently in Cabo Frio outside of Rio de Janeiro staying with the family of one of our team mates. We are excited to do some ministry with the homeless, prostitutes and various churches and I am excited to jump back into ministry especially leading worship.
We are trying to be done with the continent by the time a lot of us head home for the holidays mid- November. We plan to start the Caribbean portion when we come back from the holidays.
More to come, bless you all!
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