Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Another one of those days...Life is good!

I just love the way David shared with our kids about a recent day...

"We needed to talk to someone in the nearby village of Coxen Hole about the people group there. We heard that there is a Baptist church in the village, but didn't know anything else except public vans go from where we are staying to the village. So we got in a van that morning and headed out. A little boy was the helper on the bus and took a liking to us. As we neared what we thought was the town, we asked him if there was a center of town where we should exit. He said there was. When we got there, a man from the people group we were there to research who was sitting behind us on the van said, "I noticed that you asked about the center of town. Where do you need to go?" We told him the Baptist church. He gave us exact directions to the church. We walked there, and found an entrance on the side of the church. We knocked on the door, and a lady came to the door, who just "happened to be" the Spanish pastor's wife. After explaining our reason for being there and needing to see the main pastor of the church, she said he lived nearby. She offered to walk with us to his house, but she needed to put her shoes on. In a few minutes she came back to tell us that the pastor was on the way. In five minutes, the pastor was there, he spoke perfect English, and we spent about an hour with him getting lots of good information! Just another one of those days when we set out, not knowing where we are going or how to make it work, and the Lord goes before us and works out all the details. We could not have planned it better.

It's happenings like keep us going because He goes before us every step of the way.  There's nothing any finer than following where He leads!

1 comment:

The Whites said...

how true that is!!! we are sharing your excitement as you see the Lord at work. Blessings on your remaining time there.