Stories

Man, I just read Rachel's blog and am going to reference you there because she did a good job capturing our experience. (The link is under my favorite links and has the word Rachel in it. Sorry, I don't have it in front of me, but you are all bright people).

Another school has past. I have just completed my third semester with YWAM Medellin. This was one of my favorite and most challenging outreaches.

I love the work we did get to do. Highlights- Fefa and I were eating at a family's house for two weeks and got to see a clear picture of what the family was going through. All Christian, but hugely suffering in silence. The father had a past of being abusive, the son had gotten into huge trouble as an adolencent (involvement with a homocide) which very much affected the family. And no one talked about it. There was so much hurt. So much unforgiveness. But so much desire to more forward in life and forgive.

The last night, Fefa and I sat them down as a family and started to tell them what we saw and what we felt like the Lord had for them. We talked about the effects of violence in the family. How it needs to be dealt with. And they had a beautiful time of asking for forgiveness from one another and speaking words of blessing. Then we prayed for all of them. It was awesome. The next day, there was a whole different feel in the house. Lightness. Love. Hope. I left so aware that we had really changed the course of their destiny.

The challenging part was that it was hard for people to trust us and consider us authorities for our ages. I was the oldest by...five years? Six? So many people missed their opportunities to receive help by not opening up.

I will be home soon. As you know, I do not have a cell phone, so the best way to get ahold of me is still via email. :)

Photos from the Amazon