Outreach Update Armenia

We survived the first week of outreach! (Applause...)
Ok, we got here and instantly feel in love with everyone. Seriously. You would have thought that we knew these people our whole lives. However, the pastor (woman) came up to me and started to tell me everything she had in mind. I fell unconscious half way through...it was an onslaught of activities to go at the same rate she was talking...a JILLION miles a minute. All I got out of it was that I wasn..t going to sleep for a week! (I love the pastor, btw)
So, we did more activities than what was healthy for the team, but it turned out SO GOOD!!! God has really put on my heart what it means to really be like Jesus. I mean, I can have all the information in the world, preach, lead Bible studies, be a missionary, but do I really look like Jesus? Do we as a church look like Jesus? I would venture to say that we don..t in many areas. That I don..t. Jesus was know for accepting people and for serving. For living outside of the structure. He was known for love.
With this fresh in my mind, Trinity and I started talking to some woman in the park. This girl was 21 years old, had a four yr old girl, a 2 yr old, and was pregnant with twins. We were getting along really well. They were super sweet. And I asked her if they did baby showers here. She said that they did. She said they did one last week, and confided that they had spent a large amount of money for them to through this party and only one person came and gave her some shampoo for the baby. She was just trouble and told me, "We don..t even have any clothes to receive the children in." So I asked her all excited, "Can we give you a baby shower?!!!" She was embarassed, but excited. So we did. My team, along with the church, gave this girl a baby shower. It was so special!!!!! Seriously. With no intentions, no strings attached, we just got to express love and acceptance to her and help her in her need. And God totally used it. She went to two services this week and started a relationship with the Lord. She asked me a bunch of questions and we got her a Bible that we all signed. It was so awesome.
I wish I had more time to tell all the stories from this week. There were just very permanent things that happened. Fruit that lasts. I will try to post some pictures soon. I don..t have a camera anymore, so I have to wait and borrow them from the girls on the team.
Please keep praying for us!