Peru Mission Trip: Day Nine

Day two in Trujillo.  This is community is very different from Huamachuco but I'm loving serving the Lord nonetheless.  Yesterday morning while passing out tracts, we met a woman who was very eager to talk to us and let us love on her child.  She has come to women's ministry the past two days.  While she doesn't have a relationship with the Lord, she does have many questions.

In some ways, I am more encouraged by people like her than those who immediately say, "Yes, I believe!"  Don't misunderstand what I'm saying.  I LOVE those immediate answers, especially when you know the seed was planted before and it's just now being harvested.  However, sometimes it seems as though they don't get it, even though they want to.  This is why it is encouraging when I get the chance to talk with people who are earnestly seeking the truth.  You can see the Lord working in their heart and as their heart is being filled with His love, their mind is being filled with His truth. 

In that aspect, this trip has been very difficult.  We swoop in as Team Jesus and have a dozen or so salvations a day and then leave the village.  The Pastor is often left to shepherd a flock of baby believers, clarify uncertainties, plug them into the church and disciple them. 

When will the body of believers break down the walls of lies that Satan has built?  We are all called to The Great Commission!  And if we are all doing our part in our homes, in our churches, in our communities, then more people will go out into the unreached nations (Acts 1:8).  It's time we turned from our opinion of scripture, left our comfort zones, picked up that cross and surrendered to a life for Him.  I know now that if I'm comfortable, then I'm not in His will.  For if I'm in His will, I'm more than likely A) Being attacked by Satan or B) Feeling Him stretch me and mold me into who He wants me to be.