"Not called!'" did you say? "Not heard the call," I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help.

Go stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father's house and bid their brothers and sisters and servants and masters not to come there.

Then look Christ in the face ~whose mercy you have professed to obey ~ and tell Him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world.

~William Booth


Sunday, July 21, 2013

~the road to pampay

Today the road to Pampay, well, from Pampay, was a wet one. After lunch, we drove in to the village to run a service / first day of VBS. Our hope was to have this opportunity to reach out to the women and men in the village. I have to admit… we (I) was slightly disappointed when there was a minimal adult presence. I wondered how that could be after covering this service with so much prayer! Was that Gods plan? Or was that Satan at work? Regardless, we went ahead with our children’s program.


So yes… the drive out was a wet one. It poured like I have never seen it pour before. Some of the kiddies ran home and grabbed sweaters before the rain began. Several didn’t. It was heart breaking watching them sit there in the cold. I mean, we were cold too. But we got to come home to a warm (well… warm-ish) shower and a cozy bed. And these kids didn’t. I could not help but ask… why me? Why us? Why are WE so incredibly blessed! Not sure I will ever know the answer.
~cr

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