Not So Ordinary

"Today we traveled to Niamey to Aroyou to spend time and disciple some believers in this village.  The morning consisted of them welcoming us into the village and also learning more about where they are in their walk. 

After having lunch at a local market, we went out with Ibrahim to work in this field.  It was very hot out there but we all enjoyed our time walking along side out brothers.  Once we got back, Tom and I shared our testimonies with Bouba.  When Bouba was ask to start telling his testimony, he gave us a brief description of when he was saved and then from there started going through the gospel with us.  From Adam and Eve in the garden, to Noah and then to Christ dying on the cross for our sins.  This was amazing because he has not read any portion of the scripture that would tell him this.  He truly has learned from his other brothers along with listening to a radio that is already loaded with the new testament in his native language.  Near the end of the afternoon, 3 ladies walked up and sit down next to Santos. Santos is a believer and has been sharing the word with them. It was at this time these ladies verbally said they believed.  They agreed to be baptized in the morning, which is great. 

We ended the day by hanging out with these people as we set up camp for the night.  Tomorrow is already shaping up to be another exciting day, since we will be starting it with 3 baptisms!  We are all looking forward to what will happen tomorrow."

Blake

One week of your life can pass by so effortless and so quickly.  The ordinary daily occurrences become the routine with not much thought.  Yet, there can be weeks in your life that pass and change you forever.

This week.  This one week.  It has not been ordinary.

I could hear it in his voice and I could see it in his face (through skype).  It was a heaviness that he will never be able to erase or forget the people he saw, the people he prayed with, the people that needed a light in so much darkness.  He said that as they were in the village, men, women and children would flock to them to hear what they had to say.  They listened, pondered and asked questions through the translator and were hungry to know more about the gospel.  Even through the barriers of language and culture, all were intrigued by the message they were bringing.  They are responding, accepting and being baptized.  He is moving in an extraordinary way.

I heard it in his voice.

This week has been anything but ordinary.   

 “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? 

Then said I, Here am I; send me."

Isaiah 6:8