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Honduras - Day 4

10/11/2016

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Now he [Jesus] had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. – John 4:4-6 NIV

Today, like Jacob who dug that well in Sychar, we will be spending our day drilling the well in our assigned community.

I’ve always found this passage interesting. Jesus “had” to go through Samaria. Why? There was certainly another route—one most of the Jewish people always took. No, Jesus was compelled to go through Samaria. It was through the Spirit’s guidance that Jesus found Himself tired, thirsty, and in the heat of the noonday sun. Right where He needed to be to provide the gift of “living water” to this Samaritan community.

I believe that is exactly why God has me in the heat of the mid-day sun in Honduras. There is a need for physical water, like Jacob provided, and a need for spiritual water, which Jesus provides. Whether God’s purpose is that I help meet those needs here in Honduras, or to prepare me for the ministry to which He has called me beyond this trip is yet to be seen. 

Pray: In the midst of the physical labor and the challenges of the work, pray that I will see the people of this community the way Jesus saw the people in Sychar. He wasn’t so preoccupied with His mission so as not to see the needs around Him. I can get task focused. I want to be heart focused. To seize the opportunities to know and love the people God has led us to serve this week.

Con el corazón de Dios!
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Becky
10/11/2016 06:13:23 am

Praying for you today as you serve the people. I love that you are surrounded by the school children!

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It will be work well done.
10/11/2016 10:28:13 am

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Lib
10/11/2016 07:06:21 pm

We're glad to hear you made it safely! We add our prayers to the rest - that the Spirit always be close and that you find in Him both the strength and soft heart needed for the journey. Blessings!

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Rob
10/11/2016 11:58:36 pm

God was so gracious to us today. When the heat of mid day should have arrived, instead we had overcast and some rain. A great relief after a hot one yesterday. Also, we hit water. Now we need to run some testing tomorrow to see if it will be good to go. Thanks for comments and prayers.

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