dear friends & family, hope you guys are doing well. i'm sorry that i haven't responded back to many of your emails (as well as facebook messages). it's always nice hearing back from people i look up to and care for, so thanks! and sorry that i'm a crummy respond-er.
this email won't be too long, i just wanted to share a couple of updates with you guys before leaving for the Midsummer retreat in Germany. We'll be at a YWAM base in Hurlach, germany this whole week. i've grown to really love this community, so i'm got some mixed feelings going to retreat, but hopefully it'll be a week of rest and fellowship with the other teams coming in from norway and czech republic.
as i told you in my last update, the hostel that i'm working at allows non-christians to work as 'cleaners'. i told you guys about sandra, fons, and sergio. i know wholeheartedly that it was in God's plan for me to meet Sergio. from the beginning i met him, i had a feeling that God would use him to bless me and vice versa. and He has. i've come to care for Sergio in a way that i can only attribute to the Holy Spirit and God's own heart for Sergio. yesterday, i got to sit in on a cleaners devotional that my friend led. we read about the fall in Genesis and Sergio asked question after question (not unusual), genuinely hungry for answers. he had many questions, and we tried to answer them as best as we could. i sat still and said a silent prayer - God, that he would know you intimately. how would you use me? i faced Sergio and began talking to him. i don't think i'll ever forget that instant - i don't remember everything i said but i believe that God wanted to tell sergio of His abounding love for him. I looked Sergio straight in the eyes and told of the Lord's steadfast love for him. More than anything else, more than answers to his questions, i believe the Lord wanted to let Sergio know of His love for him. As i talked, i know that something happened inside him. afterwards, i got to pray for sergio and the rest of the cleaners so that was pretty cool.
It's sergio's last day today. i'm going to miss him terribly. i know that i'll have to have faith that God will continue drawing him closer.
Now, something for you guys. Yesterday, I was working in the morning with a staff member, Kenan. Here are some beautiful words that he shared with me that I want to share with you guys.
"God has his own symphony in heaven. He doesn't need our talents, just our heart"
Kenan's words challenge me to offer up to God heart worship.
well, that's it for now. it's always nice writing to you guys because it allows me to process a lot of things. thank you for being my silent and faithful audience (actually i love it when you guys respond back to me hehe). \
may the lord bless you. -grace
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