Help me see with eyes of faith. Give me strength to run this race. i will go Lord, where Your glory is unknown, i will live for You alone. i will go because my life is not my own. i will go...

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

No Voice of My Own

I was asked to lead a team of 11 volunteers to a new city. A city of which I knew nothing of, outside of the airport walls. I prepared as much as possible—but I still felt inadequate. I was a “leader” walking in blind.

Two days before the trip began, all my confirmed translators backed out. To be completely honest, I was overwhelmed and feeling like I was all alone.

Truth: God will never call you to do something that He will not also equip you to complete.

Even though I was uncertain of how it would happen, I knew the Lord would bring the details into place. So I flew to this new city—despite all my concerns, I was super excited to be there! I had left behind hot & humid beach weather and stepped into cool & fresh mountain air! I was full of optimism…but the Enemy was on a mission to not let this trip succeed. On our first real workday—my cough from the past week turned into Laryngitis! My voice was so “gone” that the volunteers called me “squeaky.” Haha.

“Ok God,” I thought, “now I know you really have something planned for this week! Please show me that despite all my plans that keep crumbling…that YOU are all we need this week!”

· Foreign City
· 11 Volunteers
· No Voice of My Own
= Total Reliance on God

The part that shouldn’t surprise you: God provided everything we needed!

~In a city where last year people “ran from the scary Gringos”—this year God gave the people a genuine hunger to seek redemption and truth.
~From Zero translators & One voiceless Missionary—God provided 7-8 solid translators each day to meet our needs!
~14 women actively persuing the opportunity to know Jesus—14 women, their family members & friends who now have a saving relationship with Jesus Christ.
~Climbing 300-2,000 stairs up a mountain top (the # changes, depending upon your perspective! Haha)—The path to meet many who were lost in darkness and now have found Hope in the Light of the World.

Throughout this trip, the Lord kept reminding me that He doesn’t need any of us to accomplish his purpose—but that He DESIRES to use us and to bless us through the ability to serve Him. Although I had very few words of my own this week (b/c I didn’t have a voice to speak!) the Lord spoke through me. He used me to serve the people, inabled me to lead the volunteer team, and blessed me through allowing me to Totally Rely on Him.

He asks only for our Obedience
He chooses how to use us.
He determines the Results

350 Gospel presentations—230 New Believers in the Faith

Thank you for your prayers last week! It was such an encouragement to my heart knowing that you were lifting me up!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh Sarah, I'm so glad that things worked out...God is so amazingly wonderful. I miss you friend. Glad that things seem to be going well. We're sending love & prayers your way! ~Crystal