Today I saw
God’s awesome and beautiful power and purpose. In the morning I had the
opportunity to go with APRECOM, a ministry here at YWAM Rwanda that
works with widows, and women with AIDs, on house visits. The house visits
consisted of teams of people going to encourage the women and see how they are
doing. The visits broke my heart and illustrated God’s great plan. Our first
visit was with a women named Florence. At the APRECOM conference on Friday, I
had washed Florence’s feet, prayed for her, and then later on gave her to Jesus
when I realized that I probably would never see her again. But out of 250 women
that we met Friday, God laid out an opportunity for me to spend and pray more
with Florence.
Later in the
afternoon I again saw how God works in mysterious and wonderful ways. We
visited the home of Method and Mary, the founders and base leaders of YWAM
Rwanda. Method and Mary were called to start Rwanda soon after the genocide,
even though there was much danger and so much work. Their stories of
encouraging, listening, and pioneering in a country that was ravaged by death
and suffering was amazing. 20 years later, YWAM Rwanda is a huge organization
that is changing lives all over Rwanda. And one of those lives is Laura, who
God led to marry the son of Method and Mary and then that would lead to our
team serving here in Rwanda. God knew from the beginning that He wanted to
change my heart, the summer of my senior year, in a little country called
Rwanda.
- Carin
2 comments:
I am so happy to hear about the heart work God is doing in these kids!
-Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart!-
I am so appreciating this blog, hearing from so many of you and getting to see you all "in action". Carin, I'll love talking to you when you get back to hear how what we talked about (at the latte stand) worked out. I loved hearing about you and Kyra -- and all the other pairs of students -- confessing and praying together.
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