No Other Name!

There is no other name, under heaven given to men by which we might be saved!
As I spent yesterday meeting with a M friend, I realized how similar our lives really are. We are both the same age, single, jobless, and waiting for all of the above. We sat having coffee, doing our fingernails with henna, talking about life. It is amazing to me some of the things she has been through. It is even more amazing to me how the Lord has ordained this friendship. The first day I met her, she has been excited to meet and share her life with me. I have been excited to meet, share my life, and share the hope of the gospel with her. It has been a slow process. As we talk about the differences in religion and faith, it always comes back to a choice. I take so much comfort in the fact that it is through God alone that salvation comes. Random, I know, but I remember when I was a kid and this "actor" sang at our church one Sunday night. He sang a song that I am sure I have heard again but some of the words stuck with me, "I am a willing vessel and that's all I need to be."

As I prepare to go back up country for the last 3 weeks of my time in this beautiful country, I realize how difficult it will be to say goodbye to the students at New Adventure and to my new close friend. It is my prayer that I have given all of myself in these relationships. Maybe the Lord used me to prepare the "soil" so that they would all be ready in good time to be moved from darkness to light!

Please join me in praying for protection and safety as I return to an area that has recently had a lot of turmoil and fighting. Also, pray that the Lord brings closure and a feeling of finishing for now. And, pray for Bethesda Children's Home as I move back in for 2 weeks. They have gotten use to not having me there and these two weeks will fly by. I do not want them to feel abandoned or left but simply loved because they are beautiful children of God. I pray that at the end of my time, someone (just one) has felt the love of our Father.

“He is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
(Acts 4:11-12)