Today we went to our friend Karla's baptism! This was so wonderful!!! There was also some of the teenagers from Tripolantes that were baptised. My heart was overflowing with joy watching the commitments made today. There are times when you share the love of Jesus with people and you know that you are the planter of something. Then there are times that you are the waterer and weed picker. Finally there are times when you are part of the harvest. You get to see the fruit of your love and sharing. Today was that day for me. We have work with a lot of different types of people. Some people who only want Jesus to make them feel better about their sins. Some just want to go to Heaven for themselves, But then there are the people who want to love Jesus because He deserves to be loved, no questions asked. That is the kind of person our friend Karla is. She loves Jesus because He is her Savior. What a encouragement to us and a privilage to have her as a sister in the Lord. Please pray for our friend as she walks out her faith. We could all us a prayer for that.
Now my health, on Wednesday I had a series of seizures. I had four of them before we got to the hospital. When we got to ER our doctor that is a friend was there waiting. He seen that I was anemic right away when I was brought in. They started to look for internal bleeding. Well they found some. My uterus was bleeding internal. They took an ultra sound and found a large tumor that was about the size of 50 cent piece with more little tumors in my uterus. They took me into surgery right away. I was given iron shots. Wow those hurt:) Well after all the drama I was released from the hospital. I am feeling so much better now. I am sore because of the seizures and the surgery but all is well. I was wobbling a little at the baptism today but I would not have missed it for the world. The doctors found out why I have been having seizures so I should be recooperating a lot faster now. I feel like my own crazy self again. What a blessing health is! Don't forget to put it on your list of things to be thankful for. What a happy day! Blessings in His beautiful name!!!!!!!!!!! Amanda
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Walking with Jesus
Hey, I know that it has been a while since I have blogged. I wished that I could give you all a great excuse, but as I sat here doing this I just couldn't think of one. So, I will just blog.
Well, I want to tell you all about some crazy things that God is doing in our hearts. As many of you know Mandy and Iour schedul has been lowed down. Mandy had a seizure for over an hour a while back and she is now in the recovery period. We are not doing the same amount of hours as we were before. We are learning to regulate our time while we are at home. We are having to learn that our time is our time. When we have some evenings open, we take the time to be together as a family now, instead of trying to fill every minute of every day. This was something that we have talked to other missionaries and they all told us that they had to do the same thing. The problem with our line of work is that we see a need and feel like we have to help it. The problem with Mexico City is that we could be with people every hour of every day and still not help everyone that we want to.
Anyhow, I want to tell all of you about somethings that we are looking at taking on. We are still working with AINDAC but it is not taking as many hours of our day as we hope for. We are having to wait for people to get there stuff done so that we can go ahead with what we have to do. This is very discouraging for us, and hard because we want to work. However, since that is just the reality of living in a laid back and relaxed society. We are now looking at giving our time to some other local ministries. We are already helping a group of doctors that are medical missionaries. This is fun and exciting, but it is just a a lot of making connections for people. We are in the middle of trying to get medical equipment from the states down here to open up a free medical clinic for people that cannot afford private hospitals, and are rejected from the government hospitals. Also it will be a Christian Hospital which gives a great opportunity to tell about the love of our Lord to those that are in need and willing to hear.
Also, I have taken on work at the local Christian school teaching English. I recently was authorized from the gov. of Mexico to teach English here in the country. This opened up a lot of doors for me. I will begin working on my teachers certificate now while I am teaching class. The class that I am teaching now is 2 hours long and I was authorized to give a bible study before class everyday. This is wonderful because we are doing exactly what God told us we would be doing, working with Christians and discipling. We are blessed to have the opportunity to do this on Sunday mornings, with the youth and now daily in the class room. It is an amazing experience. I would have never imagined the opportunities that are available to tell about God while teaching English. I can now see why this type of work is so productive in countries that are closed to the truth. I love is as well.
Well, I would love to tell you more because we have so much more that we are getting involved in, but because of the sensativity of the people around I cannot share more. Please keep us in your prayers as we pursue the will of God. Also please pray for us that we could hear what He wants from us here in the city. We are here and held accountable to Him and there is nothing that we will not do for Him. We just have to be sure that it is from Him, because if it is just of us, or for someone else it will fail. Thank for for all your prayers and time spent praying for us, it has been a stressful, but great period of growth this last couple months. In Him, Ross
Well, I want to tell you all about some crazy things that God is doing in our hearts. As many of you know Mandy and Iour schedul has been lowed down. Mandy had a seizure for over an hour a while back and she is now in the recovery period. We are not doing the same amount of hours as we were before. We are learning to regulate our time while we are at home. We are having to learn that our time is our time. When we have some evenings open, we take the time to be together as a family now, instead of trying to fill every minute of every day. This was something that we have talked to other missionaries and they all told us that they had to do the same thing. The problem with our line of work is that we see a need and feel like we have to help it. The problem with Mexico City is that we could be with people every hour of every day and still not help everyone that we want to.
Anyhow, I want to tell all of you about somethings that we are looking at taking on. We are still working with AINDAC but it is not taking as many hours of our day as we hope for. We are having to wait for people to get there stuff done so that we can go ahead with what we have to do. This is very discouraging for us, and hard because we want to work. However, since that is just the reality of living in a laid back and relaxed society. We are now looking at giving our time to some other local ministries. We are already helping a group of doctors that are medical missionaries. This is fun and exciting, but it is just a a lot of making connections for people. We are in the middle of trying to get medical equipment from the states down here to open up a free medical clinic for people that cannot afford private hospitals, and are rejected from the government hospitals. Also it will be a Christian Hospital which gives a great opportunity to tell about the love of our Lord to those that are in need and willing to hear.
Also, I have taken on work at the local Christian school teaching English. I recently was authorized from the gov. of Mexico to teach English here in the country. This opened up a lot of doors for me. I will begin working on my teachers certificate now while I am teaching class. The class that I am teaching now is 2 hours long and I was authorized to give a bible study before class everyday. This is wonderful because we are doing exactly what God told us we would be doing, working with Christians and discipling. We are blessed to have the opportunity to do this on Sunday mornings, with the youth and now daily in the class room. It is an amazing experience. I would have never imagined the opportunities that are available to tell about God while teaching English. I can now see why this type of work is so productive in countries that are closed to the truth. I love is as well.
Well, I would love to tell you more because we have so much more that we are getting involved in, but because of the sensativity of the people around I cannot share more. Please keep us in your prayers as we pursue the will of God. Also please pray for us that we could hear what He wants from us here in the city. We are here and held accountable to Him and there is nothing that we will not do for Him. We just have to be sure that it is from Him, because if it is just of us, or for someone else it will fail. Thank for for all your prayers and time spent praying for us, it has been a stressful, but great period of growth this last couple months. In Him, Ross
Friday, March 06, 2009
An Eye Opener!!!!!
Hello everyone I have some great things to share with you that Jesus has been revealing to me. These last two months have been very challenging for me. Everything from pinched nerves in my spine, to a hour long seizure that I am very thankful to be alive from, has happened. Through all of these things I know that God was trying to teach me something. I knew a part of it was patience and another part was learning how to balance life. The thing I was not understanding was the thing that Jesus was speaking to me the most, TO BREATH!! Did you know that everytime that we take a breath we are saying the name of God. Try it! Take a deep breath, breath in YAAAAA-then breath out, WEHHHHH. We are literaly saying His name everytime we take a breath. YAWEH. I was real frustrated yesterday(Thursday),because, on Monday I had another small seizure coming home from visiting a friend in the hospital. I have been very tired and have had a headache again this week. Finally I said to God, "what am I not getting", "What am I not learning that you are trying to teach me". It was amazing how He literaly taught me that all I needed to to was breath.
Ever since I became a Christian I have always picture myself at the feet of Jesus, washing His feet with my tears. Always thanking Him for the sacrifice He made for me and the love He has shown me. I would always pray to Him and say, "Lord what can I do for you" and "How can I be a better person so others can believe". My prayers always had these six words in it: What can I do for You! I know that He has been telling me the answer, but I have been too deaf and to busy to hear it. He has always told me to just breath, and to picture Him as a Daddy not just as a Savior. It took two months and a lot of miracles to finally understand Him. He spoke it so kindly and so gentle into my spirit. He also in these last two months has used a people that are so dear to my heart to teach me. I have had people come up to me who have had visions, dreams and special words to help me understand the depth of love He has for His people (me included). He has really taught me to just breath. By this I am being what He wants me to be. This seams like it is a easy thing to do but just try to live it out. It is easy to understand it in your mind but it is a lot harder to allow it to go to your heart. When I study about the New Jerusalm I always think that is when I will be able to sit on His lap and just be able to enjoy Him. I have been wrong. He wants us to also enjoy Him now. Can you imagen a God like this? One who tells us to be like servants to Him but He also tells us that He wants us to be treated like His most loved sons. That we will be kings and Queens in His kingdoms.
I am so glad that all this has happened. It has taught me to trust in Him (even with my life....literaly), patience, to listen, thankfulness (for my husband and my kids), to except and most of all to allow myself to be loved by Him.
I would like to challenge you guys to just BREATH!! Remember that He is the one who breathed life into you. Are you living a life that gives Him glory or are you just expecting your next breath to come from Him without giving thanks? Do you want to live just expecting breath or do you want to give thanks to the one who created life. We live in a world that has enough things to make us worry about. You can be sure that if you except Him into your life, you won't have to worry when the breaths are no more. It is the easiest but one of the hardest choices you will make in your life. Allow Him to be your best friend, to spend time with Him, and to ask to be forgiven of all the sins you have commited in your life. Know He is the Son of God and that he was raised from the dead and is seated at the right hand of God. Also know that just saying these words don't make you His son or daughter but that you need to live the life that He has commanded. He didn't just leave us guessing what this life looks like. He Himself gave us the perfect example to learn from. Also He gave us the Bible. Know that religion is not a relationship. Think of how you want a best friend to treat you. This is how you need to treat Jesus. You can't build a life long friendship over night but it only takes a few words to start one. He don't expect perfection but He does expect dedication and commitment. Like a true friend is always there for you, He is the one who made us understand what friendship is. He will never leave you. Take a deep breath and just BREATH!!!!!!
Blessings and thanks for all of your dedication to our family. It don't go unseen! Amanda
Ever since I became a Christian I have always picture myself at the feet of Jesus, washing His feet with my tears. Always thanking Him for the sacrifice He made for me and the love He has shown me. I would always pray to Him and say, "Lord what can I do for you" and "How can I be a better person so others can believe". My prayers always had these six words in it: What can I do for You! I know that He has been telling me the answer, but I have been too deaf and to busy to hear it. He has always told me to just breath, and to picture Him as a Daddy not just as a Savior. It took two months and a lot of miracles to finally understand Him. He spoke it so kindly and so gentle into my spirit. He also in these last two months has used a people that are so dear to my heart to teach me. I have had people come up to me who have had visions, dreams and special words to help me understand the depth of love He has for His people (me included). He has really taught me to just breath. By this I am being what He wants me to be. This seams like it is a easy thing to do but just try to live it out. It is easy to understand it in your mind but it is a lot harder to allow it to go to your heart. When I study about the New Jerusalm I always think that is when I will be able to sit on His lap and just be able to enjoy Him. I have been wrong. He wants us to also enjoy Him now. Can you imagen a God like this? One who tells us to be like servants to Him but He also tells us that He wants us to be treated like His most loved sons. That we will be kings and Queens in His kingdoms.
I am so glad that all this has happened. It has taught me to trust in Him (even with my life....literaly), patience, to listen, thankfulness (for my husband and my kids), to except and most of all to allow myself to be loved by Him.
I would like to challenge you guys to just BREATH!! Remember that He is the one who breathed life into you. Are you living a life that gives Him glory or are you just expecting your next breath to come from Him without giving thanks? Do you want to live just expecting breath or do you want to give thanks to the one who created life. We live in a world that has enough things to make us worry about. You can be sure that if you except Him into your life, you won't have to worry when the breaths are no more. It is the easiest but one of the hardest choices you will make in your life. Allow Him to be your best friend, to spend time with Him, and to ask to be forgiven of all the sins you have commited in your life. Know He is the Son of God and that he was raised from the dead and is seated at the right hand of God. Also know that just saying these words don't make you His son or daughter but that you need to live the life that He has commanded. He didn't just leave us guessing what this life looks like. He Himself gave us the perfect example to learn from. Also He gave us the Bible. Know that religion is not a relationship. Think of how you want a best friend to treat you. This is how you need to treat Jesus. You can't build a life long friendship over night but it only takes a few words to start one. He don't expect perfection but He does expect dedication and commitment. Like a true friend is always there for you, He is the one who made us understand what friendship is. He will never leave you. Take a deep breath and just BREATH!!!!!!
Blessings and thanks for all of your dedication to our family. It don't go unseen! Amanda
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