From the Hospital -

As many of you know, Mandy and I were in the hospital the other day because she had internal bleeding and it was causing many problems with her body. Well, after they found out what was wrong with her, they took her into surgery around midnight. While I sat by her empty bed I began praying and writing. As I began thinking about what to blog about today, I felt like I was supposed to just copy what I was feeling while sitting there all alone, spending time with my Jesus. Here is word for word what I was "journaling" about.

"As I sit here tonight in the hospital with my wife in surgery and my children at a friends house my mind is flooded with thoughts of frustration, confusion, unknown and many other things. I am pouring my heart out to God and then I feel His warm embrace. As I sit the storm in my soul begins to calm and I become conscious of the cool breeze coming in the window behind me. While we live in one of the largest cities in the world it is remarkably quiet outside the hospital tonight. There is only an occasional car going by and I hear the gentle rustling of the trees. Somewhere not far behind me I hear the sound of an ancient Aztec flute being played. It fills the air with the gentle, joyful, sound that only a wind instrument can make. I wonder if it was sent here by God to calm my spirit. It is times like these that I realize that we are truly living in the center of His will. I know that this is a strange place to thinking about the will of God, but I know that this is the truth. I think about all the places in the world that I could be right now, but I don't want to move. As I sit here writing this I become keenly aware that I am scared to move. Not because of the circumstances around me, but because I am afraid to loose the embrace of my Father the King. I came into this hospital tonight wishing that I was just about anywhere else in the world, but now I don't want to be anywhere else in the whole world. It has been a lifelong process learning to follow the will of God, and I know that I am not done yet. I am slowly learning that the most important thing to say to Him is," yes". I can't imagine where my life would be at right now if I would have told Him no, when He told me to "Go". I know that from this point on the answer to Him will always be yes. He is not done with us yet, and I look forward to what He has for us here in Mexico. They have a saying in here about Mexico that goes, "Anything is possible in Mexico". Now as I sit here tonight, alone, I am beginning to change my vision of my God. I am starting to see the truth of that statement. However, I have the desire to add just a couple words to this statement. The truth looks like this, "With my God, anything is possible for Mexico". I love this city, I love these people, and I love this place. It is no accident that we are living here at this time, and in this place. We are a long ways from being done with what God wants us to do. I know that the surgery will be fine and she will be better off after this."
Now I have to say, I wrote this while my wife was gone, and I had not heard anything from the doctors. I am happy to report that God has confirmed in our lived what He so gently whispered in my ear that night. Yesterday we went and visited with one of our great friends, and a leader in a program called "Social Help". You will probably be hearing more about this as more time goes on. We are now moving from a position of stalking shelves, and counting cans, to a position of taking and distributing food, cloths, and necessary items to people all over Mexico, and Mexico City. We have a great couple that love God with all there hearts, souls, and mind, that will be working with us. I believe that this is the plan that God is moving infront of us for, "Such a time as this". We are excited to get out there and get our boots dirty. Right now it is difficult for us because of medical limitations, and God has been telling us to wait on Him. We are however getting ready and helping to areas close to our house, now. Also I have the wonderful opertunity to help in the Christian school here teaching english. I took the whole month of March and taught for 1/2 hour every day on Matthew 5:1-12. I am humbleded to teach the leaders of tomarrow about what a life of following Christ looks like. This is one big aspect of what God told us we were coming here for. This for me is one of the most joyous things in the world to do.
Thanks to all of you that have spent time praying for us and helping us reach Mexico City for Christ. Ross