Our devotions tonight with the girls were a continuation of the Francis Chan video series from last night. Chan talks about how as a church, people often miss the mark when trying to follow Jesus' commands about how we should live. He uses the example of him giving his daughter a command--"Go clean your room." It would be crazy of her to come back an hour later and say "Hey dad! I memorized what you said--you said 'clean your room!'" Or " Hey dad, I learned to say it in Greek, listen!" Or even "Okay so I got a group of my friends together and we're all going to meet once a week and talk about what it would look like if I cleaned my room." No, she knows better. She follows through with the command. Chan also uses the example of the game " Follow the Leader." As kids, we all play this game, doing exactly what the leader does. He pats his head, we pat our heads. He flaps his wings, we flap our wings. How weird would it be to have a kid sitting on the couch, claiming to be playing along saying "Yeah, I'm flapping my wings in my heart." It just doesn't work like that! And yet, somehow when it comes to following Jesus, we have this idea that yeah, it does work like that. So how do you choose to follow Jesus in your daily life? Food for thought.
Now for the fun stuff! :) We spent a lot of time on projects around Hosanna House today, even though it rained all day again. A group of us worked on painting the kitchen, which hasn't seen a new coat of paint for several years. We have it almost completed, all but some of the higher parts of the walls which we'll work on tomorrow. Darren and Don went through some of the children's rooms, checking the plumbing to make sure it worked properly, and seeing what parts might be needed to do any fixing up. The rest of us spent time just hanging out with the girls; talking, painting nails, and playing card games. We've had some interesting conversations with the girls. The boys of the house and a few of the team members spent some time playing soccer in the rain as well. It seems like everyone has had a pretty good day!
As far as prayer requests go, there are two girls here who speak only Spanish. One of them was feeling really homesick tonight, and she cried all through devotions. I can't tell you how much I wanted to be able to communicate to her that she is loved and try to comfort her, but the best I can do is give her a hug and a sympathetic smile. Pray that we can find a way to get the message across to her that we care about her!
As always, thank you for all your prayers and support! We all appreciate it. :)
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