Thursday, July 26, 2007

Missed Opportunities

We found out a few nights ago that our landlord died unexpectedly. It was a huge shock for us. Although we were not close friends, he was fair, honest, and always nice to us and our daughter, Marissa. We are sad as work through his untimely passing as he was only 28 years old.

But, what is much harder to work through is the fact that we have no idea where he is spending his eternity. Is he in heaven, is he in hell? We don't know... Why, because although he sat across from us several times in our home, we never once asked him if he knew Jesus Christ. We never once asked if he went to church. And we never once started up a conversation about how Jesus had changed our lives forever.

Here we are missionaries and we missed this opportunity. Sure, we have excuses. There wasn't enough time, we wanted to build a relationship with him first, and he was too busy. We know God does not command us to change people's heart's, but he does command us to Go and Tell.

We are trying to move forward and we have asked for forgiveness, but the memory of this missed opportunity remains. We want to live a life with no regrets before God and from this point forward, that is what we are going to do.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Making Changes

We are out with a sister church team this week and have been stunned by all the contrasts and changes within this small little village. The village is rustic with outhouses, adobe (dried mud/straw blocks) homes, they cook around an open fire and there are turkeys & sheep grazing nearby. It is amazing that a group of people whose culture appears unchanged for years, are so open to change. When we arrived to the village, the church had a welcome service for the team. At one point a few of the Guatemalan youth got up and shared a song or should I say rap with the team. I was amazed as I looked around the church at the congregation and saw all the men and women in all their traditional clothing clapping and laughing.

It made me start to think about us as Americans; are we open to making changes in order to reach others for Christ? Or do we prefer just to do it the way it has always been done? I think if we are truly going to reach the world for Christ, than we all have to be ready to make some big changes. I'm ready, who else is?

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

We have moved!!!


No, we are still living happily in Guatemala in our new house, but we have updated our blog. So, check back with us soon and we will continue to update you all about our life.