It's been a huge blessing to be around a group of christians constantly, even tho at times it has "been hard" it has been amazing. GOD IS GOOD, ALL THE TIME!!!!

 

      We took a short planned vacation according to the structure of our trip, called "debrief".

 

   When we actually got to the vacation place... thats what it actually was a "vacation area". What I mean to say is I have been in east Africa for so long that white people have not only become a rare thing for our group, but most of our group has become quite awkward around "other white people".

   We show up at this resort place and there are alot of white people vacationing and what is hard about that is we have been living and interacting with not only other believers but around others who know we are believers in a very small community. To now be around white people who are running around in their "bathing suits" and drinking at the bar, for many of us upon arriving all looked at each other with the same thought on our heads. Oh no this is not going to be a vacation but a time of testing, walking into the situation it seemed as if God would put us through this as a time of testing to show us what going home will sort of look like and to see where we are at in our past struggles through this short protected time on our "vacation".

 

   I was suprised in my personal reaction because it wasn't even what i thought, I made many quick friends that i was then able to minister to, i prayed with several kids my age some believers some don't know anything about God and are from Europe the americas and germany (talk about preaching to the nations he didn't even have to send me out the nations came to me haha).

 

   Even though there are people flat out drunk they are still very receptive to God. I talked to a man named Timothy who told me that he used to be a Christian but now he hates God, and further in the conversation (after shaking off his attemts to make me angry and see if i would be like any other person and run away and when i didn't he looked suprised then kept going deeper) he was telling me that his mother used to drink and hit him and he never wanted to be like her and after growing up and having "god let him down" as he put it, now he finds himself here drinking. So I asked him what makes him any different then his mom and he said he didn't have kids, therefore he wasn't hurting anybody. I prayed with him at his request of don't touch him and don't close my eyes as I pray and that made him more comfortable. In conclusion he hated his mom because she drank, now he drinks and hates himself... but he's not hurting anyone. After that night I didn't pray with him again, but we had many friendly conversations. He had a friend and even though he was drunk morning day and night there I was still his friend and he is still a good man.

 

   I was impressed with how far I have come even this far in my trip to find that I can be around these so called "temtations" and not only not be phased by them but press in and minister to every single person there very boldy in the same way I think of the disciples as doing after the spirit falls in acts.

 

God is Good and we must let people know every day wherever we go whether by our actions or by GODS words to those people, not just strangers but especially the people that we already know