Hello Blogger, It's been awhile
Hey world of beautiful craziness!
Sorry for the long wait of update for those of you who follow my mini travel blog.
It's been just that, BEAUTIFUL craziness. I have so much that I could fill you in on since the beginning of the Summer but it seems like that was so long ago! This past week I've been able to reflect and really catch somewhat of what you would call a grasp of my life.
Show me Your glory!
So firstly, WOW, I've learned SO much this summer that I don't think I will ever forget! It's amazing the story. It's amazing how quickly us human race gives up. Love perseveres - It's in the bible. We say we believe it, but do we live it? I am at no higher standard, but I want to strive persevere. God is Love, so God perseveres. His work is never finished.
This summer has been ONE bumpy ride. But I my faith has grown more now than ever before. I feel like I have said this before but I can honestly say it's amazing. In Cleveland, Vacation Bible School almost seemed like a perfect disaster to many. To me it seemed like the perfect blessing. The perfect opportunity to really dig deep with these children. I feel the human race doesn't persevere. When we begin to give up, the enemy becomes alive and well. I ran into some road bumps the past few weeks with a family I have been working with from Liberia. The children of this family are so amazing, the way their brains function amaze me more and more each day. My heart yearns for the people of this neighborhood and the people of this world in hurt. The truth is, my heart won't ever stop breaking here on earth, the only thing that mends this heart is what we have in the future kingdom. And I want EVERYONE to have that hope. I see His GLORY working with this family.
Working with these families from Liberia amazes me. Yes, the culture is different, but WE have the same God. God loves them just as much as He loves me although they may not understand it. These children fend for themselves. Put out in the world at 5-15 years old to provide for their family, yes this is in Cleveland. It's almost impossible to help someone that doesn't understand. Voo doo has been the recent threat that has come at me because some of the other interesting African Refugee's don't understand why I care. The one clear message I have for them is, I'm still here and my God is bigger than ANY voo doo you can try and pull on me. The one family I am particularly working with needed all new furniture and bedding due to bed bug infestation. Isn't it just like God to have the very needs provided the SAME DAY by someone who had NO clue what was going on?
I had been praying for a way to provide this family with what they need. But in all reality it wasn't me that was providing what they need, it was God all along. It really put me in a humble situation where I was in complete AWE. I am a sinful person, but yet God is using a person of sin but yet striving to live for Him. I want my heart to proclaim how good my God is to me. I know that my time here in Cleveland is being well spent. And although it's been bumpy, I don't feel that I am finished here. God gives and takes away, and to me thats the hardest part to understand. But when you are in the midst of the storm God will take away from you and give you something SO much better!
I have been praying LONG and HARD now that God would show me which direction I need to be taking with my life. Although it doesn't seem to be going smooth at Nehemiah Mission with funding, there is still a calling to this area. Agora College School of Missions contacted me about completely running the childrens program after school for these kids, which is HUGE. How AMAZING is Gods timing? I see a change in the children around me, and I know it's because they are just catching a GLIMPSE of what God can do for their lives, their souls.
WOW. I know that I would never want to withhold LIFE from someone, but to make it disappear? Can you imagine? It's TIME to stop complaining for whats "not going as planned" and to start ACTING like God's hands and feet. DENY yourself pick up your cross and FOLLOW HIM!
I could go on about experiences and adventures, but this has already gotten long enough! I want to thank everyone for the prayers, because I definitely feel them! I pray that God continues to use me and to mold me in the utmost ways. He is in control.
Ps- there will be a montage of pictures and videos from the summer soon! Just got to get it all together :) Check back in soon!
Loving Him,
Becky
Working with these families from Liberia amazes me. Yes, the culture is different, but WE have the same God. God loves them just as much as He loves me although they may not understand it. These children fend for themselves. Put out in the world at 5-15 years old to provide for their family, yes this is in Cleveland. It's almost impossible to help someone that doesn't understand. Voo doo has been the recent threat that has come at me because some of the other interesting African Refugee's don't understand why I care. The one clear message I have for them is, I'm still here and my God is bigger than ANY voo doo you can try and pull on me. The one family I am particularly working with needed all new furniture and bedding due to bed bug infestation. Isn't it just like God to have the very needs provided the SAME DAY by someone who had NO clue what was going on? 
I had been praying for a way to provide this family with what they need. But in all reality it wasn't me that was providing what they need, it was God all along. It really put me in a humble situation where I was in complete AWE. I am a sinful person, but yet God is using a person of sin but yet striving to live for Him. I want my heart to proclaim how good my God is to me. I know that my time here in Cleveland is being well spent. And although it's been bumpy, I don't feel that I am finished here. God gives and takes away, and to me thats the hardest part to understand. But when you are in the midst of the storm God will take away from you and give you something SO much better!
I have been praying LONG and HARD now that God would show me which direction I need to be taking with my life. Although it doesn't seem to be going smooth at Nehemiah Mission with funding, there is still a calling to this area. Agora College School of Missions contacted me about completely running the childrens program after school for these kids, which is HUGE. How AMAZING is Gods timing? I see a change in the children around me, and I know it's because they are just catching a GLIMPSE of what God can do for their lives, their souls.
1 John 3:16-17 MSG- This is how we've come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed His life for us. This is why we ought to live SACRIFICIALLY for our fellow believers, and not just be out of ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and ahve the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God's love? It disappears. AND YOU MADE IT DISAPPEAR.
I could go on about experiences and adventures, but this has already gotten long enough! I want to thank everyone for the prayers, because I definitely feel them! I pray that God continues to use me and to mold me in the utmost ways. He is in control.
Ps- there will be a montage of pictures and videos from the summer soon! Just got to get it all together :) Check back in soon!
Loving Him,
Becky
Hey Becky! We are so thankful for the work you are doing with the children in the neighborhood at Nehemiah's Mission! My heart breaks for them as well as for the children in our neighborhood in Cleveland. You're right about perseverance! We must just keep on showing them and telling them how much God loves them. So many children in the city have such rough lives that they truly can't comprehend a love this big, at least not right away. So we just have to keep at it and try to get others to help us as we go too. Keep loving those kids Becky, they are amazing, beautiful, and loved children of God. Thank you for allowing God to use you and your life the way HE wants to use it! We love you! Evie
ReplyDeleteHey Evie! I have to say, VBS with you guys was a HUGE blessing, you have no idea! Thank you for your words of encouragement! I may be contacting you soon with some things coming up in the fall! Thanks again for all that you do in serving! PRESERVE :o) Love you guys too! Becky
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