Day four begins

As Monday dawns on Nicaragua, we prepare for rhe work in LaJoya.

Dawn led us in the morning devos.  Phil 4:4-9 was her text.

Final Exhortations...

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Our pre-trip Bible studies three times touched on these verses, so Dawn wanted to remind us of what we learned. Easy to rejoice NOW, but as we go into the hard, hot work with people and language issues, we should rejoice.  We are working FOR the people of LaJoya, being gentle and allowing them to learn and come to their own conclusions  we need to not be anxious, as we are in their church, on their roofs, in their homes.  We need not be anxious about the water and food, the language barrier, the results of our work.  So how do we do it?  Pray.  Let our anxieties and worries be shaped into prayer.  Be thankful for our blessings. There are so many more blessings than anxieties.  

Pray your worries into prayers. 

Shalvah -- the relaxed stance that God is in control and loves me.  We will focus on this today. 

Ricardo, Patricia and Keykoll are our interpreters for the day.