Sunday -- A Day Of Rest

Its a day of rest today. A day to contemplate all our great God is and does. My goal origanlly was to go further up north to continue our survey of the land and connect with the people we seek. But we decided as a team to rest on this day and enjoy the land we are in without any agenda today. Good idea. Much needed to refresh our brains and spirit. I was reminded here that there is a very real spiritual battle that wages over us everyday we are here. The enemy is very aware of our goals. We would be wise to stay fervently in prayer at all times. I can understand the phrase much better now when He said, "I send you out as sheep amoung wolves". I have often wondered here that if I could see the spiritual world around me, what would I see. It may be better that I don't. But definitly very aware of it. This land is covered by a cloud of deception and darkness. And what is darkness but a word we us to explain the absence of light. Darkness really does not exist or you could make darkness darker. Darkness is the absence of light. Pray that He will send His light to shine in this land and shatter the darkness here. That the veil of deception will be lifted and that the people will hear and see the truth.

It still boogles my mind that we have been sent out with a banner of boldness and now here we sit clear across the world by oursleves in a region far from any people we could use for our assistance. We have no translator and no guide. We have come humble and week that He might be strong. And He is! The Lord is our guide and translator. You see, if we had a translator, then it would be that person engaging and not us. We wouldn't have an accurate understanding of how accepting the people are to us. But coming this way has opened the door to relationship building. It has been amazing to be so relient upon our Lord to lead the way. May we be this way in all we do. And may we not lose this behavior when we get back home.

So we rest today and we will enjoy a local Football game, (Soccer). Tommorrow we will continue our task. We love you all. Have a great Sunday and continue to pray for this battle.