Chapel

Today in chapel these three missionaries from Peru came to speak to us, there was two men and one college aged girl. One of the guys who came was actually born in Peru and is a youth pastor at his parents church, and the other man with him was his sponsor. The young college girl came because last year she went on a mission trip with them to help out. There message was really inspiring! First the girl came up and started talking about her experience in Peru. Then, the young youth pastor came up and started talking about the town he lives in ans his school. He started talking about how most of the town he lives in is floating, which means that most houses and shops are built on logs so that they can float whenever the river rises (they live in the rain forest.) The youth pastor was talking about how even though the children in the town are very poverty stricken they are still happy and smiling with whatever they have. The sponsor came up and told us that we would have the opportunity to write these young children in the school and be pen pals with them. This message inspired me to continue to reach out not only in my town, or country but to minister to those in other countries as well. Sometimes my fears sweep over me and stop me from doing this but this verse reminds me what I really should be focusing on. "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." 2 Timothy 1:7