- Helping people in physical ways and sharing the love of God with them
- And it was about exposing my kids to different cultures and the concept of helping others
While we can and should help others with physical needs there are needs only God can fill. Today, on our way out of Nicaragua, God let us know He was there to meet the needs that are out of our control- here's the story:
A group was on our plane from KSM Missions - dozens of teenagers and their youth group volunteers. We were seated in row 12 and 3 of the KSM girls were in front of us. A young man from their group was seated near the back of the plane... and his passport was missing which he had to have to get back into the U.S. A lot of people were scrambling, going through the plane trying to find it, including me.
Eventually, an adult volunteer from KSM came down to the row in front of us where the 3 girls were seated to ask about the search because for a couple of minutes the boy who lost the passport had sat there as we were boarding.
In our family we have a habit to pray about everything (because it works like crazy). I wanted to give God a chance to show up for these KSM kids to build their faith so I got the volunteer guy's attention and kind of firmly said, "What do we DO in situations like this??" He started explaining what we should do to methodically find the passport and I said, "NO- we pray". He said enthusiastically, "Ok!" I said, "YOU pray."
The 3 girls in the row, their youth worker and I (strangers, now friends) just huddled over the seats and he prayed out loud asking God to help us. It was touching and sincere.
As soon as he said, "Amen", a loud cheer went up from the back and we all got chills instantly - the passport was found the instant we prayed.
The three girls were freaked out by it and went on and on about it. I got chills and frankly some tears.
God put an exclamation mark on the trip as if to say, there are lots of things we can and should do but He is ultimately in charge - not just of this trip but our lives. He answers prayer and wants to be involved in everything.
To some of my friends and people I have worked with over the years who have been reading this trip blog- thank you. And if you have no relationship with God just know He's real and He's ready to come help you find your forever passport- Jesus Christ. Just huddle and pray like we did.
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