Today we celebrated our 32nd anniversary at Templo Christiano Elim. The service was packed. There was great fellowship during and after the service. It was a great time of sharing what God had done and is continuing to do in LaMision. We were also reminded about the privilege it is to be able to gather in large numbers when many of our brothers in sister in Christ living in other countries are being persecuted for gathering such as we did today. I was reminded not to take the assembling of ourselves in the name of Christ for granted.
Later this afternoon, one of the children in the orphanage asked me to please teach him how to read. I assumed that since he was bright, happy, clothed, fed and safe that he naturally could read too. I gathered some simple books and sat with him. We went over sounds and words together. In just a few minutes I had 4 or 5 other boys wanting to learn to read. The boys that had come to the orphanage as older kids probably had not gone to school and were at the same level as the 5 year old kids that had come to the orphanage as babies and had started school this year. Never had I encountered so much eagerness to learn.
I am learning that I take more for granted than I ever thought I had. I am also learning that most of us have more to give than we ever thought. If we sat down and wrote out everything we know how to do and try to pin point when and how we learned how to do it maybe our eyes would be opened to the great need to pass on what we have learned. A simple thing like the ability to write, read, tie a shoe, to show love and kindness, are things that have been taught. Taught by actions for some, but nevertheless they were taught.
God has blessed us to bless others. Give it all away and watch how quickly you are blessed again.
Later this afternoon, one of the children in the orphanage asked me to please teach him how to read. I assumed that since he was bright, happy, clothed, fed and safe that he naturally could read too. I gathered some simple books and sat with him. We went over sounds and words together. In just a few minutes I had 4 or 5 other boys wanting to learn to read. The boys that had come to the orphanage as older kids probably had not gone to school and were at the same level as the 5 year old kids that had come to the orphanage as babies and had started school this year. Never had I encountered so much eagerness to learn.
I am learning that I take more for granted than I ever thought I had. I am also learning that most of us have more to give than we ever thought. If we sat down and wrote out everything we know how to do and try to pin point when and how we learned how to do it maybe our eyes would be opened to the great need to pass on what we have learned. A simple thing like the ability to write, read, tie a shoe, to show love and kindness, are things that have been taught. Taught by actions for some, but nevertheless they were taught.
God has blessed us to bless others. Give it all away and watch how quickly you are blessed again.
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