Sometimes God sends you a gift that you are not expecting, desperately need, when you think you need something else. This weekend, I got reacquainted with someone that has been coming to La Mision with her husband for quite some time. Her name was easy to remember, because it was the same as mine. But this weekend, when I had been asking God for more funds for purchasing food, He sent me an intercessor instead. I wasn't able to purchase as much food as before because of a change in my income. I kept asking the LORD to supply what I needed, but what I needed was not more money. What I needed was someone that was going to intercede for me in prayer on my behalf. Someone to cover me as I move forward in the plans God planned in advance for me to do.
It's interesting, sometimes how we pray for what we believe we need and find out that we didn't need it at all. I brought my new friend Robin, to the colony on Sunday. I also brought Cesar from the orphanage, because Tyler was home feeling ill. Luis, from church, followed us to the colony too. I brought lots of people to help and so did Hector and Maribel. I was feeling a little sad about not being able to buy as much dispensas for the families of the colony.
All the time and energy I spent on trying to figure out how to have more money for dispensas had been totally unnecessary. What I needed was an intercessor.
When we started passing out the food we noticed that only about 1/2 of the people came that day. Someone had spread a rumor that we had said that we weren't coming back with food anymore. We actually had plenty of dispensas left over. Please don't misunderstand. The food will never go to waste for there is so much need wherever we go. But I found it interesting how I brought Robin on a day that there were only half the people. I wanted her to see the many people that come, but God had other plans.
You see, on the way to the colony, Robin shared with me that God had put me on her heart to pray for me. She also felt she was supposed to come to the colony that day. Then she told me that she was an intercessor for various people and ministries here in Baja.
I am so very grateful that I serve a God that loves me enough to give me what I really need and not necessarily what I "think" I need. I look forward to a wonderful friendship with my new friend, Robin. I love how God has weaved our paths in life together. Then again, He's awesome like that.
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