Well I did it again I said I was going to update the blog weekly but it's turning out to be monthly. Well much has happened in the past month. We had our first service in the new building, we had a group come down from Gainesville, I turned twenty six and my Mom visited me. Much more has happened but those are the highlights. Here's a picture of the children I teach the bible to in Playa Hermosa. They are divided into boys and girls because I took the picture as they were getting ready to play a game of group tag.
As I watch them there game reminded me of an aspect of the Christian life. They break up into two teams one team is "it" and the other team tries not to be caught by "it". If someone is caught by "it" they go to jail. The other team members then try to free the caught team members by running by the jail and touching them. This much like what we are called to do as Christians. We have the gospel which is the power of God to free people from the jail of sin. But we have to risk ourselves and go into enemy occupied territory and get close enough to people to get to know them. Our enemies aren't people but spiritual principalities and powers. The metaphor isn't perfect but what metaphor is? Be encouraged to go out and win souls for Christ. God is on your team you can't lose. Risk it all and you will gain so much more.
