Familia

Tear down the walls that divide us
Let love rebuild and unite us
All we need is
All we need is love
- Michael Gungor

One giant united love letter of Christ. Is that not what the church is meant to be? Truly experiencing that on this trip, both within my team and also the Christians in the community here in San German.

This morning God gave me the opportunity to orchestrate some sharing before our team devotional time in which we shared with each other about how God has been speaking to our hearts and how we've seen Him work on this trip. We also had the opportunity to hear some testimonies from one another. It was definitely edifying to hear and remember that we're all broken wrecks who've been through our fair share of ups and downs in life in order to be refined into the beautiful mess which is our team. Though we come from different places and I've only known these people for about 5 days, walls have already been broken down by God's grace so we can truly sharpen one another as iron sharpens iron.

In the evening we visited a local church and it was awesome. The heart that the church members have for Christ to reveal Himself to their city was so evident, that even as they prayed in a language I couldn't understand, the passion just radiated out from them. Many people showed up well before service to pray together for each other, their city, and our ministry. The church was just so welcoming and even though they're from a different culture and most of the church didn't know us, the Spirit of unity was there. God is definitely at work here.

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, weakness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against one another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive.
- Colossians 3:12-13