This is Preston, and I was hoping to talk a little bit about the talk that we had this morning. Every morning we have had Joel, the leader of sunshine, talk to us about a topic of his choice, thus far they have been about the city and the poor. This morning, we talked about Psalm 113. In this passage, in verse 6, we see that God looks toward the poor, but he doesn't stop there, instead, he then responds, and helps them, and brings them to the point of sitting with kings, basically high luxury. I see this as a great way for all of us to respond when we see the poor, it is totally different than what we normally do, which is to look away, but God did it, and does it, so we should definately follow his lead. Also today, we did a work project at an abandoned lot. During this project, a few little kids came over, and started to help us in the work of cleaning all the trash and debris out of the lot. This amazazed me because it seems like noone in the community is doing anything to make their lives better, but just these kids were trying to, they wanted to clean up the site, and make their community a better place.
-Preston Howell
2 comments:
I am so thankful for each of you and your willingness to serve this community for the Lord. We're praying that God will bless the work of your hands and the words of your mouth and draw you closer to Him throughout the week.
Keep drinking those fluids!
Cheryl
Thanks for the great work all of you are doing as you serve on this Missions trip. It is clear to us back home that your talents and willingness to help where needed are a great encouragement to all of those that you come in contact with, and especially as you serve as role models for the young children you are with every day. We are praying for you and look forward to learning more about your time in Chicago.
Brian Howell
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