I have never felt spiritual
darkness as I did on Halloween night. As
every Thursday, I went with the Unfading Beauty ministry to downtown Ensenada
to walk the streets and pray. We split
into two groups. Prostitutes were
dancing in windows, and the bars and night clubs were packed, with loud music
and beaming lights. Everything seemed to
scream evil. Huge mobs of college kids
ran up and down the streets, dressed as witches and demons, scaring innocent
children. As we were praying, I kept
repeating Psalm 91:7-8: “You will not
fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the
pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at
noonday. A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.” The mobs did not come near us. As we were literally walking through the
valley of the shadow of death, I felt the Lord’s hand of protection over
us.
One leader in our group felt led to
plead with God for the sake of one righteous person, like Abraham did over
Sodom and Gomorra. Later, we found out
that in that exact same place that the other team had been approached by a woman
named Maria. They talked with her for a
while and found out she was a prostitute.
She’s going to meet with Lizbeth and Corina in the next few weeks. It’s so cool how God is working even amidst
the darkness! Please pray that Maria would
come to know Jesus! I’m amazed that God
chooses to use us, as weak and apathetic as we are.
On
Monday I had to chance to be part of Casas de Esperanza (Homes of Hope). This YWAM ministry builds modest but secure
homes for needy families. As the
families came to the base to apply for a house, we made an effort to share God’s
love with them. The DTS students led
worship, performed a skit, served food, and played with the kids. These boys and girls are so precious. Many of them look and smell as if they
haven’t had a bath for weeks, but they are so excited to play with you and talk
with you. One girl took off her bracelet
and gave it to me as a gift. I felt so
rich there. Why am I so well off? God has blessed me with so much.
On
Saturday we are performing songs in Spanish we created in our co-writing
groups. We’ll be using the songs in
outreach. There are two Christian bands from
Ensenada that we’ll be performing as well. We are stoked for tomorrow!
This
upcoming Tuesday we’re going to the wilderness for team building week. We don’t know where we are going and didn’t
receive too many details, except for a list of the things we’re allowed to
bring… which is not much. Deodorant,
toilet paper, and toothpaste are not permitted.
I don’t feel as if we need to give up using toothpaste in order to be
united. This may be the hardest part of
the DTS yet for me. The girls in my room
know I brush my teeth constantly. (Lol!) I am not very open to the possibility that
God wants to teach me something through this.
Lord, show me if I am wrong. J
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