Look what God can do

God has been working in great ways in the Philippines this week! God has blessed us with three days of rest and time to refocus. We met up with a team from another orphanage and we went to the beach for a few days.
We have been praying for evangelism opportunities with the caregivers, and this week God laid it heavy on Sarah's heart to talk to Daisy, a young caregiver at Ruel, about salvation. The day before our vacation Sarah and I were working the afternoon shift and it was a tough one, but after most of the kids were asleep we prayed together and God stepped in! Sarah and I teamed up and presented the gospel to Daisy. We told her a few ways that you cannot get to God and she interrupted Sarah and said "so what is the way?!" O how good it was to hear the hunger and longing in her voice. At first I wasn't sure she completely understood the decision she was about to make, but she prayed in Tagalog and I felt the Spirit's presence and a peace all around. Daisy looked up with tears in her eyes and asked us to teach her more so that she can get closer to God. Praise GOD! It is sad to think we have only three weeks left to disciple her and talk to others around us, and not to mention the grief of leaving the children but God has given all of us a peace about departing.
This week Sarah and I got to go to the tribal bible study again and I think it was even more adventurous this time! The trip there was interesting, we were crammed into a tiny truck bed with 5 long rolls of grass and 4 Munnions and then the hike across the muddy fields. This week Sarah spoke about Peter stepping out of the boat and I got to help out with the medical outreach. I took vitals and handed out medicines and multivitamins. I was overwhelmed at first since I have no training but the doctor taught me and I learned quickly and really enjoyed that experience.
Even though we are on vacation this week God has continued moving. When we got to the resort we met a group from California that was here for a couple weeks and leaving today. They are working with a ministry called threads of hope, where ladies are rescued from abusive homes or prostitution and make and sell bracelets as a source of income. I have heard of this ministry in the past and knew it was based in the Philippines. The whole time I have been here I have been looking for women selling the bracelets. Well God knew my heart and last night I met the founder of this ministry and I expressed to him that I really wanted to take some bracelets home and sell them and send the profits back to the women. I was prepared to pay a good bit to do this but this man of God said I will give you as many as you can fit in your bag and trust God that the money will get the money back to us. So I am coming home with 1200 bracelets to sell! I am really looking forward to seeing what God will do with that.
For group time we read a book of short missionary biographies and its main phrase is "Look what God can do through one life totally surrendered to Him." That phrase has become a favorite saying amongst our group and we like to randomly say it when we see God moving, so I leave you with that this week. Totally surrender yourselves to God, whatever the cost, and watch what God can do!!
Worthy is the Lamb!