"For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me...inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, YOU DID IT TO ME." Matthew 25:35,40
Friday, June 21, 2013
Day in and Day out living as honorable men and woman of Christ
Micah drove the truch to the store two days ago with one other AMerican and two Haitians-one who spoke English. They were just going out to get some groceries real quick. Well as they were leaving a police officer spotted them and had them pull over. He asked for Micahs driving license, he asked for the vehicles insurance papers, he even asked for a passport-which is very odd b/c no one ever carries that on them ( In the off chance Micah had his passport on him because he had to run to the airport that morning) So he handed that over to the police officer, and then he finally said he wanted proof of where Micah was volunteering-which is unusual and we don't have that. So he started speaking a lot of Creole, so the Haitian started to translate-and what he really wanted was money. And the Haitian boy told Micah, He wants money ( Because as Americans in this culture , if your white you have money) , and Micah looked at him, and in Creole he said that's not good, "pa bon" and he repeated it a couple times, and the officer realized he wasn't getting money from these white people, and let them go! BEcause he really didn't have any problem with them, he just wanted a bribe. That's how it is here. And the HOly Spirit was there the whole time guiding Micahs heart, and just a few days before we had actual talked about bribes, and I couldn't think of a verse off the top of my head about bribes, but we had just realized the culture here-and we had decided that bribing was not something we wanted to be a part of here. So the Lord was already preparing us for what lay ahead
He is good And we know that everyday when it gets hard we have our supporters praying for us because its not easy here, but everyday we choose to follow Jesus and serve Him because this is the life he has called us to. We love you guys!
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