Everyday is different in Haiti. Everyday we are learning to be flexible to what the Lord wants to do in our lives. One day about a week ago, we were having a problem with one of the boys at the Children's Home. He had had a seizure and needed to be taken to the hospital, a friend stayed with him thru the night, and the next day Micah went to the hospital to stay with him until the doctor released them. During that week they had to run a few tests to find out what was wrong with him. He is 9 years old. He started acting up that week and was not respecting his teacher and said some unkind words. Micah and I decided we wanted to pull him aside and talk with him to find out what was bothering him. We started out by praying for him and everything that was going on with him. He started talking with us and telling us everything that had happened, and we asked him if he thought he did the wrong thing and he said yes.
Then the Holy Spirit gave me a thought, " Has anyone ever asked him if he wants to have Jesus in his heart? Has anyone taken the time to sit down with him and ask him to make the most important decision of his life?" My first thought was "Of course!" But then the thought hit my heart and became more of a yearning to know if he had asked Jesus into his heart. We asked him and he told us that he hadn't yet. We asked him if he wanted to have Jesus living in his heart, and helping him make all the right decisions. He wanted Jesus! He wanted Jesus right there every step of the way to help him in every part of his life. Together Micah and I led him in prayer! There is no greater thing in all the earth, than someone accepting Jesus into their life. He decided that day that Jesus would not just be someone he had heard of but that Jesus would live inside him and guide him for the rest of his life! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! The word says that whoever leaves his home for the sake of the kingdom will have a reward. That is the reward! Seeing someone choose Jesus over everything else the world has to offer!
That little boy has made a turn around! At the end of the week he was diagnosed with epilepsy, and is now on medication twice a day. Please pray for Lydjer that he would never have another seizure and that we would get him off the medication! The Lord works everything out for the good of those who love Him! I can't imagine being anywhere else than here, and being able to tell these kids about Jesus every day, and show them His love-that they would yearn for the same King.
Every day is different; and everyday the Lord gives opportunities. Step out. Let the King be known!
