While in the DR on mission I felt that God taught me most about humility.
I experienced humility through how we served the women in the village, kneeling by them washing their feet as Christ washed the disciple's feet, humbling ourselves before them. I also experienced that, kneeling and washing the feet of my own team members at the end of the week, serving them completely.
I experienced humility while witnessing the immense poverty throughout the city and villages. I realized how much I have been blessed with, but more importantly, God showed me that even if you have no material things, having Christ fulfills all your needs. All the believers in the village who struggled finding food and clothes still had smiles on their faces. I learned no matter what language you speak, where you live, or what you do, having God in you fulfills any necessity in life. God made it clear to me that life is temporary and we are not guaranteed tomorrow, and the materialistic things in this World will fade, but God's love for us is eternal and powerful.
This mission trip showed me that I need to humble myself before God and others. It showed me that God always loves me and I don't always have to be strong because God knows what we go through and that He can be strong for us. Being in a foreign country, not knowing the language or the people well brought me so much closer to God in the way I was able to fully rust Him with my life. Every minute of the trip I could hear God easily and see Him clearly and feel Him completely. It was an experience that taught me that God is always with me, and it's me that blocks Him out, but God is calling me to be humble and in that humility I can find Him everyday and experience those same things I felt in the DR anywhere in the World because God is everywhere. God opened my eyes to a World that has darkness, but showed me how I can bring light to that darkness anywhere because God is with me and God is good all the time. Charlotte
I experienced humility through how we served the women in the village, kneeling by them washing their feet as Christ washed the disciple's feet, humbling ourselves before them. I also experienced that, kneeling and washing the feet of my own team members at the end of the week, serving them completely.
I experienced humility while witnessing the immense poverty throughout the city and villages. I realized how much I have been blessed with, but more importantly, God showed me that even if you have no material things, having Christ fulfills all your needs. All the believers in the village who struggled finding food and clothes still had smiles on their faces. I learned no matter what language you speak, where you live, or what you do, having God in you fulfills any necessity in life. God made it clear to me that life is temporary and we are not guaranteed tomorrow, and the materialistic things in this World will fade, but God's love for us is eternal and powerful.
This mission trip showed me that I need to humble myself before God and others. It showed me that God always loves me and I don't always have to be strong because God knows what we go through and that He can be strong for us. Being in a foreign country, not knowing the language or the people well brought me so much closer to God in the way I was able to fully rust Him with my life. Every minute of the trip I could hear God easily and see Him clearly and feel Him completely. It was an experience that taught me that God is always with me, and it's me that blocks Him out, but God is calling me to be humble and in that humility I can find Him everyday and experience those same things I felt in the DR anywhere in the World because God is everywhere. God opened my eyes to a World that has darkness, but showed me how I can bring light to that darkness anywhere because God is with me and God is good all the time. Charlotte