Preach it!

   

Well we are back safe and sound again in Costa Rica, and the Panama trip was a blast. As far as having organized events, we really had none, but it gave us a lot of time to just enjoy being together as a campus group. We had really no stress of long classes (well not stress better yet I should say the blessings of a long class) or any type of weekly commitments. It was seriously a good break, but it did cause our hearts to grow fonder of where God has placed us this semester.  It was interesting to see how much everyone has fallen in love with Costa Rica and how coming back was one of the highlights of our trip…especially for Gerry. It’s a fact; to bloom where you are planted, you must allow yourself to fully be planted there and take root. For those of you who don’t know, the reason for going to Panama was to get a new visa stamp and have an out of country missions trip for the students. The ministry outreach we did was something a little out of the ordinary, but worked really well. We ended up getting about 30 garbage bags and just went around picking up the trash in the surrounding residential areas of the hostel we stayed at. It was something that spoke His love very loudly to those staying at the hostel and the hostel owner herself. It was super cool to see how the Holy Spirit touched and provoked hearts to curiosity in just the act of us taking a couple hours out of our time and picking up the local’s trash. I know the quote has been stated, “Preach the Gospel, and when necessary use words.” Praying about that during the outreach; it hit me, “Preach the gospel, don’t be ashamed of using words and don’t run shy from proclaiming it through your actions.” We are called to be His witnesses and as His servants we have no right to neglect that call.