today is my birthday. i'm 24. it's been a good day, but i'd rather tell you about the message i received from my friends in Ecuador....
"Last week we took a team out to El Chaupi. MIRIAN AND BOANERGES WERE BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY!! AND one of their daughter, Marcela, is incredibly broken and interested in how to get close to God since she has now realized that there is nothing she can actually do to gain His favor. :) El Chaupi girls, the work that you did last summer is a direct correlation to Mirian and Boanerges wanting to get baptized. So many times they mentioned the things that you did last summer, or showed them or told them, and it just encouraged their hunger and thirst for God... The time you gave up to God last summer and served Him here is still echoing. It has made a bigger impact than I think any of us have realized."
it would not have been possible for me to receive better news on my birthday. i am simply overjoyed!
Praise God, and God alone, for what He is doing in the lives of this precious family and the people in El Chaupi, Ecuador! I know that I will see these sweet faces again one day in Heaven, and just the thought of that brings tears of joy to my eyes.
