Our day began with a time of worship and praise and then an incredible devotional time with Hermann.
During worship I received a word from the Lord (this does not happen to me all the time, by the way), which was:
It is by My Spirit that I have called you, and it will be by My Spirit that you will fulfill that calling.A bit later, I also saw what an army of believers looks like, pushing back the darkness as a span of sunlight sweeping across the Earth seen from space, the ranks of which growing as God calls to Himself His chosen family for the triumph of light over darkness, one saved soul at a time.
See Efesios 4:10, Alb paraphrase:
>> What are you doing?
>> I am working to fill the universe with Jesus.How is that for a calling? We are called to be in the ministry of being and doing like Jesus which is carrying the message of God's plan for our reconciliation, intimacy and restoration to Him. We do this with our spirit, soul and body. And we resist the enemy's lures of chasing our own glory, honor and power instead of finding all of these things and our identity in Christ alone. We are strengthened in the way through:
- Intimacy with God
- Fellowship with His body, the Church
- A mentor who shows us how to do it
After this electrifying time getting ready for the day, we set out for Belen, a church in Santa Apolonia, to bring medical, dental and vision clinics to the people there.
I was in my first counseling station in the morning with teammate Jamie and interpreter Juan. We met and prayed with a lot of wonderful people from the town and surrounding areas.
After lunch, I worked in the pharmacy, which was fast-paced and especially challenging, given the apparently universal rule concerning the illegibility of doctors' handwriting, which was further complicated exponentially by the convergence of two foreign languages added to it all: Spanish and medicationese (my neologism for the apparent random nomenclature pharmaceutical companies think up for their wares).
After lunch, I worked in the pharmacy, which was fast-paced and especially challenging, given the apparently universal rule concerning the illegibility of doctors' handwriting, which was further complicated exponentially by the convergence of two foreign languages added to it all: Spanish and medicationese (my neologism for the apparent random nomenclature pharmaceutical companies think up for their wares).
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| View from the front gate of the church |
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A mother and her son inside
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| View from the second floor of courtyard area |
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| La Farmacia |
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| A Vital Message Inside the Church Compound |
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