Acts 20:24

Working in the clinic has been amazing and i am so blessed to be able to serve there! The clinic in wichanzao is an amazing ministry of Peru Mission. Wichanzao is one of the poorest areas of trujillo with an average monthly income of around $100 month (for a family of 6 or more) and is a place that desperately needs compassion and mercy. Jesus often preached the gospel in the context of acts of compassion- and we have the incredible opportunity to show compassion to a place much in need of it. So we seek to do what Christ taught us- We help the helpless and visit those in need. Our clinic serves the community and it is very inexpensive and we never turn anyone away because they don't have the money. Since working in the clinic i have had the amazing opportunity to visit and care for an elderly man- Sr. Leon. He has no income and live by the goodwill of others and often begs in the market by his home. He came to clinic right before i arrived in Peru and was sent to the hospital because he was very sick. When he returned home we were visiting him daily and changing and bathing him and checking his glucose. And we have seen him get stronger and stronger. Recently we have gone to visit him and found him across the street in the market- since he has regained some strength he goes their often. It is always a joy to visit with him. He is encouraged by our visits and I am encouraged by him. I went to visit him today and he wasn't home and we couldn't find him in the market, so he has been on my mind a lot today. Hopefully he will be home tomorrow and we can have a good visit!
Today was a hard day for me.The urgency of the gospel was made real to me in many different ways, and i was really convicted. How much am i really doing to spread the gospel and advance God's kingdom? Am i taking every opportunity and using it for the glory of God and the building of his kingdom? I often find myself so wrapped up in my own needs that i forget the needs of others- i find that i serve myself much more than i serve others. One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Acts 20:24 " But i do not account my life of any value or as precious to myself. If only i might finish the course and the ministry i received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify to the Gospel of the Grace of God." I pray this verse for myself almost daily. I pray that i would live each day in light of grace and testify to "the Gospel of the Grace of God".