Obedience- It's all I can do. Trust- It's all I have.

It is amazing the things I have seen since I have been here. I have seen poverty like I have never seen before. Even living in Brazil we were sheltered from some of the poverty like this. People have to work so hard to scrape up any money they can get just to feed their families and sometimes then it isn't enough.
I have to remember and pray the verses in Matthew 6 that talk about God clothing the lilies of the field and feeding even the bird. So his children, made in His image, of course He will take care of them. I pray that these families that are praying and earnestly seeking, asking God to provide their next meal, I pray that the Lord blesses them. I pray that the Lord shows out in this poverty stricken village.

And the death, death around here is and everyday occurrence and the people treat it as such. I have seen 2 horrible wrecks since I have been here. One was a little girl about 8. She was hit by a bus and she was just laid in the street with just a piece of card board laying over here and people standing around looking at her like she was a circus act. And the other, a man on a bike and a man on a motorcycle hit one another and the old man on the bike lay bleeding out on the street, nothing covering him and people standing around him looking at him like they were looking at the little girl. What a sad, heart breaking scene. I had to hold back tears because of how grafic the scenes were. Things that I never want to see again. But God has a plan. God knows. God sees. He doesn't over look the least of these. I pray that the least of these see that! I pray that they never forsake God even when they haven't eaten in 3 days and don't know where their next meal is coming from. I pray that I can be a blessing to these people. I pray that I will be His hands and feet!

I am thankful for all the experiences that I have experienced. And I am praying that there are many more and I pray I go back changed and with a different mind set that will reshape my everyday life and my ministry (whatever that might be when I get to Virginia).

Please keep the village of Bonitillo in your prayers. This is a hurting village that needs help. Sometimes I don't feel worthy to have this job even if it is only for 6 weeks. I feel like someone more experienced, someone older, someone that isn't me should be doing this job, but then I think, Isn't it the weak, inexperienced ones that God always uses to bring Him glory? Look at David or Mary or Esther. David was only a boy when he killed the giant, Mary was only a teenager when God chose her to carry His child, Esther was young when God chose her to be queen to save her people. God uses the small, weak, and the humble to move mountains for Him and I pray that I can do just a fraction of the things that David and Mary and Esther did to affect His kingdom.
I read something from another missionary that said, "Obedience- it's all I can do. Trust- it's all I have." And in this world down here that is the best way to describe it.
Thank you for your prayers for me while I am here. I am ready to see my family, but I know God has something awesome planned for these next two weeks that I am here!

In His hands,
Kati