one week

So today marks us being in Panimaquin for 1 week. I don´t have words to describe everything.... but it really does feel like home here and the days have just flown by. We did quite a bit of physical labor, taught English to the little kids, set up lunch for the students, played soccer, led devotionals with the students and project, helped with Sunday school, taught in various arenas, and are currently wearing the native dress for here.

I mentioned in my last post that I feel God differently now, I feel like a different person. This is completely true. I don´t want it to be some kind of spiritual high or ¨mountaintop experience¨ though. I truly feel God speaking to me again, drawing me into His heart, and I am finally responding. It is a joy and an honor to be able to know the King of Kings, to enter His chambers, be intimate with Him, know His heart... And from intimacy, comes power. As a group, we are seeing so many awesome things. Laying hands on the sick and seeing them recover, fighting against spiritual oppression, and hearing the voice of God. I want to take it all home with me...

The people here are just incredible. To see their smiles, hear their stories, hug them, it is more than I could ever ask for. I am learning so much from them. I wish I could bring them all home with me! Or better yet, just stay here. I´m trying not to think that this means I go home in 6 days. I am learning to value every moment I have here. I am so blessed to know Panimaquin, and especially the Lord.