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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Hope speaks of the future. When hope abounds in us, than we live differently. To have hope abound in us is to have an abounding assurance or confidence about our future.
 - Mike Bickle, IHOP

 
Here are some pictures from some recent end avers here in CR:

           I ran a 20km race called the "Irazu Challenge" and boy was it a challenge. We climbed 11km UPHILL in total and 9km down. It was amazing, and so beautiful!! Irazu is the name of a Volanoe ...we started at 9000ft and went up to the actual crater which is at 11000 feet and returned back to where we started!
 I joined the typical Costa Rican dance team at school and these are some of the pictures from the recent performances that we had!

So fun!

Thanks for all of your prayers and support. Please let me know how I can be praying for you.

xo Melissa
JN 13:34-35

Friday, July 15, 2011

La sobra!

Have you ever felt like you have become the "left overs" in your relationship with a loved one in your life? Whether it is a friend, family member, etc. Where there is a feast of time and energy with other people or things and you kind of get the "left overs." Maybe a better way to explain is if your mom cooks a really delicious dinner but there is some left over so she puts the left overs in the fridge....you kind of feel like the left overs in the fridge for somebody to take out at their convenience and pleasure in whatever moment. I know that this may seem a little strong but I have been thinking and realizing that this gives us only a glimpse of how our Heavenly Father feels. He loves us more than we could possibly understand and longs to spend time with us and so often we fill our lives with other things, people and maybe even ministry... and then at the end of the day we give God the "left overs" (If there are any) of what we have. Isn't the Saviour of the universe worth more than that?
Lord, please forgive me for giving you the "left overs" of my life and thank you for allowing me to feel a glimpse of how You feel.


Blessings. And remember to feast on HIM.

:)Melissa

Jer 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you seek me with all of your heart.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Hello!! How is everyone doing? I am so excited to share a bit of this past weekend with you!  I was able to return to **** this weekend and stayed with a lady that I had met there a while ago. She lives in a humble home in one of the poorer neighbourhoods of ****. I have stayed there once before so I knew what to expect. She is a woman who does not yet know the Lord and is so hungry for love and attention. I feel honoured that the Lord has connected us, I pray that I would be faithful with this relationship.....I really feel immersed when I stay with her as it is a very unusual sight to see a foreigner in this neighborhood :) and  that is exactly what I am trying to do- immerse. Live life with people here. I feel so happy to do so...to  LIVE LIFE WITH PEOPLE.....here.
:)
I had the opportunity to attend the "Kids Club" that one of the local churches puts on every Saturday. I love Kids Club!! ***Here are a few pics (that the kids took of course!):

                                                                       *Smiles



                                                                *Sweet girls

       *Each child receives a ziplock bag of beans and rice to take home to their family.


Also, you may remember me posting about the lady and her daughter from Nicaragua that I met while waiting for the bus in SJ to go to ****, I had mentioned that they were new to **** anyways, I met up with the mother and her daughter for ice cream and to play at the park, it was such a blessed time! They will be moving back to Nicaragua next week....and I plan to visit them for my next visa trip! :) Here is a picture from our time at the park together:


1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

Have a great week.
:)Melissa W