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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

time to share

Hey just a little shout out before i start my story. I made a really good friend here at Emmanuel. He is a full time volunteer that grew up here at the orphanage. He is an orphan and works very hard here at Emmanuel and God gave me a heart to get to know him and after i spoke with him i realized that he is almost def and the hearing aids he has aren't very good. So if anyone has a contact that might be able to get some hearing aids at a reduced price please pass along the info. So i can try and work out getting this kid a new pair of hearing aids. Thanks!! (anything helps)

Well i have been very eager to share with the kids lately and prayed the God that when the time was right i would share with the kids during bible study. Well today was the day.
and it was quite sudden. Wade (the man that is dicipiling me) asked if i would like to share anything, so i said of course not knowing what i should share. So after some thought and prayer God laid on my heart that i should share about my recent victory with cleaning out this huge garage that i wok out of. Now to give you some incite to this garage it was the dumping grounds for just about everything Emmanuel has extras of after a building is complete or a project is finished. a quick inventory of what i found in there was 5 pallets of tile strung all over the place 2 of which where junk and i gave it away or trashed it. 24 toilets, 30 metal sinks, 20 ceramic bathroom sinks, 4 entire counter tops, sinks included, enough pvc to cover all of Emmanuel twice, and nails, screws, extra parts to things i have never seen before lol. It took me a month to organize and clean the darn thing. OH DANG I FORGOT TO CLOSE THE GARAGE DOOR BRB.......
Few, it all was still there lol writing this made me remember i forgot to close the door before i went into church today.
ok where was i...
ok so what i said to the kids was this garage, before i arrived at Emmanuel, is like anyone who doesn't have God in there life, It looks bad it smells bad and when you don't have Jesus in your life that is what happens.
you begin to fill the space with things, useless things, and clutter your self with broken and disorderly thoughts and memories.
And when you put God in your life all those things begin to find a place and or thrown out all together, god begins to clean up and sort out the broken pieces of your life and make them new again. And i went back and forth about what the garage has to do with the kids at Emmanuel and altogether i felt very good about sharing and happy that God waited until i was finished with it. because yesterday we put the finishing touches on the garage and now its looking real good. So ya God!!! = )

5 comments:

Dad said...

That was excellent buddy! Nice analogy! We miss ya and Brandon and Mike said Hi! We are off to Mendota!! Later!!

Love Dad

Jensen's said...

Yo John,
Looks beautiful there and sounds beautiful with everything you're doing. we check your blog almost every day for your updates because we're envious of your life down there...working for a great cause and far away from our rat-race.
Loved your little video of your sunday morning.
Now go clean out another garage!
we'll send a package to the dude in TN.
Take care, Patrick

Honduran John said...

Hey Dad tell Brando and Mike i said hello! Hope yall had a very chilly time in mendota, wish i could have been there post some pics or write me a story i know you have a new one!

and thank you Pat and Mom! Love ya!!!!!! Miss you very very much!!

Dad said...

Hmmm well, Mike set me up big time. Him and Boca left some warm clothes out and I put them on...next thing I knew the Tide detergent came out and they wanted me to wash their clothes!! lol As far as hunting went it was foggy that next morning so it was really slow. The ducks were flying above the fog. Some guys moved too close to us and were sky busting so by the end of the day we had three ducks. The real fun was telling junior stories on the way to Cattlemens. That 64 ounce steak you busted out off the menu...LOL that was funny to talk about. We also retold your double banded duck story cuz that never gets old. All in all it was a fun trip but we missed you!

jill smith said...

hi john

happy new year

from

jill smith
small group