Panama, Here I Come! :D

Hey guys! Well, I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd let you know what's going on. Tomorrow, I'm going to Panama on a missions trip! I meant to get on here and post about it a while ago, but time got away from me. So this will be a short post, because I have to get to bed. :D

I'm going with around 20 other people from all over the country, and we're going to Torti, Panama. There's a hospital being built there by Mission Clinics International. They have an on-site missionary there, and are planning on witnessing to the people who come to get treated. We aren't going to be helping build the actual hospital, but we'll be doing other things, like evangelism, building a house for the missionary, and clothing distribution. It's only a ten day trip, but hopefully they can be a productive ten days!

That's all I have time for now, but I plan on taking tons of pictures and writing a complete account of the trip when I get back. :) If you want to learn more about Mission Clinics, click here. You can learn more about the trip, and just about what they're doing down there.

Please keep me in your prayers! Please pray that the Lord will use this powerfully in my life, and that we'll have a safe time. :)

Thanks, and God bless!

P.S. Sorry about the weird text in the middle. I don't know what happened, and I don't have time to mess with it now. :D

It's Been a While :)

Last week was basically a spiritually wasted week for me. I accomplished almost nothing besides learned a couple of new songs on guitar. No insights into God's Word. No awesome times of worship. I wasted all my time fiddling around on the computer, playing my guitar more often than I should, and doing other things that I can't even remember and so must not have been very important. Sunday morning I was taking a shower and the Lord just really brought conviction. I thought back over the week and realized that I had hardly spent any time with Him. Well, unfortunately it didn't end there. We then went to the church meeting, and I did absolutely nothing there. No sharing with anyone, because I had nothing to share. No deep conversations, because I had not thought about too many deep things. All I did was have fun. It really hit home when one of the girls had to get a time of prayer among us going near the end of the day (now, before I get in trouble, there's nothing wrong with a girl doing that. :) But, it's like, where are us guys? The blame totally rests on me, because I'm the oldest guy there. That one of the girls feels like she has to take the lead to get things moving just shows a big time "drop of the ball" on my part. And even more importantly, it showed the state of my heart.

I was not walking in the Spirit. I was not seeking after Christ. I was doing the exact opposite.

Well, I was convicted. I felt really bad, and just kind of down. Isn't it cool how the Lord uses different things to speak to us and show us our shortcomings? Sunday, He used several different things to get my attention. It's pretty awesome. If it wasn't for the Holy Spirit, I'd be a for sure goner. :D "Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:6 Praise God for that! :) Here's the chorus to a song that just popped into my head.
Who knows how He'll get a hold of us?
Get our attention to prove He is enough?
He'll do, and He'll use whatever He wants to
To tell us, "I love you."
And sometimes, "Come back to me." (Final line is added by me :)

So, this week I've just been trying to get my priorities back where they should be: Christ first, family second, then things I want to do. So please keep me in your prayers everyone!! I really, really need them.

God bless you all, and keep your eyes on the goal! Don't get sidetracked!!