Thoughts from Last Weeks Home Visit

Thank-You Lord for helping Natahly and I find the students houses during home visits last week. I feel a little weird reflecting on today's home visits. During the visits, I felt like saying, "these houses weren't too poor" or the situations weren't too bad." I can't let myself get numb to seeing these living conditions or compare their needs. No matter the situation, God is good and He is our Provider. I continued to reflect on the day as I took a shower. I remembered seeing one of the girls moms through a window outback who had just finished bathing. It was most likely a bucket shower as this family doesn't have a bathroom. Wow, how grateful I was to be standing in an actual shower, inside my house, and with hot water. I have to remind myself that my life is not fuller or better because I live "comfortably." Yet why do I always find something to complain or be ungrateful about? God is Provider for all His people. God, I ask You to bring these families into having personal relationships with You and that they would seek You as their Provider.

Philippians 4:12-13 "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through Him who gives me strength."