I'm sorry I didn't get to post a new message for a while, I wasn't aware that I wasn't going to have access to the internet the last week in the Bahamas. Now I'm back in Nashville enjoying telling anyone that will listen about my trip. The last week that I was in Eleuthera consisted of me helping a team from North Carolina replace a roof on a woman's house. This team was such a blessing for many reasons. First off, on Saturday night, I was struggling with whether or not I thought the Lord wanted me go back to Eleuthera in January. Over the past few weeks, I've really been learning that it's good the Lord doesn't do things the way I think things should happen. Nevertheless, that hasn't deterred me from hoping that he will make it obvious to me what his will is, so I prayed that he would give me a sign that I couldn't ignore. Now I want to say that this has never happened to me before, but after I finished praying, I felt like the Lord was telling me that if someone on the team was named Ann, then that would be the sign I needed to let me know that I should come back. The team arrived the next day, and as I was introducing myself to everyone (there were 8 people), one of them told me that their name was Ann!! I probably looked like a deer in headlights, but that was the sign I needed.
The next day, we headed out to an 89 year old woman's house, to replace her leaky roof. Those that didn't feel confident in getting on the roof, did some landscaping work around the house. I tried to allow the team members to choose what they wanted to do, and then I would help out with what was left. I mostly worked on the roof, and let me say, I have a new found respect for people that do roofing. It is hard work, but Abe and the team managed to help make it fun.
It was wonderful to be able to serve, and see others putting someone else's needs above there own! Needless to say, I should be going back in January, and I can't wait!! Thank you for all of your prayers!
The next day, we headed out to an 89 year old woman's house, to replace her leaky roof. Those that didn't feel confident in getting on the roof, did some landscaping work around the house. I tried to allow the team members to choose what they wanted to do, and then I would help out with what was left. I mostly worked on the roof, and let me say, I have a new found respect for people that do roofing. It is hard work, but Abe and the team managed to help make it fun.
It was wonderful to be able to serve, and see others putting someone else's needs above there own! Needless to say, I should be going back in January, and I can't wait!! Thank you for all of your prayers!
3 comments:
Yay Leia! Bahamas in January bound. Thanks for sharing your message with us!!! I love you and am so so proud of you to be so willing to serve our God in whatever way He opens up to you. I love you and hope to see you soon.
Jenn
Leia!!! This is a great blog- great pictures too! This also means you knew about those spiders when we mostly you- were digging in that grass!!!! Scarey! I count it an honor and blessing to have met you there- May I share your story with Ann? or have you already done so? I will be emailing you a photo or two when things settle down. Blessings to you my sister and friend!
I would love to see some of your pictures, but I understand that you're really busy, so there's no rush. Yes please share the story with Ann! I haven't been able to, because I don't know how to get in touch with her. As far as the spiders, I did know that they were a small problem, but I wasn't really aware of how prevalent they can be (that was probably a good thing). I'm so happy to have met you! God Bless!
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