Sometimes ministry looks like dancing with kids for hours, or leading a woman’s group Bible study. Sometimes it looks like packing boxes for a couple hours. Other times our ministry is scrubbing walls, sweeping floors, washing dishes, or baking in the kitchen. 

Sometimes ministry looks like sitting with people & hearing their stories. Sometimes it looks like translating Spanish, giving a smile and a hug, or praying over a teammate. Some mornings, ministry means helping in the kitchen at 6:30am chopping veggies. 

These are only some of the ways we’ve been blessed to serve at Ciudad Refugio. Some days I wake up and can’t wait to get going! Other days, I wake up so exhausted mentally and physically and I just want to go back to bed. Ministry isn’t always easy, but when my flesh wants to just lay down and sleep for 3 days, or when all I desire is a hot shower, that’s where grace comes in. When I come to the end of myself, I’m tired and the day feels long, I have a choice to bring it to God or rely on my own strength. When I take it to the Lord, it opens an opportunity to be filled by Him! And He doesn’t just give me little drops of His love & strength. He fills me to overflowing!! That’s a grace I don’t deserve! So when I pour out that day, it won’t be me that people see, but Him. Every day I have a choice to operate out of my own strength, or allow the Lord to fill me & use me. 

Psalm 28:7 !!! “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.”