Bring me to my knees lord I lay me down ride me of myself I belong to you.

So today I was thinking about how God uses the different circumstances that are in our life wither it is a physical infirmity, sickness or a loss of Job, you name it, He uses those things  to bring us to our knees. So in thinking about this God brought some lyrics of  song to my mind that goes like this, i also inclosed the video of the song so you can hear the whole thing.  

Fall to my knees as I lift my hands to pray

Got every reason to be here again
Father's love that draws me in
And all my eyes wanna see is a glimpse of You

All I need is You
All I need is You Lord
Is you Lord
Christian lyrics - ALL I NEED IS YOU LYRICS - HILLSONG UNITED

 In thinking about these words I was reminded that  time and time again God brings us through things to bring him closer to him self, and we would be reminded of the fact that all we need is Him and him alone. So latter on today on my way back to the church from playing with the kids at kids club I slipped  and feel  on my knees, which one of them ended up getting pretty banded up. So in literally falling on my knees I was once again reminded of the importance of how God brings us to our knees to refine us in order to make us more like him.

Hands lifted up with praise and surrender

On Monday a missions team came down from Reno Nevada, to head up a VBS  for this week. Today was the first day of VBS  the theme is Hawaiian. There where a lot of kids that came out and they had a lot of fun.  I was helping out with the five and six year olds which was a lot of fun it reminded me of being at home in some ways, because when I was home I thought Sunday school to four and five year olds so I enjoyed working with the age group that I had. Even though I could not under stand the bible teaching I could understand the part when it came to praying and excepting Christ I saw this one girl when to came time to pray with her hands lifted up which me think about the symbolism in raising your hands up to the lord. A sign of surrender, and this little girl got that she wanted to  give her life to Jesus. It just moves me when I just see little life’s come to know Jesus. Even though I could not understand what was being prayed because of the language bearer it did  not matter because there is no language barrier with God he is the one who bridges the gap. The worship was another thing that I enjoyed doing with the kids that’s another thing that I just love hearing when I go to other countries and I hear people worshiping in another language, because   even though I do not know the words I can still worship the lord with them. Because God is not just listening to the songs that we sing to him but the attitudes of are hearts. I went to an English speaking church on Sunday and he was talking about worship and one of the things that he was talking about was that worship is not just singing songs to the lord but it is how we live  are life’s every day are they glorifying God.  

This weeks journey

So this week was me Michaela, and Justin's first week doing kids club with out Brook, and Matt being there. It went we'll Don Victor was with us one of the other staff members, along with his two sons, and one of there friends. This Tuesday me, and Michaela thought the kids English. We where teaching them the different body parts using bingo, which was a lot of fun as Michaela was explaining the game she had Daniel and his friend to help interpret. When they where trying to tell the kids the different body parts at one point they picked up Daniels brother Denis to show the kids where the legs where it was quite funny. We also used the song hokey pokeie along with the song head shoulders knees and toes, which are very good songs for using to teach English. Latter on in the week on Thursday we had pinatas for the kids one for the girls, and one for the boys they had allot of fun with that it didn't take very long for the boys to break open there's once it was broken open the kids started swarming towards the candy. On Friday it was Micheal's birthday so her and Justine deiced to buy a cake to make little did she know that we had a little surprise for her the next day. Latter on that night Eddy, and Corey came over to say hi and started singing happy birthday to Michaela so as she was trying to escape into the house i shut the door forgetting that it locked when you shut it. So at first they try ed using a machete as a screw driver to get in through one of the windows, since that didn't work we deiced to go get a screw driver from are land lords   by are apartments. So eventually Corey was able to get us in. On Saturday we all went to the beach, and Eddy thought us all how to serf which it took me quite some time to get my self balanced on the board, but once i had gotten my self balanced it was pretty fun, i didn't get the the standing up part yet i used it as more as a body Bord i guess you could say, maybe eventually i will get there we'll see. Then that night Pastor Phil and his family came over along with Eddy, and Corey to have dinner and celebrate Michaela's birthday  which she was totally not expecting. So we old hung out and talked for a while after Pastor Phil had left we watched the movie x-man .

A day spent with my knew friend Natalya

Yesterday   I met up with one of the girls from the church Natalya and we could ketch  a bus to her house once we got to her house I talked to her mom for a little bit while weighting for her to get ready for the beach. Once getting to the beach I was  marveling at Gods creation and how wonderful it is.  this particular beach had rocks imbedded near by the shore leading up to the water.  In Job chapter 26 it talks about the greatness of God one of the verses that reminds me of the ocean is in verse 10 it says “He hath compassed the waters with bounds until the day and the night come to an end.”  While walking on the beach it was covered with seashells me and Natalya where looking at all the different seashells she found a lot of nice ones, that she had then given to me, and I found some also to give to her.  During my time spent with her we would go back and forth with me asking her how to say some thing in Spanish, and her asking me how to say some thing in English. She got really creative she started to write words in the sand, and then I started doing the same. One of the words was world so she drew a world and asked me to write the word out in English for it. After spending some time at the beach we went back to her place to listen to some music then she brought up this program on the internet called Google  translator so you can type some thing in English and then it will translate into Spanish vise a versa. So when we where having a hard time talking to each other we would type in what we wanted to say to each other. After a little while we headed to the store and got some cookies and Soda, and then took them back to her house. While eating the cookies and drinking the soda we where showing each other pictures on face book of are friends and family. Latter on we headed out to meet up with Matt, and Brook and there  family along with Justine, and Michaela at this smoothie  place as me and Natalya started heading down it started to down pour.  On are way we had to stop and take cover because we where getting soaked. When we eventually got there me saw Justine and Michaela as we wanted for Matt and brook to come we got some thing to eat. Once they had gotten there they had treated all of us to smoothies I had gotten a passion fruit and strawberry smoothie since I really like smoothies and strawberries are my favorite fruit it made me very happy. So yesterday was  a very enjoyable day and I enjoyed hanging out with my knew friend Natalya.  

Hear i,am lord send me

On Sunday it was my first time going to Bridge community church the church kind of looked like a Hawaiian hut on the outside. It was going to a church service where they spoke English. The time of worship was really good there is this one song that we sung that I really liked it was called glory to God it was my first time hearing it. The study was on Colossians chapter one verse 24 till the end. A couple of  points that he made that I really liked is the Christian life is not about trying it’s about dying. Another thing that he said that I really like was it’s not us plus Jesus that we can do things it’s all Jesus living in us it’s nothing that we can do with in ourselves. After church Rebecca had brought me home she is pastor Phil’s wife he is the pastor of Calvary Chapel of  Villarreal where the kids program takes place. Later that night was church before church had started I was talking to one of the girls Natalia which is what they call me hear as we’ll, so we got talking a little bit since she knows a little bit of English. She introduced me to her mom, and her mom seems really nice she invited me to come over to her house on Saturday. So I, am glade about that it’s nice that I, am starting to connect with the people hear. During Church service I sat in the back with brook and Matt, and this Guy Cody who is going to be interning at the church for a year. Brook was interpreting the message for me and Cody since the message was in Spanish. Pastor Phil was teaching in the book of Revelation which I always enjoy hearing teachings on. Towards the end of the study He was talking about the great commission in Matthew how it says to make disciples of all nations, it was just a great reminder of what God has called me to do, and I want to continue to be obedient in what he calls me to do. That when he ask who will go for me I will say hear I, am Lord send me. It reminds me of this song by down hear that goes like this hear am I Lord send me some how my storey is apart of your plan… After the teaching there was a time of worship They where singing the songs in Spanish but there was a few songs that I knew so I sang them in English. One of my favorite things about going to another country is the worship, because we are all worshiping God together no matter what language we speak and it sounds all the same to him. The time of worship was extended for an after glow, which was nice because I realy got a chance to reflect on the message, and be still before the lord. I love moments like those where you can just since Gods presence and you can feel your self drawing closer to him. 

The sunseting of one day and the beganing of another

The last couple of days I went to Matt and Brooke's house, and I helped with one of the booklits for the kids club. Then me Justine and the kids watched two episiods of little house on the prairie, and had some lunch using this really good bread for are sandwiches. After that we headed back to the apartment, and later on was bible study with the kids. We played blog tag with the kids. It's when you tag someone, and once you do, you grab hands with one another and form a link. After that there was a time of worship with the kids. The kids where pretty talkitive so we kept on having to tell them to be quiet which is "silenco", which means to be silent, so I got to know this word pretty well because of it. One of the girls Jessica drew me a picture which made me very happy knowing that I'm connecting with some of the kids. Because sometimes I will get discouraged, because I feel like I'm not connecting with the kids because of the language barrier, but it is those little things that the kids do that makes you realize that you are connecting with them. Later there where different groups of kids divided by age. And they where playing this game where they had to eat different things and which ever team finished first won. The team that won would win suckers. yesterday morning I was reading in a devsional and it was Psalm 3:3 "But thou, O Lord are a shield for me the glory and the lifter of mine head". Which was really encouraging because I was just reading Psalm 3 last night so it was God reminding me of that verse. That God is my shield and exceedingly great reward, and he is the lifter of my head. Yesterday I went and finished the booklet for the kids program. Then later on, I got to call home and talk to my family it made me happy hearing their voices. Because lately I have been missing them. Then to make the night even better Matt and Brooke took us to one of their favorite out look places which had a nice view, you could see the ocean. Then went to the ocean, I waded around in the water for a while then Isabelle and Audrey...Matt, and Brooke's two daughters came in and I was playing with them in the water than before I knew it, I was completely wet! O well I wasn't expecting to stay to dry for long any ways. We stayed at the beach to watch the sunset it was so beautiful it's one of my favorite things to do, I just think it is so neat how no sunset is the same, and how each sunset is like a painting in the sky. After that we went out to dinner and got Pizza they ordered a cheese-less Hawiian pizza for me, which was so nice of them and it was very yummy. This made for a wounderful night and cheered me up.

The out pour of joy

This morning me, Justine, and Michaela prayed together, and I think that we are going to make this a daily thing, which I'm glad because I think it is an important thing to pray together, in one accord, and there is something about praying together that brings unity. It also says in the Bible that where two or more are gathered in My name there I Am in the midst of them. Then we finished getting ready for the day and headed over to the church, to see what the plan was for the day. We ended up going to the store to get a few things, a couple of those things where water, and a new fan because ours broke yesterday. Which these two things are essential for living in Costa Rica. After getting back from the store me and Justine went over to Matt and Brooke's house , so Matt could help us with studying Spanish. I'm glad to that he is helping us learn spanish, beacuse I really want to learn more so I can communicate with the kids and the pepole here. In learning Spanish it really got me thinking, about looking into taking some Spanish classes when I get back to New York. I was thinking that it would be a good language to keep on learning, and who know's what the Lord might have me use it for in the future. It has rained a few times since I have been here, but today it poured. At the beganing of the kids club is when it really started to rain, seeing all this ran reminded me of the song open the flood gates of heaven let it rain let it rain.... this is the most rain that I have seen in a long time. There was this gutter where alot of water was coming out of and the kids kept on going under neath it and getting soaking weat. And then eventually before I knew it I was being dragged over to get wet, Justine was assisting them, I started to try and escape then after a while I was like what's the use I might as well just get wet or should I say drenched. It was a lot of fun, and the kids where having so much fun before you knew it every kid was drenched, along with all of us adults from this out pour of water. Then after our fun in the water I helped out Matt in teaching some songs to the kids in English one of the songs was here is the church, here is the steaple, open up the church and where are all the pepole. Then it went into, here is the church here is the steaple, open up the church, there are all the pepole. I had so much fun teaching the kids this song. For dinner we had hamburgers and french fries, let me just say it was quite yummy! During dinner time I sat next to one of the boys Hecter, I so wish that I knew more Spanish so I could talk to him. This is one thing that you could be praying for me about, because I so want to be able to learn more Spanish. After dinner Don Victor, one the staff members started this game with the kids that is almost like hot potato. He had his back turned hitting a top of a pan lid and you had to pass the ball around and when he turned around who ever had the ball was out. As the kids started leaving one of the girls Cindy gave me a hug as she left, she is such a sweet girl her and her brother Hecter are both part of the program. I can't say enough how much joy that these kids bring to me seeing them each day makes me smile, from the inside out.