Day Three

Wow, what a day! I'm constantly reminded of God's sufficient grace and His consistent presence in my life! I'm so honored to be here in this great city of Soria, working, worshipping, and ministering with this great body of Christ. We started our day off with work groups. Mine consisted of myself, Emily Bertram, Emily Peterson, Ben Steckly, Celeste, Ben Peterson, Rebecca, Caitlin, David, and Brett. We had so much fun painting at the "transition house," where Mustafo lives. Mustafo is from Morocco, but he speaks French, Spanish, and English. Caitlin and Steckly spoke to him in French, the Petersons spoke to him in Spanish, and the rest of us handled the English. His awesome personality was funny in every language though. Later that evening we were invited to record a couple of songs live to be aired on a popular radio station in Soria. Though it was hot in that small room, we crammed in there and gave God the glory. Next task on the list was to go back to the Miron (the monastery) and perform a concert for some locals. It was incredible to see the excitement on those people's faces as they received the word of God from our songs. From that concert we header to the university to sing at the prayer meeting with some of the students. We sang several songs in Spanish that we previously practiced with them. The significance and history of their prayer meeting was incredible. While worshipping in Spanish and English, I could really feel God's presence in that room. I could not be more grateful for the work that God is doing in the lives of the people in Soria, the members of BRH, and the ecumenical group. We closed the night with a message from David (a youth minister at the evangelical church) before our debrief (which is becoming my favorite part of our days here). His devotional was about allowing ourselves to battle with God. He encouraged us to let our faith be tested so that we may grow nearer to God. This was very convicting and I'm so glad that the Lord has blessed David with the gift to minister to others, especially to us! Busy day, but I loved every second of it!

Work group at Mustafo's

BRH on the radio