James 1:3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Perseverance is one of those qualities that I really admire in others and pray that I will discover in myself. It is that decision to mark a date, give yourself a deadline and zero in on your goal. In Paul`s own words on his life, he said in 2 Timothy 4:7,
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith
We learn these lessons in sports, work, ministry, life and of course right here on a missions trip.
The lesson in perseverance today was going back to Francisco`s church to work on backfilling in the area inside the retaining wall where we worked on Monday. It was hot, dry, dusty and a ton of digging. Jordan really enjoyed taking the pick axe to loosen up the ground so that we could shovel up loads with the wheelbarrow. We made good progress but there is still a fair amount of work to be done to complete the project. The church here is built on a steep hill so we are creating more stability as the plan is to build a second level.
ON the subject of enjoying more of the local cuisine....
I was very proud of Jordan and Sharon this morning as they were also introduced to a breakfast delicacy, a hot soup called Caumanta, similar to my seafood cocktail yesterday except the seafood was cooked. The seafood this morning included mantaray, octopus and shrimp!
After working on the retaining wall, Rick and Tammie took out the local pastors along with Sharon and myself to a Chinese buffet which was the best in the neighbourhood they tell me. We recognized most of the food here and then we visited Jamin`s church which was recently built by a team in May and they had over 100 people out for their first service in the new building. Sharon made some new friends while coming up with some creative games with some of the girls there.
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