Three days, that is how long I have until I am on a flight from the United States to Argentina. This past week has been so much harder than I could have imagined. Besides the fact that I am a bit nervous for the flight, but earlier this week my little brother Joe went into the hospital. My family takes in hospice children, and we love it. Joe is one of these kids. He was born with some severe medical problems, and we took him in. We started taking care of Joe when he was 18 months, and the doctors said "he wouldn't live to be much older than two if that." Little did we and the doctors know that Joe would live to be 14. He has lived with us for the past 13 years. Even though he cant walk or talk he has become a part of our family. Earlier this week he had a stroke and has been in the hospital since. At first it didn't seem to be going well, but he is a fighter and is pulling through. I was thinking about it this week, and he has lived with our family for all but 6 years of my life.
God has been working on me this week. All through this week I was learning about relying on Him, with my anxieties of traveling, my worries that Joe wouldn't be better by the time I leave on Monday, and about how I need to trust in him to care for my family. Even though we, my family, always say that this stuff is just what we do, it really does take so much more of a toll on us. God has been faithful with a church family that prays, and prays hard. He has also been faithful with friends who care for us by cooking a meal or just by giving us a call when one of our kids is in the hospital. That is something that now I am so thankful for. This past week I had a much larger role in getting Donnie and Jasmine to all their stuff along with taking care of Benny, another one of our hospice kids, than I have had before. God has been faithful to us over and over again. I remember this quote that says " How many times will God need to bless us before we act." This trip is the fulfillment to God's blessings on our family. I am so excited to be able to participate in God's plans for Argentina this summer. Thanks to all of my supporters who have helped me reach this goal, and thanks to all of yall who have been praying for me.
If anyone wants to add somethings to their prayer list here is a few:
For God to give us safe travel to Miami and then to Argentina
For the Argentina Summer Project team to be relying upon God for all of our needs
That the students in Buenos Aires would be open to hearing the gospel
For Joe to get back home
That God would continue to teach us even before the trip
Thanks again yall cant wait to see everybody when I get back,
Sam
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