June 5,2009
this Morning I woke up feeling so much better =) I had so much energy and such a passion to praise and Worship God ... I was Pumped! The girls names in my session at Asha Gram are:
Rohina
Lakshmi
Nasreen
Anjali
Asha
Anu
Ashwini
Devki
Nanu
Shilpa
Sarita
Karuna.
They are from the Red Light District. Some have been at Asha Gram for years and some have JUST come this year, one of the girls has only been there for a week. I would like you to take 5 minutes right now and just say a word of prayer for these girls.
this morning Liz spoke to the women at Asha Gram and talked about How Jesus was willing to Heal and touched the untouchables- Matthew 8
some verses that stuck out are:
1When he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2A man with leprosya]">[a] came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."
17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
"He took up our infirmities
and carried our diseases."
It was forbidden to touch lepers at that time and they were separated from society. Jesus not only communicated with the Leper but He touched the man and healed him =) That is the God that we serve =D
I led my devo on Psalm 91. The theme I had with Asha Gram was learning how to rely on God to be our fortress and refuge and to build up our faith so that it would be strong and we would be able to pray and proclaim things in His name.
Practice went really well today . I taught the girls the rest of the dance and during one of our breaks a girl named Asha came up to me. She has a crippled hand and at first she asked me if I thought she was doing the dance wrong. I was shocked and totally caught off guard. She kept saying that she wasnt doing any of the dances wrong but she cannot dance fully because of her hand. I assured her that she was dancing beautifully and she began to tell me how she is just so grateful and so happy that Her Heavenly Father has chosen her and allowed her to still dance even though her hand is messed up. She kept saying saying she is so happy and thanks God and then she began to thank me...
Of course it wasnt me who did anything.. I remember feeling happy to be just used by God to being Joy into someone's life like that.
During the break I met a girl named Neelum. She was telling me of how she ministered with a group from ASha Gram. They went to Punjab and went to houses and led worship, started prayer meetings and shared their testimonies. We were talking about her ministry opportunities and she was telling me how she just wants to live a life serving God. She wants to help her family out financially first and she trusts God will open a door for her. =)
Today I was thinking about the things I had left back at home- Internet, the phone, communication, etc.. and I didn't miss any of it. I was no longer homesick and I knew I was in the right place at this time. There is no other place I would rather be than here in India with these women and children serving God.
The evening session was spent leading an exercise on being creative and communicating with God. We talked about how we can write our thoughts out to God and write what he speaks to us and what dreams or visions he gives us =)
we need to remember daily what God has done for us and what he has saved us from. We need to remember what he has Done for us on the Cross. Each day that I wake up and realize all that, it makes me want to seek him on a deeper level... makes me want to just completely rely on Him. The second I look to the right or to the left, I can feel my life being filled with fear, doubt, anxiety... and becoming less and less of a servant and trying to live on my own terms.
