Horse Painting/Testimony/Beach Day

To start off (fyi), in the past few nights there has been a scorpion, scorpion spider, and a one inch cockroach all inside the house.  I killed two out of the three.  Good eats.

Last week there was a children's ministry out at the ranch.  Their main activity was to paint the horses in teams.  Whoever had the best looking horse (decided by loudness in applause) was the winner.  That was really fun to see the kids enjoy themselves.  Especially because some of them who come from very impoverished places (There are two villages near us 1. Marcus de Leon and 2. Virsa Mesa which both suffer from incredible physical poverty).

Another night, a Youth Group came to spend the evening.  This was a crazy night because out of nowhere Pete goes "Hey Trav - share your testimony."  I go "which part" He replies "whatever you feel called to talk about"  So at that point I was slightly overwhelmed but just started to let it flow (Pete was translating for me so it gave me a few moments to think ahead of time).  I was privileged to share a very meaningful time in my life that I hadn't thought of in years.  It had to do with when I first learned a song years ago and truly experienced the love of Christ through singing out loud.  (I don't even know the title but here are some of the lyrics: In moments like these, I sing out a love song to Jesus...singing I love you, etc.)  As I was recalling the story I suddenly remembered that it was when I was with Pete years ago in Mexico.  He had, unknowingly up to this point, taught me that song.  It was an incredible time of reflection and we sang some worship songs together after as well (Closer/Jesus Paid it all/etc.)

On Monday, I got the chance to go to the beach for the first time (which was amazing).  The water was incredible and the views were astounding.  It was a great break from all the action at the Ranch.

I'm really trying to appreciate my time here at the ranch.  Daily I have been able to wrestle through a lot of things with God in quiet time and discuss issues (personal and non) with Pete and his family.  I'm pretty sure that most of my questions don't have concrete answers.  However, I do know I want to know God intimately and pursue His will for my life.  This changes in some ways and in others not.  The Holy Spirit forces me/us to wait on His perfect timing (And it's usually completely random and quite sporadic).  His word continues to put me in my place.  

Much love from the dessert.