Is He not the God of all nations!? Is He not the God of all languages?! Is He not our great Teacher?
Matthew 11:29 says He is. "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls."
Days like these give me such joy and stir my affection for God. To be able to gather under one roof with Haitian men in the Dominican Republic and study the word of God is truly amazing! As we get to teach what the Gospel is verses "Religion" to men of a culture that for many years has been doing the Christian walk as a "duty" and not out of an overflowing love of Christ, my heart is stirred. Wednesday nights we gather with these 8 men who all live in the same village of Playa Laguna and study Gods word. We teach through our buddy Raynald who knows English well enough for us to communicate and in his broken English, relays the responses back to us from our other Haitian brothers. We are literally watching God break down language barriers and speak to the hearts of these men!
These 8 guys have become our very close friends. Each one of them have been given great gifts and abilities and more importantly, a heart for the Lord! We are continuing in our pursuit of friendship, discipleship and growth together each day. Please be praying that our friendships continue to grow and that God continues to teach them and us what we need to learn! Even though we get to teach them many things from Gods word, they teach us just as much and we learn many things from their joy and lives. May you be as encouraged by what our Father is doing here in the Dominican Republic as we are!
