It is difficult to summarize all the wonderful and uplifting events that I experienced during one short week in El Salvador. While I am amazed and humbled to have been part of such a week, I did experience some spiritual struggles which I trust my Lord will in His time help me sort them out. Though I have been blessed to have been raised in the Lord’s Word since birth, I have found it difficult and even awkward sharing about my faith to others. I knew that in the GHO mission trip to El Salvador, our primary goal was to share the Gospel with every patient: in other words, the medical and dental aspect of the trip only opened up the opportunity to share Him with every patient. I prayed that this mission trip would help me overcome my fear in talking about my faith to others. The first two days of the trip, I had trouble starting the conversation with patients about my faith. I felt frustrated that there was still something inside of me that held me back for speaking up boldly for the Lord and talking about His plan of salvation to the patients. As I lay in my bed, I earnestly asked God to give me boldness and courage the rest of the week to speak to every patient about Him. God was good and He answered my prayers: the following day, I was so much more fearless talking about God to each patient and I enjoyed it as well! I knew that God was the One giving me strength. I pray that God grant me even more boldness each day to share His Gospel to those around me here at home.
In addition to being challenged about fearlessly speaking out about our Lord, this mission trip to El Salvador also helped me reflect about my own spiritual life and how much more fervent I need to be for the Lord. It was so encouraging to see the love and great faith that the brethren have in the churches that we worked with in El Salvador. It was even more humbling to realize that while the brethren in El Salvador are physically poor, they truly emptied themselves to serve the Lord and to help the GHO team. I am partly ashamed of my own faith because compared to theirs, my faith seems so small! Having been blessed overwhelmingly with more material things living here in the United States, I cannot help but think that if we loved and served inasmuch as the brethren in El Salvador, how much more could we accomplish for the Lord! The brethren in El Salvador were a great example to me and encouraged me to seek God more earnestly every day. I was blessed tremendously to have been a part of this mission trip. I pray that I may be able to return again to El Salvador and to share my faith with more people.
In addition to being challenged about fearlessly speaking out about our Lord, this mission trip to El Salvador also helped me reflect about my own spiritual life and how much more fervent I need to be for the Lord. It was so encouraging to see the love and great faith that the brethren have in the churches that we worked with in El Salvador. It was even more humbling to realize that while the brethren in El Salvador are physically poor, they truly emptied themselves to serve the Lord and to help the GHO team. I am partly ashamed of my own faith because compared to theirs, my faith seems so small! Having been blessed overwhelmingly with more material things living here in the United States, I cannot help but think that if we loved and served inasmuch as the brethren in El Salvador, how much more could we accomplish for the Lord! The brethren in El Salvador were a great example to me and encouraged me to seek God more earnestly every day. I was blessed tremendously to have been a part of this mission trip. I pray that I may be able to return again to El Salvador and to share my faith with more people.
