Yes, last week is the week to praise the Father! We had two successful dunkings, plus a third who was hearing who got dunked by my supervisor. This was a time of great joy! But of course, nothing goes without hiccups.
Originally I was supposed to dunk six deaf people. One just stopped showing up at the meetings to schedule a time and place for the dunking. So now down to five. Then two more were convinced to wait by another leader until December 25th. They look up to the leader more since they knew her for years and received instruction from her all that time. I have no quips with this since they will still get dunked in time. So petition the Father for those two! The last one to get cancelled was the one that burdened me most. In a freak occurrence that happened to my friend, his true motives for accepting JC were revealed. He wanted to go to America, he wanted money, he wanted the prestige of having relations with Americans, he wanted food. He equated JC with comfort and success. This was a sad revelation to me, and a heavy burden as well. This one was different as he was not the one to cancel, but I was. He proved himself to not be ready. But I am still willing to teach him if he wants for the little time I have left here. Please petition on his behalf that the true motive for accepting JC is JC Himself! Now the remaining two I was to dunk have definitely shown me to be ready, and what a joyous occasion it was!
They got dunked Saturday at 4pm my time, 5am Eastern time. These two were my first dunkings, so I was excited for a very good reason! I had them say a little about what they were like before JC, then I petitioned the Father on his behalf. Then I dunked him in the name of the Father, the Son and the Spirit. Whoo hoo! The second dunking had a little hiccup, in which his head hit the bathtub. It wasn't a hard hit, but it prevented his head from going under! So he moved forward a little and... successful dunk otherwise. Whoo hoo! Afterward we sang songs of praise. This was a joyful day.
Again, please petition the Father for the two yet to be dunked, the one that just stopped showing up for some reason, and for the one that is not yet ready and hasn't properly received the good news. And ask Him to make ready my heart to leave this place in a few weeks, knowing contentedly that I have finished the race here and did what the Father asked me to do. The work here is incomplete, but I know I have fought the good fight here and did all the Father asked me to do. Here's to the Father willing that my last few weeks be filled with His glory!
Originally I was supposed to dunk six deaf people. One just stopped showing up at the meetings to schedule a time and place for the dunking. So now down to five. Then two more were convinced to wait by another leader until December 25th. They look up to the leader more since they knew her for years and received instruction from her all that time. I have no quips with this since they will still get dunked in time. So petition the Father for those two! The last one to get cancelled was the one that burdened me most. In a freak occurrence that happened to my friend, his true motives for accepting JC were revealed. He wanted to go to America, he wanted money, he wanted the prestige of having relations with Americans, he wanted food. He equated JC with comfort and success. This was a sad revelation to me, and a heavy burden as well. This one was different as he was not the one to cancel, but I was. He proved himself to not be ready. But I am still willing to teach him if he wants for the little time I have left here. Please petition on his behalf that the true motive for accepting JC is JC Himself! Now the remaining two I was to dunk have definitely shown me to be ready, and what a joyous occasion it was!
They got dunked Saturday at 4pm my time, 5am Eastern time. These two were my first dunkings, so I was excited for a very good reason! I had them say a little about what they were like before JC, then I petitioned the Father on his behalf. Then I dunked him in the name of the Father, the Son and the Spirit. Whoo hoo! The second dunking had a little hiccup, in which his head hit the bathtub. It wasn't a hard hit, but it prevented his head from going under! So he moved forward a little and... successful dunk otherwise. Whoo hoo! Afterward we sang songs of praise. This was a joyful day.
Again, please petition the Father for the two yet to be dunked, the one that just stopped showing up for some reason, and for the one that is not yet ready and hasn't properly received the good news. And ask Him to make ready my heart to leave this place in a few weeks, knowing contentedly that I have finished the race here and did what the Father asked me to do. The work here is incomplete, but I know I have fought the good fight here and did all the Father asked me to do. Here's to the Father willing that my last few weeks be filled with His glory!
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