So, I felt my first tremor in Lima a couple of days
ago. It was kind of strong; made the dishes
rattle a little. It lasted for a brief
moment and then it was gone and we continued eating our meal as if nothing
happened. We have been recently helping
a lady here in Lima at a church she has been involved with in a poor area of
Lima. We go to help teach little kids
and today it was crazy. There were about
fifty or sixty kids and we were singing some Christmas songs and it seemed like
more and more kids were coming in. It
was really awesome to listen to what these kids have learned about Jesus from
this woman and even cooler to hear them prayer in Spanish.

As my first three months draw to a close I have been
thinking about home a little. I am
eagerly waiting the time when I get to see family and friends. After thinking about this some I was reminded
about something I recently read in A
Hunger for God. The section I was
reminded about mentions how we, as professing believers, are to be eagerly awaiting/expecting
for the return of our Lord. How much do
I really eagerly await for His return? Here
are a few verses mentioning the idea of eager expectation:

"But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there." Philippians 3:20

"Deny ungodliness and worldly desire...looking [eagerly] for
the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus
Christ." Titus 2:13

"Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life." Jude 21

It is often so easy to allow distractions and even "good"
things to take our focus off Christ. I
am eagerly awaiting coming home and I know that people are eagerly waiting for
me to return and this made me think how much do I eagerly wait for Christ's
return. I believe that the closer we
draw near to God, the more we develop the sense of eagerly waiting. I am learning that I am made to be in
relationship with God and as he cultivates my hunger for Him I learn more and more
and see how little I know Him and it only reinforces being utterly dependent
upon Him. Just as I am excited and
eagerly awaiting coming home for Christmas I should have the same desires, if
not stronger, for eagerly awaiting for the blessed hope of Christ's
return.

I will be home in less than a week now, it is so hard to believe.