El Salvador 2014

Shots - check

Passports - check

Work boots - check

GSLC T-shirts - check

Goodies for the Orphanage - check

Bags pack - well.... almost

Our Lord and Savior has supplied us with every resource. Our Good Shepherd family has graciously shared these resources with us. Now we become ambassadors of Jesus Christ to share those resources with those who will welcome and work alongside us during our journey.

In the days that follow we will be trying to share our daily experiences on this site. Your prayers will fill us as the Holy Spirit guides us to work and play alongside our brothers and sisters in El Salvador. 

The kingdom is not only beyond our own efforts, 

it is even beyond our vision.

We accomplish in our lifetime only a fraction 

of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s word.

Nothing that we do is complete.

The kingdom always lies beyond us.

No statement says all that could be said.

No prayer fully expresses our faith.

No confession brings perfection.

No pastoral visit brings wholeness.

No program accomplishes the church’s mission.

No set of goals includes everything that we are about.

We all plant the seed that one day will grow.

We water the seeds already planted, knowing that they hold promise.

We lay foundations that will need further development.

We provide yeast that produces efforts far beyond our capabilities.

We cannot do everything.

Knowing this enables us to do something, and to do it well.

Our work may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way.

Our actions present an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.

We may never see the end results, 

but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.

We are the workers, not master builders.

We are ministers, not messiahs.

We are prophets of a future not our own.

Amen.