so much happened, here's my favorite parts

So I've finally made it on. i have three things to share with everyone.
The first story is about a Chilean i met named Gonzalo. He was amazing. As some of you may know, I have a hard time showing love most of the time. Somehow (with God's help) this man was able to draw it out of me. When he prayed for me one day, i had a picture of a floodgate opening a little. The gears would get jammed on a rock and struggle for a little bit. Then it would slam shut. This repeated a few times. Then, the gears gave a mighty turn and the rock was launched away and the gate was locked fully open. I felt like going around and hugging everyone when I saw this. I want to continue to walk in this goldmine of love that's inside of me. I hope to go back to Chile one day to visit this amazing man.

Next, we got this book called God.net. It talks about a journey where one walks in absolute faith and belief in God. Once i started, i could not put it down. I wanted to know everything this amazing author had to say about journey beyond belief. i wanted to walk in faith and finally get my ear tuned into God's channel . During and after consuming every word of this book, i had multiple opportunities to step out in faith. I had various words for members of the Paraguay Vineyard as well as for the Chileans on our team. For some it was direction and other encouragement in their God given purpose. This included Rodrigo. He had volunteered to stay in a one bedroom apartment with Matt, Isaiah, and me for a night when we got back to Chile. He told us about some of the struggles he was going through and we were able to pray for him. We got picture after picture and word after word from as the Spirit of God absolutely overwhelmed him. Not only did i have words of direction for him, but i also saw him and his current girlfriend getting married (we prayed for him before he showed us the picture of her). I was also able to help him interpret a picture he had gotten while we prayed for him. I want to continue walking in absolute faith which means a lot of work on my end.

So i guess there were really only two things that directly affected my walk with God. There was so much that happened, but it would be rude for me to tell it all and not leave anything for the others to share. Having a couple days off in Chile was nice to process everything and get some stuff down on paper, as well as some much needed sleep.

Thanks everyone for your prayers and support.

peace out

Andrew

p.s. this is what i got to look at while i journaled on our couple days in Chile.