Day 5

  

We woke up day 5 to a beautiful Arizona morning.  Our friendly cheerful host family treated us breakfast and good conversation.  We discovered the amazing things they are doing for the Lord.  Being a missionary means that you are following the mission that was given to us, "Go make disciples" and Jesus taught us to love God and to love others.  SO no matter what you do, in doing so you are either a local missionary or a foreign missionary.  The amazing work they are doing in counseling and helping others is radically changing lives.  They don't get much credit for what they do, but they are not doing it for that. As Jesus has set them free, they want to share that and free others.

Or our 2 hour trip to ur next stop, we met a man traveling across the US doing work that pays for his missions to Nicaragua.  When Mark was 20 he spent a month at an orphanage in Nicaragua.  So they had much to talk about.  After exchanging hugs and information, we were on our way, and we had a new friend.

Entering into the quint hidden city of Prescott, AZ, it is quite majestic.  It was exciting to meet up with our old youth pastor and his wife, who helped us become who we are spiritually. Not only were we very encouraged by them, we were able to go out to dinner and minister together to a hurting couple and to pray for others.  Singing old youth group songs together before heading to bed, topped off our blessing of a day snuggled in warm cozy jammies and blankets.