Let us...

Let me take you to the hut. Allow me to take you on the jeepney to the city streets with the wet concrete. Everywhere the sound of mopeds laying on the horn in order to not run over the crowd that floods the streets. The smell of fish drying in the sun and the bakery loaded with goodies. Stares are from all the adults while the children cheerfully run and giggle at the new faces that stand out like a sore thumb.

Let us go to the boat now. The boat is a narrow and tight fit. Capsizing is a constant worry due to our unnatural size body. The glare of the water is blinding to the bare eye. Occasionally, homemade canoes pass by as they paddle to the city to sell produce. Children splash the flowing water on one another as the boat slides through the blue, glass slick water. Unloading always ends in a bruised back or forehead. The trek to the village on a two foot slab with occasional erosion makes the eye sharp.

Let us rest a while and converse about home and the Scriptures. Rice is sure to be on the menu as the main course. Men are heading out to harvest coconuts or the rice farms. We are heading out with the Holy Spirit in front of us. We rely on Him to prepare the hearts of the ones we are about to meet. The sun is high and the sweat makes a glaze over the skin.

Let us enter the hut. The bamboo floors make for a cool feel in the hot day. Conversation is simple and honest. Small animals roam from house to house in search of food and roosters are the major noise maker. No one is left out of the conversation and most everyone is happy to see the "Joes" from America.

Let us read the Word. Everyone holds the Bible at super high standards. All are willing to listen to what you have to say. The Gospel is presented and conversed about. What is understood and what isn't. Grace has been stripped out by tradition and prayers and righteousness might get you into heaven. But is this Biblical or are others corrupting Gods Word? But will they accept truth or will they stay to the old ways...

So now you have been to the hut. The place of flawed truth. This glimpse might have even inspired you. These people need Jesus so what do the believers need? A call from the wind or a light in the sky? Or maybe we have already been told to go and we are just disobedient. We have all that we will ever need so where should we be? Comfort isn't what our Savior calls us to but the hard and narrow road of suffering and pain. His life was one of struggle so why should ours be any different? We are not kings we are slaves to the Master who loves us so.

So what is your next step? Maybe the Spirit is leading you to the hut...

-Caleb