Destination Nicaragua 08

As you all have probably heard we had an interesting afternoon at the beach. We had two people that ended up in danger at no fault of their own, Eric Bull and Jessica Petre were caught out in deep water. But from their danger God used it for HIS glory, from the result of this accident another person that no one seen out in the water was saved. Literally he was pulled from the water and gasping for breath. From this event God has showed the group that as Christian's we are supposed to be the lifeguard. Think of it this way, a lost person is drowning in their sin and we as Christians just sit back and watch them drown and then wonder what went wrong with them, when we should go out and pull them out of the deep sin of their lives and share the love of Christ with them. Eric said it this way, "as I was going under the water, I felt hand's lift me out of the water and bring me to safety". Then it hit me, we should not just be the spectators on the beach of life, but the lifeguards of their souls through the love of Christ.

Jessica used this as an illustration for sin, we step into the waters of sin up to our ankles, then to our knees, our waste, our chest and then before you know it you are over your head in sin with no way out but God. When we look at life and sin like we are drowning in sin then we will see the lost world through the eyes of Christ.


God has never ever failed us and never will. So when Satan tries to use this to discourage or tell you that it is not worth it to go to Nicaragua or anywhere else, remind him that as Christians we may be the last lifeguard that reaches out and pulls someone from sins depths. So use this not as a stumbling block but use it as a witnessing illustration for Christ.

Update for tuesday.

• The team is going back into a elementary school and do VBS
• The afternoon we are going into the middle and high schools and do True Love Waits
• We are going to a village to have church and share the gospel

So be in prayer for us. God Bless