The Thing that Keeps Us Going

I’d have to say about 50% of the time, we really struggle with what we’re doing (because of all the difficulties, because nothing is easy). Then about 25% of the time we’re neither struggling or excelling... we’re just surviving (or trying to survive). Then, there’s the remaining 25% of the time. That’s the part of what we do that keeps us going. It’s times like last Saturday that makes every struggle and every inconvenience that we endure- worth it! 

Last Saturday we were able to go into another orphanage and hang-out with the kids and minister the Gospel. The cool thing is that this isn’t just a one time shot either. This was our 3rd time back to this particular orphanage and we’re starting to be able to develop relationships with the kids. And these kids are amazing too. 

We were able to bring food and cook for them, we played soccer, we danced, we sang worship songs, and we were able to share the Gospel with them (and that’s the most important part). 

We talked about the scripture in  II Corinthians 5:17 where it says that “if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation... old things are gone and the new has come.” We have this whole illustration on “metamorphosis” where we show them a picture of a caterpillar and then show them a picture of a butterfly. Then we show them a picture of a tadpole then we show them a picture of a frog. Then, to be funny, we show them a picture of 1970’s Michael Jackson (which everyone knows, even here in Brazil) then we show a picture of him 30 years later (after all his plastic surgery) and everyone screams in horror and laughs. Then that gives us an opportunity to tell them about our lives before Christ and how He (once we started following Him) made us new and we have a new life in Him. It’s a pretty cool little illustration. 

And that’s the thing that excites us about being here. It never gets old, telling kids about Jesus and what He’s done in our lives. And it never gets old telling them how, no matter what their situation is, that He loves them and that He has a “new life” for them as well. So that’s the one thing that keeps us going here... just thought you’d like to know: )

And  if you’re one of the people who supports us... thank you for allowing us to be here doing what we’re doing. We literally couldn’t do this without you.

Love ya,

Jim, MJ, and the Whole Dunn Clan