Team Zambia - Andrew Lau

I am quickly writing on Sunday morning, before we are about to head out for a worship service with our lessons to follow. 

I was thinking about our first worship service here last Sunday and our lessons then. Todd gave the sermon through the help of a translator, and we taught our lessons through a translator. We know what we're saying, but we don't necessarily know how that's getting translated. We trust that the translators are doing a good job, of course, but the point is we don't know exactly what words are being said. You have to put the trust in those translators to translate words and phrases how they see fit and work accurately. 

This makes me think of when we do anything involving evangelism. I think we all work best when we're not thinking about what we're doing. We're not obsessing and trying to give the best answer, or say the exact right thing. We're hearing what people have to say to us, listening, and then giving an answer. Much like we are doing here with our translators, we are putting that trust in God to deliver the message how He sees fit and the Spirit to work in others hearts. We are letting go of control a little bit. 

A different thought I had was based on Psalm 139, verses 13-15. "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful. I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth". 

There's been a lot to take in in a fairly short span of time on this trip. We've met so many different people. We've met so many kids! So many different personalities, and it's hard not to be reminded of this passage telling us they are all wonderful works of God. We are very excited to continue seeing more of His works on this trip!