Working for God Never Looked Like This

We've been holed up indoors since yesterday evening...only venturing out to go back to our rooms across the courtyard. It's been a typhoon. It hit last night with winds howling and rains beating the roof with fury.

It seemed yesterday as we anticipated the coming of the typhoon that we were going to have a wasted day. We had to cancel camp and the senior adult English class. Here we are all the way from Oklahoma to the Far East...for what?

Last night as we sat in the commons area God began to work. Some from our team engaged in conversation with the wife and 2 daughters of the owner of the bed & breakfast at which we staying. The conversation turned to spiritual matters. All 3 gave their lives in faith to Jesus.

This morning as we sat in training 2 of ladies came to visit. These are ladies that our team were teaching English to the day before. As we trained others engaged in conversation with the visiting ladies. They both received Jesus as Lord and Savior. They came into the room where our team of 50+ people were meeting (team from Taiwan, New Mexico, California, Oklahoma) and gave public testimony to their faith in Christ. We had a time of prayer for them. They are sure to face some pretty intense opposition and persecution from family and others. To accept Jesus is pretty much okay...that is, until you reject all the other false gods the family worships.

As we got ready for lunch today we were about to pray. Someone announced that a lady had just called into the bed and breakfast, and even though she was told that it was full, insisted that she and her daughter are coming to stay for 10 days. I wonder why she feels like she has to come here? Mmm... I wonder if God is drawing her to a divine appointment?

So here we thought we came to serve God and work hard for Him...Instead, He's working despite us and in the midst of a typhoon.

Me thinks God is soveriegn.