As much as I was loving my time at Emmaus Bible College, it was exciting to see the end of my time as a student approaching. One of the wonderful blessings from the Lord was that my younger brother, Victor, who had just graduated from high school, came to Emmaus and we roomed together! It was a big blessing for both of us and we grew much closer together. As with the previous three years at Emmaus, I went on (and led) a short term missions trip during the Spring Break. However, unlike the other years, we did not go to Mexico but to Peru instead. I had gotten to know a missionary family, the Tuttles, really well and we went to where they were in Trujillo, Peru. God worked in some great ways. Primarily it was exciting to see the team so dedicated to prayer and watch how God answered each prayer one by one in so many cool ways, from financial provision, to the salvation of a tag along church member, to boldness in preaching, to the encouragement of the believers, to alternative transportation to Lima when we missed our flight to so many more. It was a great reminder once again of how God loves to answer our prayers, especially when we pray in faith and with eager expectation.
God has brought many different people into my life over the years who have influenced me and drawn me closer to Himself. While at college one of those such people was Micah Tuttle. I learned so much through watching him evangelize, dig into the Word, but most of all I loved to watch his relationship with his family. His wife and his kids never played second fiddle to his ministry in spite of his enthusiastic passion for the lost. I have taken much away from him and his family that I look forward to implementing into my own family as well as my mission work. Praise God for such people! =D
That last year of college was also the start of something wonderful that caught me totally unaware yet something that God had but planning all along. I began a relationship with a beautiful and godly girl who was to become my wife! Much could be said about this too, but one of the things that excited me was when I clarified with Amy that God had been calling and leading me to Japan and that that was where I was planning and preparing to serve and live, she was ok with that. Not only was she fine with that but she had know about this desire and passion of mine and long before anything happened between us, she was ready to go should God bring the relationship about! Basically she had a heart for God and had already surrendered her will to serve Him wherever and however He would choose! God is so great!
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