The Lord has really impressed upon me the importance of prayer in the last week. Many of you know that I was part of the mission team from our church that went to Rio Bravo the middle of last month. I was so encouraged by the work there, and all that we were able to accomplish in the short time that we were there. The look on the missionary's face as we showed him around his house was so humbling. And yet, on July 2nd, a tornado ripped through the campus there and destroy or damaged much of the work that we did. Myself and many of those that went were so heartbroken. I must admit that I found the question "Why Lord ?" on my lips several times as I thought about what had happened.

I think the turning point for me was when many of those that have a heart for that mission got together at church on Thursday night. We poured out our hearts to God. We prayed for wisdom for ICCD (the sending mission organization), the missionaries and the staff on campus at MCCS, and for the kids. Those precious deaf children. What a sense of loss I had for them. As I prayed though, it was as if the Lord rebuked me and asked me "How often have you prayed with such ferverence? How often have you wept over other burdens? How many other things should also be pouring your heart out over?" I confess .... I had no good answer.

What about you? Do you, like me, too often find your eyes dry when you should be weeping and crying out to God on someone's behalf? I think I want to try to be more of the prayer warrior that the Lord wants me to be. Won't you join me? Please? Join with me in prayer for this ministry and other mission works around the world. Also ... don't forget to be the missionary that God called you to be ... in the mission field that you walk through on a daily basis.

En Dios,

-kw