25/11/2008

Self discovery

It seems I'm good with provisioning. I always knew I was, it's just people some times say no and no always seems bigger then yes. Truth is, if u get three nos' and one yes, that equals success.
I always win!" I shoot up a powerful, accurate prayer before hand, visualize and believe that it is the Lord's will for us to have that brand new trash bin for the Kitchen (wooden crates are great really, brilliant improvisation) and presto! 50 percent of the time they never say no, thats cause 50 percent of the time they actually understand me, so its safe to say they never say no...50 percent of the time.
"Failure is the final result of believing you can do less then you can, success is when you believe you can do more then you can": Motivational Comment from last home council ....Umm "YEAH, wehoo"! And it was totally off the top of ones head.
After three of our main outreachers who are fluent in Spanish left the home, a lot of us felt a little stifled. How are we going to cultivate a flock who doesn't understand us? It's simple. I found the answer while observing my meat market partner. Hand gesticulations, sometimes we underestimate their power and accuracy.
And also, every one understands love. We have been inventing all kinds of ways to feed our sheep and be useful to them. The word can also do a lot of the talking. Thank God Activated is in Spanish.
But then there are those words that you need to have on the spot, words that u can't really describe with your hands without looking...foolish, like spinach. For those words, I make a list and some one here who is fluent in Spanish will write them down for me, I memorize them in the car, it's a great way to learn as well.
I'm actually starting to cultivate my own little flock of warm and fuzzy little sheep. The phone is starting to ring for me! Can you believe it? People are calling ME!" Amazing, the sheer joy alone keeps me on the line trying futilely to describe where I'll meet them with my hands. Heh, I wonder what keeps them on the line haha. Must be the God factor.
I think another thing that I personally undermine is the use of our spiritual forces and heavenly arsenal to make things happen. We are really helpless without them. There is nothing we can do to make some one drop a day out of their life to check out a place that's farther then what most people would consider feasible, for of all things, a bible class. Bible classes are not exactly up there with Taekwondo or Yoga classes. But when you walk into a shop after emerging yourself in vigilant prayer, putting on the Lord's mind, people tend to take notice. For sure there is no way they would be into 63 kls of salty, wanna-be Latina, fresh off the ol Gringo block. So, when people call up and want to know more, its got to be the God factor.




I know what your thinking, theres no way hand gesticulation would help this guy with a language barrier, still I highly recommend you look into some of his other videos if your feeling anything might be too great of a road block for you. Despite the show he puts on here, some of his other Videos show he is a strong Christian and travels all over the world doing missionary work. Eat that fully limbed whiners!!


CLAY

8 comentários:

Boo ya disse...

i loved this post. you're so honest.

Anônimo disse...

Guy's a pimp!!!! Love'm.....

Sam disse...

Yeah, seeing this guy (Lani and I watched his testimony) really through things into perspective for me.

Good going for you Marie. The thing that really matters is getting yourself out there and trying!

Keep going. You should hear my spanish... it's dwindled down to nothing. I'm back at saying "Glasius"...hahaha! LY!

thisisme disse...

Ahem...

Taekwondo*

Marie Clay disse...

errrr.. thot i fixed that!!

Anônimo disse...

Hey, good post!

Anônimo disse...

I am a four limbed person
who jus saw this
& really
I am so happy
I & me mate
has a bunch a four limbed ones
all whole
holy whole souls
of course
holy, obviously is not nessessarily,
4 limbed,,anyways
all to tell ya
I really like this guy,
finally seeing
& after hearing of him
better late than never
really enjoyed
the postive
spirit
& would be lovely
to pass on this spirit
to any out there
who feels
discouraged
or a bit attacked by demons
who wanna bring us down
however
now
we four-limbers
are without like
total,,any
excuse

hehe
see ya
flyn
somewhere

pa
four winger

Anônimo disse...

i love dat
blue clues
guy

get me high

since
I get the clues guy
still alive

cool guy
with the sky
ideas

never going back
kickn blues attack

golden blues Mac

u see
it's the positivity
of the learning curve

over n over
rolln rolln
ever forward

grown

big kids
lil ones
scapn da blues
fo da good news

learnn churnn

golden blue
clues is news

:P