The team spent the day in Ho Chi Minh today, shopping, eating, and recouping. It is crazy how much I love being here, even though I can't speak the language and I only like some of the food here. Definitely a God thing!

And, for some reason, this trip already feels a little different. I really do feel like the Lord is working on Cheyenne and I in a different way this go round. He is revealing to us how glorifying it is to Him that we cherish every moment He gives us and how rewarding it is to be "on mission" at ALL times in our lives. We all too often get in our little routine and forget that, as believers, He should be the center of our lives, not just a "go to" at certain times. A good friend of mine has been constantly reminding me "Every second is His!", and that is becoming more and more apparent. We sometimes have the mindset that we can only do His work when we are serving at church, in our small groups, or on a mission trip. But His word tells us to "pray without ceasing", and to "love our neighbor as ourselves", so how amazing is it that we can be "on mission" just in line at the store, at the airport, or praying over a group of people in the Vietnamese market. And what a blessing it is that we can go to our Creator in prayer and supplication at ANYTIME. How cool is it that we can show God's love by just listening and showing someone that you care. It totally causes me to look at my life in a different way when I realize that I don't have to go somewhere or be in a specific place to "be on mission", it can and should be right where my two feet are at the moment.

I don't know if you remember Cheyenne talking last year about the two girls who sell all day, every day in the downtown market, but we were able to see them again today. There names are Hang and Nha (sp?), and we got to hang out with them for a little while. They had asked for Barbie dolls last time we were here, so we were able to bring them to them this trip. It was amazing to see their faces light up when we gave them the dolls. It made me want to bring them a 100 of them next time! Please keep them in your prayers, because we fear that they are being trafficked. They are always there and they don't go to school. They are 8 to 10 years old and VERY intelligent, especially when it comes to "street smarts". They know English very well and love to sit and talk with us. But are very guarded and shy when you talk to them about family or school. Either way you look at it, even if their family is in the picture, if they are being held from going to school and forced to work the streets selling in the market, they are being trafficked.

So..."what can I do about it" kept going through my mind. And instantly my mindset veered off into the direction of: "You can't do anything, there isn't anything you can do. That is such a huge problem, you live across the world, and it is out of your hands". But then I realized...no, I serve a sovereign God which nothing is too great for. There isn't anything I can do about it, EXCEPT go in prayer about it and give it to Him. I don't know what the answer is, but He does. I have to remember that He loves those little girls a thousand times more than we do. Over and over in His word, He explains how much He hates people being oppressed and He tells us how we are to seek justice for those that are oppressed. So I will do the only thing that I know to do, which is go to him in intent prayer and follow His lead. Besides, that is the best thing I could ever do anyways!

Tomorrow, we are meeting early and heading to a government orphanage here in HCM City to love on children, many of which are severely disabled. So please pray that we will let His love pour out through us onto them and that we won't think of any gesture of love that is done in His name is too small to make a difference. After all, isn't that what He commands us to do....LOVE!

All for Him,
Kevin, Cheyenne, and the team