sherryhemsoth - The Reality Of The Invisible

Rick and I are sitting in a hotel in Albuquerque this morning, taking a day to just chill before flying home tomorrow, having just finished hosting a Winter Basketball Camp at the Navajo BIC mission base in Bloomfield, New Mexico along with two very special Navajo friends. It was a joy filled week of pouring Jesus into the local Navajo that participated in the basketball camp as well as the staff of the BIC and the students of the Nizhoni Christian School there as well as having Jesus poured into us. Each day was filled from morning til night with relationships. No TV, no DVDs, no interuptions of life, just being in relationship and sharing lives.

It was an incredible week of blessings from our God, whom we cannot see in the flesh, but we know the reality of because we see Him in our precious Navajo friends and ministry partners. An incredible week, yes, but also a weary week, especially for Rick, who endured the high altitude challenges and persevered through the week of demonstrating basketball drills during the camp. When you are used to playing basketball at an elevation of 500 ft. and then suddenly are playing at an elevation of 7,200 feet, it wears you out.

This morning in my devotion, God took me to Hebrews 11:27, which says, "...Moses persevered because he saw Him who was invisible." When I read that, I realized that that is exactly what Rick and I lived this week, through our weariness.....perseverance.....because "we saw Him who was invisible." And we realize that that is what our Faith is "seeing Him who is invisible." Every time we see Jesus in our ministry partners and those God has called us to be Jesus to, our Faith grows, we forget the weariness and look with anticipation to the next time that we will get to "see Him who is invisible".

Explaining basketball plays and giving our testimonies were a big part of the Camp.

Running a drill for the adults produced lots of huffing and puffing.

Superbowl Party with the Nizhoni youth who made a Colts flag from a napkin and a broomstick stuck into a 100 lb. sack of potatoes. They are so creative. Fun, fun, fun!