Snap Crackle Pop - Peru Day 5

We started off Day 5 back in the center of town, assembling wheelchairs for the morning.  It was fun to watch the team's personalities emerge as some of them were obviously not as comfortable building, while others were right where they wanted to be.  The huge group effort put forth of volunteers from Camino de Vida and another missions group from Staten Island, NY made the work go back quickly and efficiently with our task being accomplished right after lunch.  We went and visited a family in the Ate District and after a quick trip to the market, we headed up to the mountain village home.  Fred, in his blog post about Claudia and her family, our adventure in the market and our emotional visit to the family can be found here: http://boyradd.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/peru-day-5/

I am convinced that although our lives are counted and quantified by seconds and minutes, hours and days, weeks, months and years, I think our lives are defined by moments.  They are the indescribable experiences of life when we realize that this isn't all we there is.  When the reality of The Holy Spirit, Scripture, theology and life come crashing into one another and there is a quiet reverence that not only is God standing in our midst but that everything is going to be Ok.  That moment occurred as we stood in a prayer circle in a small shanty home in the middle of the Ate Distract of Lima, Peru.  Tears were shed, not so much for sadness, but the recognition of the emptiness of so much of the life we chase when we come face to face with God.  I am reminded of Isaiah standing in the temple, crying out in the recognition of his sinfulness, selfishness and wickedness.  And yet, God is there, willing to remove our sin and send us to the next destination he has for us, "as we go". 

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”