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Continued from p. 8 Arriving at Mario Mendez, the
Continued from p. 8
another twenty years of my life
and have the same thing happen
again?”
“Virgil, the only thing worth living
and dying for is people. That's
what Jesus died for: people.”
Virgil sighed. “Oh God, if only I
could have a bank account in
heaven where I could keep every-
thing safe!”
Then, as clear as anything he had
ever heard, God spoke to his
heart: “The only thing you can
bring to heaven with you, Virgil, is
people.” With this realization,
total peace washed over Virgil!
The new Clinic (2000).
him, and he finally broke down A new, bigger clinic was built. A
whole village was there to receive and wept… bigger and better airplane was
them. Virgil thought about how purchased within a few years, and
many times his family had xxx many more hundreds of hours
wondered if the people appre- were logged on it flying people to
ciated what they were doing for The family soon after had to leave hospitals. After some more years,
the community. for the US, but about a year after Elam passed away. But the real
the fire - with the help of many reason for Elam's mission in
He looked at all the crying faces family members and friends from Guatemala still lives on in his wife
as everyone hugged him, and he many different churches - they and children, and now his grand-
thought about what God had just returned to Guatemala and children! “Though he is dead, he
shown him. He had been feeling started the arduous journey of still speaks.”
as though he'd lost everything he cleaning up and rebuilding every- From: Jungle Breezes, Dara
had in the world, but he hadn't! thing. Stoltzfus, VMI Publishers, 2009.
Everyone wanted to hug him!
He thought about the eight brave,
or possibly crazy, guys who had
come out to the jungle to rescue
Prestasie. Prestasiebonusse. Prestasiemeting. Mikpunte.
Ek dink jy ken dié woorde. Dis hoe dit in ons samelewing
werk. Ons moet “uithaal en wys”, anders het ons nie meer
werk nie. Ons leer dit ook vir ons kinders. Ongelukkig leer ons
nie óók vir ons kinders van God se wêreld nie. Daar meet God
nie ons prestasie nie. Hy gee Sy genade gratis. Jy is aanvaar-
baar, God se mens, omdat God jou liefhet. As jy moes presteer
vir die Here se liefde, sou jy nooit liefde gekry het nie!
Efesiërs 2:8 “Julle is inderdaad uit genade gered, deur
geloof. Hierdie redding kom nie uit julleself nie; dit is ‘n
gawe van God.”
Ons loof U, troue Heer, Redder van ons lewe, dat U ons uit
genade alleen gered het.
- Pitkos vir die Pad, Annes Nel, CUM, 2004.