“I
am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through Me.” John 14:6
As
any decent Christian school teacher worth her salt, I had my Spanish
students memorize Scripture.... in Spanish. Oh, they loved it.
Okay, not really, but what a profoundly valuable exercise—for them
and me. Someone had to grade their work? God, in His wonderful
faithfulness, allows what we have tucked into the corners of our
heart to come to the light and serve a way for teaching,
reproof, correction and training in righteousness.
“I
am the way.”
As
we have started another school year at Colegio Makarios (the Makarios
School) this verse has powerfully gripped me. The fact that Jesus is
THE way, THE truth and THE life is THE reason Makarios exists. The
school is a vehicle for this important information. This drives all
that we do and I am so honored to be a part of something so
deliberately eternal. May the Mak students be enveloped in a culture
of seeing God and His relevance in every aspect of their life, truly.
“I
am the truth.”
It
seems that daily I am confronted the absolute darkness that some of
our students live in. Drowning in poverty, some parents turn to
drugs and alcohol, moms involved in prostitution while the kids are
left at the home at a young age, dads who would rather leave a trail
of children than commit to the family unit, death, abandonment,
loneliness, despair, hunger, being dirty—these are common themes in
an average Mak student's life. While all these things are not
specific to the DR, my daily reminder of the magnitude of the lost
happens to be here. The reality is that Jesus and His promises are
not only sufficient, but alive, and He offers life abundant.
“I
am the life.
Serving
here is a wonderful work of which to be a part. As principal of
Colegio Makarios and mom to two Makarios students, I find it humbling
and exciting to partner with this outstanding ministry who,
literally, is striving to expand Heaven. May we be found faithful
through the year to be the lovely feet who bring good news and ones
who remember that no one comes to the Father except through Christ.
Amen.
And,
of course, as always, we are here only through the generosity of
folks like YOU. Please consider being a part of our monthly support
team. We need you!!! https://makarios.webconnex.com/missionary
We
will be heading to the States on December 3rd to fundraise
through Summer 2016!!! :) Please contact me at
lauriemajcher@gmail.com
if we can come speak at your small group, gathering you would love to
host in our honor, church, workplace, school, wherever. We love
sharing about Makarios and would love as many folks to jump on board
to support the work being done in the DR.
