A Day to Pray

A Day to Pray

Today marked the team’s second day here in the Dominican Republic. We started the morning by going to a church in the city of Santo Domingo. Church services here are an event often lasting three hours or more.

After lunch we had another planning meeting to specifically set out how clinic would operate over the coming days. It was a rather long two-hour meeting, but it was necessary to make sure we are well organized on the field. The meeting ended by us going to the clinic (here at the SCORE facility) to get scrubs for the next four days of clinic.

The spiritual theme of the day has certainly been prayer. From our time at church this morning until our devotion this evening- prayer has permeated our time here. Scripture encourages us to “pray without ceasing.” This week will have many challenges in store for our team. Some we have experienced in the past, (we have prepared for those challenges.) Others we will not experience until this week.

Brent, who is the team leader, did a great devotion this evening about prayer. He quoted a passage from Oswald Chambers. To roughly paraphrase it, “the work is not the greater work, rather prayer is the greater work.” Often we become so consumed with our plans we forget that prayer is the greatest work.

Tomorrow lies before us. It is laced with challenges and joys, which we will inevitably experience. We will endure heat, chaos, difficult personalities, and other physical discomforts. Do not feel bad for us, because tomorrow also contains opportunities for immeasurable feelings of joy. Tomorrow brings the possibility that we get to actually live out the teachings of Christ. In a very real sense, tomorrow is where “the rubber meets the road.” Tomorrow gives us an opportunity to radically live out the Great Commission, and literally become the hands and feet of Christ on earth.

In our hope for tomorrow, let us not forget our joy from today. Today was indeed a day to pray. It is my prayer that we all make every day, yet another day to pray.

-Josh