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Matthew 25:31-46 NIV
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. (32) All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. (33) He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. (34) "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. (35) For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, (36) I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' (37) "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? (38) When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? (39) When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' (40) "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' (41) "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. (42) For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, (43) I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' (44) "They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' (45) "He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' (46) "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
Kayla Emo has beautiful, long, brown hair. She is seen here allowing herself to be braided by several Guatemalan girls. Many of the children in Guatemala have head lice and Kayla knew that, in fact, she saw one kid picking lice out of another kid's hair. Our question to the teens that night at our debriefing/devotional time was: "Will you still hug them if they will give you lice? Do they still need your hugs?" There was a pause, a groan, a laugh. We planned our strategy of having Terra, our wonderful nurse, check all our heads before we left the hotel Thursday. As far as I know, none of us came home with lice, and as the doctor on the trip, I think I would've been told and maybe even blamed. Did God protect us from lice? Were we just lucky? (My head is starting to itch!) One thing is sure. Jesus is proud of the way every one of our teens loved those kids, lice and all.
GUATEMALA MISSION PRESENTATION
Tomorrow Night (8/30/09) at 6 PM at the
Buena Vista Wesleyan Church6034 County Route 69Canisteo, NY 14823Mapquest Buena Vista |
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