"You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness."
Romans 8:9-10
The number one question I got asked, when I was home, was "what was my routine or my typical day?". Well, I want to answer that for everyone. I wake up and spend my alone time with the Lord while drinking coffee. Then, I do my daily workout. After that, I try to relax a little before going to work. I go to work on a trufi which is like a mini van and taxi all in one, but it has a direct route. I have two that will get me to and from work. 
After work, I sometimes have days to get my own personal stuff in. However, most of the time it is taken up with life group and social events (which seem to be part of my ministry too). I work at Jireh Monday through Thursday. Friday was meant to be my day of rest, sinc
e Sunday never seems to be. However, that has changed over the last few months. On Friday, I do sleep in, but after I wake up I clean and do laundry. In the afternoon I go to the teenage girl prison. In the evenings I go feed the homeless.Saturday is an early start so I can make it to the outdoor market before it gets too warm and crowded. Then, I go to the grocery store for anything I could not find at the market. After that, I usually cook for a long time and clean more. The evenings I typically have some social commitment. For example, tomorrow I am having some people over for dinner. Sundays consist of church, but since it is in Spanish, it is not very relaxing. In the afternoon, I typically have tea with my friend family. Most of them are British, so I try to give them a bit of home. However, I am not British, so I just do the best I can. In the evening, I try to go to bed early to prepare for the next week. This is what my life is like in a foreign country. Probably not too different than your own.
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Bolivia? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Bolivia in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez