good morning world.

Its a brand new day. Day 4 in Mexico City. Day 2 in a new place. Its already starting to feel a little more comfortable. Donde estas el bano? My spanish is getting a little better day by day. I arrived to one of the largest cities in the world. If not the largest..Flying in there were lights EVERY WHERE, as far as the eye could see. literally. It blows my mind to even think about how big this city is and how beautiful and broken it is at the same time.

God is on the move here whether I have got the chance to see it or not in the last 4 days. I have been battling some intense spiritual warfare. We all have actually. Whether it be sickness, tiredness, quick to irritation, language barriers, being in a position to be all things to all men or simply just having to realize that we are in a completely new place and the enemy is just desiring to get inside our minds.

At the end of the day..hour...minute all i can say is "yet I will PRAISE HIM!" For He is so good. Even in the midst of everything going on around me. I choose to fix my eyes on Him.

The other day when we first got to the place where we are currently staying and got to meet up with our team (finally the family is together again!) We had our first megacities meeting...needless to say. I was quite attacked...spiritually. This whole idea of having to be all things to all men...I found out that tattoos and piercings are not culturally acceptable. Wow...my heart and my mind were fighting good verse evil. Wanting to submit to my authorities. Wanting to just share jesus with people and love on them. I didn't think it had anything to do with my appearance. At the end of the day..it really doesn't. I think God is using this to build my steadfast heart. "YET I WILL PRAISE HIM" Thats all I can think. I was even to the position of wanting to come home. Wanting to throw the last 3 months all away and even the next 4 months to come.

After getting a good nights rest, God was with me when I woke..He spoke to me from Philippians 2.
V.3-5 "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should not look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus."

Umm wow God, way to hit me smack in the face with that one. Its so funny how He works. I am not saying this isn't a process of me trying to figure out where I truly stand on this issue..But at the end of the day when MY KING tells me " I love your tattoos Noel, I know they make you unique and special, just as I have created you, I will use them for my glory." I understand that this time around, it might be time for me to cover them up a little bit. I am okay with that.

This next week we are just focusing on praying over our region of Coyoacan. We are also just doing bible readings over the region as well. If you would like to join us in prayer you could be praying for:
*Divine appointments to talk to people
*Steadfast hearts to be lead by the Spirit.
*Soft-sweet spirits and hearts towards each other
*Bringing light into the darkest places of the area.

Until next time. God is good.