{"id":3596,"date":"2021-09-08T05:41:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T11:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2021-09-07T21:47:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T03:47:46","slug":"tania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=3596","title":{"rendered":"Tania"},"content":{"rendered":"

On our first day at L\u2019Arcada in Northern Spain, all those preparing for a week of Sports Camp gathered in a small house to focus on the One who brought us together\u2026 the One we wanted all the campers to know. Going around the room, believers from several nations introduced themselves. One girl about Karlyn\u2019s age said she was from Ecuador.<\/p>\n

Tania had a good job in Quito where she grew up in a loving family. She told her parents she felt it would be good to take a few months to travel to another part of the world to figure out her purpose in life. The parents agreed to her request and arrangements were made to visit Spain, a country where Tania had no family or friends.<\/p>\n

She ended up in Barcelona where all her money and important documents (except passport) were stolen. God\u2019s mysterious ways began to unfold as a follower of Jesus met this distraught young lady and asked if she needed help. Tania was invited into the home of a Christian family where she discovered an uncommon love. The family\u2019s small church took up a collection and all Tania\u2019s lost funds were replaced. At the church she was also told of a camp she might like to visit a little further north.<\/p>\n

\"img_1999\"<\/a>The leaders of L\u2019Arcada met Tania and asked if she\u2019d like to volunteer to work a few weeks. Karlyn and I met Tania during her first week of camp. A couple of days later we all visited Besalu, a town built by the Romans in the 10th century. Drinking coffee outside a caf\u00e9, Tania showed us a picture of her family on vacation and something looked familiar. \u201cWhere was this picture taken?\u201d I asked. \u201cWe were in a town called Riobamba,\u201d she answered. Karlyn and I just laughed as we have spent many weeks in Riobamba working with Pastor Manuel and his family. Should I think: \u2018What a small world?\u2019 or should I say: \u2018Our God is an awesome God!\u2019?<\/p>\n

Tania asked: \u201cMr. Dana, what is the will of God? I am experiencing things totally foreign to me and I want to better understand.\u201d So how would you answer such a question? God\u2019s will is that we all come to Him by putting our full trust in Jesus Christ, His Son who died for our sins and rose from the dead. God\u2019s will is that His Holy Spirit live in our hearts and that we let Him mold us into the image of the Son. God\u2019s will is that we find abundant life in Jesus. Tania soaked in every word with the sweetest smile on her face. We all prayed together and Karlyn paid for our coffees.<\/p>\n

Karlyn also gave Tania Pastor Manuel\u2019s son Marco\u2019s contact information in Ecuador. In a video chat a few days ago, Marco told us he got an interesting text from someone in Spain saying they had a mutual friend. Marco plans to meet Tania in Quito when she returns to Ecuador and help her connect with a church. Of course Tania is concerned her family will not understand her experiences in Spain but I told her God gives us wisdom and grace as we depend on Him.<\/p>\n

In a country where less than one percent know Christ, a young lady on a trip to a far country to \u2018find herself\u2019 instead found the One who created her and knows her better than Tania knows herself. Our Father in heaven longs for everyone to ask Tania\u2019s simple question: \u2018What is the will of God?\u2019 May all find the answer in the Son of Man who was lifted up to draw all people to Himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say \u2018No\u2019 to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope \u2014 the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave Himself to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good.\u201d Titus 2:11-14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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