Weekly Update// Summer Intern Lily Stride

Good Afternoon Asbury, 

This is Lily Stride, Asbury's summer intern, and I’m excited to share about my week with all of you. This past week has been a whirlwind. As some of you know, I was in Costa Rica working with the organization Agua Viva Serves, which works to provide safe and clean water to less fortunate areas of Los Chiles. During the week we worked on building an office and a septic system in a small village in Los Chiles, as well as providing a Vacation Bible School to the local children.

I am forever grateful for this experience, and I learned so much about people and God's beautiful creation. Seeing God came so naturally in Los Chiles and I can’t wait to go back. 

Looking ahead to this Sunday, Pastor Chris will be finishing his

series on the Soul. His main focus will be how to restore the soul in times of struggle.

I found this scripture that reminds me of how intentionally and beautifully God made the Earth, and I wanted to share it with you. 

Psalm

104:24-30

"24 How many are your works, Lord!

In wisdom you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.

25 There is the sea, vast and spacious,

teemingwith creatures beyond number—

living things both large and small.

26 There the ships go to and fro,

and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

27 All creatures look to you

to give them their food at the proper time.

28 When you give it to them,

they gather it up; when you open your hand,

they are satisfied with good things.

29 When you hide your face,

they are terrified; when you take away their breath,

they die and return to the dust.

30 When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground."

Lily Stride