Life in The Family International

Vas: Well hey you all. We are still here in Guadalajara and starting to play about five concerts a week. So we are officially starting out, and of course the stress of keeping on top of making sure our material is good and pulling off a good performance for the audience is weighing heavy on us. We all are wanting to make sure we are transmitting the love of Jesus. I guess it’s a miracle in itself that we made it this far so the Lord has to help us make it the rest of the way.

I remember when starting out the Lord told me I would need extra faith and I would need to work on getting that faith by having extra time with Him in his Word and in prayer and this is definitely the case. We have been in some situations where our faith has been tested and stretched which has been good for me. I definitely see the need to get extra time with the Lord to build my faith. Playing music for me takes a lot of faith as well because you can’t fake it—if your music doesn’t have that spark and charisma that only comes from a supernatural source then it just won’t work, and I am desperate for that spark. Really it’s the spirit of God we need to always have when we play so we can draw people to Jesus, as He said “If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto Me” and this is what we are trying to do.

We want to be wise because so many have a bad taste in there mouth from bad experiences with Christians and we want to be a sample of the love of Jesus as well as convict people to do more for others but not condemn them or pretend we are better than them. So many Christian countries have killed in the name of Jesus and are not a sample of doing things to benefit those in need, so this makes it hard for other Christians especially, if people don’t see that what they are doing is because of love, since in this day and age it is hard to find the true love of Christ. I am not pretending to be a benevolent soul that is always thinking of others, but I know that this is what Jesus wants of me and I pray each day that He can manifest Himself in me so I can be that through Him.

Vas and Joni are members of The Family International and are fulltime missionaries in Mexico. Vas helps to organize outreach, writes, records and produces music, plays in a band, performs and does shows, counsels young people and engages in evangelism. Joni teaches her four children, evangelises, performs and does shows, sings and records and assists The Family childcare board. More about Vas and Joni

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