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         Andy & Jessie Clark

             Missionaries in

​           Tecate, Baja California      

Tecate Mission International

"If God wills."

12/10/2013

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One thing I thought of, that I would share is how people will respond to a question you may have. This morning I asked a lady if something would be arriving tomorrow that Jessie had ordered. She responded with "Si Dios quiere, manana va a llegar."  which translated means, "If God wants, tomorrow it will arrive."  It is customary for people to respond this way which is taken right from scripture James 4:15 which says: Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”  (NKJV) In my mind, I often wonder what they really mean by this when they respond to a question with this? What do they think with regards to what God's will? The Christians here say it as well. We had a lady come to clean our house  awhile back and when asked if she would come back the next week she would say the same thing. I would respond by saying "Yes, I believe it is." At first she would look at me with a puzzled look on her face. Later on she would say it and would laugh after I would respond to her because it was so ingrained in her vocabulary and how she would respond to questions.

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