vessels that leak.

Its really not about the eyeglasses.
Seems like a funny thing to say especially for a ministry named God's Eyes but every year I believe that statement more and more.
Last year we of course distributed many thousands of new prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses but I think what we really did was to begin to pour out the love that Father poured into us.

This is what happens when you do that..... (written down for His glory)

The blind and visually impaired see clearly.
Eyes are saved from becoming damaged.
Doctors quit their practices to become part of our ministry full time.
Air traffic controllers retire early and go into the ministry full time.
Full time eye services become available where there once were none.
Money shows up for the ministry from people we have never met;
sometimes from people we don't know at all.
Restaurants hold fund raisers for us.
Churches call US and become partners.
Churches increase their support to us without us even asking.
Retired couples from all over the world team up with us;
some even become our in-country ground teams.
Someone donates a car to us.
Friends nominate us for awards, and we become finalists for
the Epoch Missions Awards.
A church gives us both the entire first and second services to speak at.
Customs agents leave their post as our supplies pass though.
More than a hundred people volunteer to help us.
Eye Centers hold fund raisers for us.
New optical equipment is donated.
In one of the worst economies in history, record amounts are donated to us.
A eye glass frame company partners with us.
Articles in magazines and newspapers are written about us.
A national missionary group sends film teams to make videos for us
then distributes it for viewing around the country.
Rooms in clinics are built and then given to us.
Churches in small villages become crowded with new believers.
The kingdom of Heaven is expanded.

Father does all of this for us, none of it is by our doing.
He offers an NEVER ENDING supply of love.
He is always looking for vessels that He can pour through.
Pouring out love is the first step to living an extraordinary life.

Pray that in 2012 we get even more holes in our vessel, then ......
come pour out His love with us,
bryan