Daughter of the King
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
Today was the day! Got up at 4:50 this morning to gather my cosas and head out the door! (Cosas = things)
It's so crazy. 5 whole months! They definitely have not been easy. But I have grown so much! And sometimes I don't know how to put my finger on it, but I feel different. God's been working hard on my heart, even when I try to stop him, or when I don't even notice. I have grown incredibly close with my Mexican team, and I am SO sad that they are not with me right now. Right now my mind is in shock I think haha. I keep thinking I see my fellow classmates in the corner of my eye then I look and they are not there. And then a few minutes ago I thought I heard bailey, and then it was her voice coming from a different face. One moment you are spending every day all day for 149 days, eating together, going to class, having bonfires, going to oxxo or the beach, sleeping in close courters. Living together. Doing life juntos. And then the next moment, you are all alone sitting in an airport. I shouldn't be so depressing haha, I am excited to go back home! I can't wait to see my familia. (Though Tyson won't be there and that does make me sad) Ahhhh you know what I will miss so much!!! SPANISH!!! Spanish is my love. haha I love it, I need it. I will die without it. hahaha anyways. I am being weird. So I will talk a little bit about Outreach. And share some pics finally :) I believe the last place I left off was when we were about to head to the indigenous tribes. That was an experience. The first 3 days I felt sick, so that wasn't that fun. Here our team was challenged a lot, we had to preach preach and preach! And there are a few, or many on our team who struggle with public speaking. (myself included) But we all had to preach at least once. And it was actually super cool, because we CAN do it. God HAS taught us things. We do HAVE things to say. In the mountains we ate a lot of hand made corn tortillas, beans, beans, a few more beans, and some eggs, and a little bit more eggs, and TONS of this one red soup with a freshly killed then boiled chicken in it. Tim, a member of our equipo also had the chance to partake in a killing. Besides that! It was so so so beautiful there!!!! And the people were beautiful! It was hard for me that I couldn't talk to anyone, the kids especially! I am so used to being able to communicate through spanish but ahhh another language? I remember one moment the kids were being ridiculously loud, and I just wanted to say please be quiet and leave hahahaha but I couldn't!! (I was also sick that day so give me some grace) I also got to translate three preachings :) (English to spanish to the local language) and I got to preach twice in Spanish. I am honestly so blown away by God. I have been praying to learn spanish for a long time! And to be at the level that I am at by only actually having been in Mexico for a short time is crazy, I pretty much taught myself at home hahaha (If you need tips, I am here ! ) I remember writing on here way back when that I want prayer to learn spanish, and here I am ! everyone depending on me haha It's such a blessing to be able to speak. After the mountains, we went to two different communities that were a bit more modern but still not like modern modern. haha We spent time praying, a little bit of preaching, and doing dramas. Then our last week we spent the first day in a Christian School, which was super cool. We did a few dramas, Taylor gave her testimony for the older kids and I lead a kids bible story. Which is something where I have also grown in. In the past speaking in front of kids freaked me out. Cause they don't pay attention!!!! but now, I have learned to keep my calm, wait till they are quiet, then continue without getting flustered. I told the story of David and Goliath a lot. Because I love that Storyyyyyyy!!!! I could write a sermon on it! haha Verse I love which I would get the kids to repeat. "The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." It doesn't matter what people say or think. What matters is what God thinks! And even if we are small it doesn't matter, nothing can stop us if God is on our side! I just really love David's attitude and how when he sees the Israelites, and how the are so scared of Goliath, he is confused at how Goliath could be defying the people of God. Like, doesn't Goliath know who our God is? No fear! Anyways. I learned a valuable lesson this last week. I don't want to go in detail, but there has been something in my life that I haven't been letting go or giving to God. Hence I had a hard time going to God because I sensed I needed to give him this area of my life but I never was doing it, so I never received his complete joy that he wants to give me! But then I finally did it, and God filled me with his joy and peace and even though it's hard, it's good because I am in his will. And there is no greater joy than being in the will of the Father. He knows what's best. He knows!!!!! He knows. I just need to obey and trust. He is a good good good Father. He has been a Dad for a long time, and he has my best in mind! ahh so amazing and amazing. Trust him!!!!! Obey!! I am about to board the airplane :) I will add the pictures when I get home
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