I made it. I am in Guatemala, and I thank God everyday for bringing me here. I look back at the last few months and am in awe of how He orchestrated this, and to all those who took part in it and offered what you had to get me here, thank you so much! Whether you donated money, poured into me to offer wisdom, or just gave me support when I began to lose heart, I am so thankful for your obedience and your willingness to offer up your resources. I want to give a few big shoutouts to those who I simply couldn’t reach any other way; a few people along the way taught me a huge lesson on humility. I’m speaking to those who donated to my trip anonymously, whether you sent in a $25 donation or if you were the one who sent in $3000. What a statement it was to show that this money wasn’t coming from any one person, but rather it was God behind it all. This blog is for those who offered what they had to me in order that I may be where I am now.
In this first week, God has shown me so much, or maybe He just opened my heart to what I’d been ignoring for some time. As we got rolling here, I was struggling with some identity issues and found myself questioning why God wasn’t using me in places that I wanted Him to. I was choosing situations in which I wanted God to use me, and tried to force myself into them. However, my heart was softened, and then He began to speak to me. He wants to use me on His terms, not my own, and I found peace in that. From there, I began to listen to where the Spirit would call me and only then would I move forward.
Upon realizing that, I have been overwhelmed with comfort, even as I found my way around Antigua for three hours looking for anyone I knew, even as I buzzed my head to get rid of some lice I received, I knew that this is where God wanted me and that I was doing the work that He laid out for me.
Friends, I tell you, God is good and He is more than enough.
In Christ,
Thomas
