Ahoy! I am in El Salvador, specifically in San Vicente! It is HOT here, not only temperature wise, but also spiritually. God is spiking up the heat this month. My team’s feedback sessions are gifts from the Lord because He gives us words for each other that permeates to our core and confirms truths He is revealing in us. For me personally, my prophetic voice and the gift of healing is being increased. It’s crazy when I take a step back and think about where I was just a few months ago. That’s just a little update on how life is going for me right now, but there’s something that’s been on my heart so I am gonna spend most of my blog time writing about that. Get ready…
So, many of you have been seeing the GORGEOUS lakes, places, and things that God has been placing in my lap, and I’m not sure how you feel about all that. Does jealousy spring up? Does something in you want to experience things like that too? Do you question whether this is truly a missions trip? I’m sure some of these rise up in you. It’s been bothering me because some of my squad mates feel guilty posting pictures of the beautiful places and spaces. They only want to reveal the hard and gritty things that we are encountering. My spirit wrestled with this because part of me understands why they would want to hold back, but then all of me is like no! No, no, no!
God has been reminding me that all of the beautiful places are gifts and blessings from Him. They are rewards if you will. For me and all the racers out there, it took a LOT for us to leave home, leave our family and friends, and pack up a few weeks’ worth of stuff and follow the Lord. His plan for us was this race, but His plan for you may be different. Either way, when you say YES to what He is asking you to do, He will BLESS you. Our journeys and paths don’t always mean pain and turmoil. God wants the BEST for you and me. He delights in even the smallest things that bless our hearts. For me, getting to sit with my head out of the window while we drive has been a tiny gift from Him. Feeling the wind on my face and just getting to relax is good for my soul. And He knows that. Last night I rode back from the beach in the back of a pickup truck. I stood the whole way on the back window bars so that the top half of my body was in the air flowing freely in the wind. He knows that was special for me.
(my soul sister sisk and I basking in the wind and the sun on the 8 hour van ride to el salvador)
He knows what’s special for you. Whether it’s Starbucks, chocolate, flowers, or other little things, He wants to give you them! Don’t hide when God blesses you. He longs to bless you! He has been preparing me and just waiting and waiting to show me these Lakes, beaches, people, things, and different sides of Him. You may not be drawn out to foreign countries like me, but even in the little things He is asking you to do, please obey Him. Listen to what He is asking of you and say YES! I want you to experience the amazing things He has waiting for you!!! These pictures are examples and demonstrations of the BEAUTY He wants to show you. The pain, the turmoil, and the grit are worth it. Trust me. Just look for yourselves…
The beautiful Lake Atitlan
Volcan Picaya
View from the cross at the top of the city of Antigua in Guatemala
Casta del Sol beach in El Salvador
My team Raja and one of the squad leaders, caitlin, at the beach 🙂
us and our contact juanito carlito aka juan carlos attempting to do a jumping picture hehe
BE BLESSED AND SAY YES!!!
