So this is Christmas…
A very strange Christmas. In fact it doesn’t feel like Christmas at all. I’m used to snow and Christmas trees, baking cookies and hearing Christmas music in every store I step in, staying up all night wrapping presents and eating so much food i’m ready to burst at the seams. Christmas has always been a time filled with family, from our little family of four to our extended family second cousins and all.
This year, evidently, is very different. Not only am I not with my family, but there is absolutely no snow and half the familiar Christmas tunes are in Spanish…But not being home this holiday season is teaching me a lot. I’ve learned to truly value the people around me, and seen that my team is my family too. We have become so close over our time in Honduras and I couldn’t imagine being with any other girls for these 9 months. Being away from home this holiday season has allowed me to really focus on the real reason we celebrate this holiday. Being up in the mountains of Honduras, away from the consumeristic western society & culture this year has given our team the ability to focus on the all the Lord has for us this season & rejoice in the birth of Christ. His love was so present through all of my generous, joy-filled teammates.
So although this was a very unusual Christmas, i’ve felt so close to the Lord and was able to experience the season in a new way.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
