Right here, right now, as I sit at a Taco Bell in Guatemala, my dad and sister (along with a small team of medical missionaries) are at the opposite side of Central America, working in clinics and I know in my heart that amazing things are happening because I was once there.
It’s crazy to think that three years ago today I was down in Panama watching blind people receive sight, coloring alongside little kids, counting pills that would restore someone’s health back to normal, watching minor procedures, and gaining a whole new perspective on what the world really looks like. Though it was only ten days, that trip radically changed my faith. It was enough to change my heart. It was enough to begin paving the way for the Lord to send me to the nations for nine months.
Part of the trip was a couple days at the end spent at a resort and I vividly remember walking around and looking at how good I got it (even in the same country), and truly feeling distraught and sad. My heart 100% ached because there were still people who weren’t helped, people who had nothing, people living well below the poverty line, and still these were the happiest people I had ever seen. The Lord planted missions in my heart, but at that point I still had no clue this is where I would be three years later. The Lord does some pretty amazing things in our lives, am I right?!
So here I am now, working at a school in Guatemala and feeling so at home. Antigua is truly a special place and I am so grateful that the Lord has brought me here. He is working in my heart in so many ways. Never in my life have I craved the Lord more. I long to seek Him in deeper and more intimate ways. I am learning what it truly looks like to live in constant community with Him. I am discovering what it looks like to have a more radical faith. I am growing bolder in my walk with the Lord. I am seeking him in different ways and realizing he speaks through them all. I am constantly praying that the Lord strips me of my flesh and helps me to be his hands and feet as I walk through the streets, work with my kiddos, hang out with my teammates and squad, and finish out my fifth month on the race.
Thank you Jesus for those ten days in Panama that paved the way to where I sit today. Thank you for constantly shaping and reshaping my heart. Thank you for pushing me to new limits in our relationship here in Antigua. I truly can’t wait to see what more you do in the next four months. God, you are just too good to me!!
Also, side note! Drew, my teammate, is fully funded!! Wow, it still just leaves me speechless! Thank you and thank you again for all the support, financially and through prayer. Words just cant thank enough! And I am happy to announce the Team Sol is completely funded!! God is so good!!
Also, side side note! My parents are going to be here in Antigua with me in just twenty-seven short days! I am so excited to give them a big huge hug!! They have offered to bring some handwritten letters, so if interested please contact them! I would LOVE to have a small memento from you all to carry with me for the last three months of my race!
