Every day, I try to write a lil snippet of what happened over the day in a cute lil calendar. Over the past month I’ve been in two countries, at two different sites, doing a whole bunch of stuff and experiencing the Lord in so many different and new ways.
We’ve gone from Grace so Amazing, an incredible organization with a school and orphanage, to debrief in Boca Chica, where the whole squad got to rest together and be poured into by our leaders, coaches and mentor, to Hope Mountain, a place of incredible beauty and rest with our hosts who are absolutely dynamic church planters and children of God.
February
9th- Last day at the school! Painted faces for a Carnival/goodbye party and field day
10th- Hiked a mountain over a lake, so gorgeous. Only slipped twice on the way down. Lol.
11th- Meg dropped peanut butter on her foot. Lol.
12th- Cleaned the house and prepped to leave on Wednesday.
13th- Field day for house kiddos. Have dinner out in the courtyard with staff, kiddos, mommas, and all racers.
14th- Left Grace so Amazing. 13 hour travel day to debrief in Boca Chica.
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18th- Blaire got BAPTISED!
19th- Last day of debrief. Had a really really great conversation with Andrew.
20th- Left Boca Chica and travelled up to Hope Mountain, our hosts for the month
21st- Exploring Hope Mountain and spending time with Jesus
22nd- Started ministry, moved and organized wood
23rd- Great time with Jesus, moved wood so more
24th- Great team time today. Went to a shop in the village making hamburgers and hotdogs out of their garage, after dark, music blaring. So fun and so delicious.
25th- Squad worship and rest
26th- Finished moving and organizing wood! Washed my clothes.
27th- Adventure day at the beach! Had lunch with Megan, restocked on snacks and relaxed on the sand.
28th- I took my jeans off the clothes line, went to put them on and found a giant grasshopper just chilling inside. (Stay tuned for a blog on that, it was a defining moment in my life.)
March
1st- Had fried eggplant for dinner, it was SO GOOD.
2nd- Beauty for Ashes with all the girls on the squad
3rd- Court’s Birthday! Ran two miles with Ashley. Worship and all night prayer burn with the squad.
4th- Prayed from 5am to 6am for the prayer burn. Rested.
5th- Spent the day at the kids center in Puerto Plata. Those kiddos were so CUTE! Did a Noah skit, crafts, games, dancing and house visits.
6th- Adventure Day! Went to the 27 Waterfalls, had delicious pizza and restocked on snacks.
7th- Spent time with the Lord and filmed a video with my team.
8th- Worked out, cleaned the pool, had a bananagrams tournament and ate cake for dinner.
9th- Played ‘most likely to…’ for team time, read a book (also stay tuned for a list of the books I’ve read so far), wrote this blog and took a really lovely nap
We have a few more days left in the Dominican Republic before we fly to our next ministry in St. Ann, Jamaica. As we close out our second month on the race, I can’t help but think of all the ways I am shown the love and grace and faithfulness of the crazy amazing God we serve.
I love you all and want to leave you with a verse that has spoken to me so much this month:
He calmed the storm to a whisper and calmed the waves. What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor.
Psalms 107:29&30
