The world race is now done and I got home last night. 9 months have passed since leaving home. Those first days in Ecuador now seem like a dream. I never would have believed you if you had told me Junior/Senior year of high school that I would be finishing this trip, seeing all of the things that God did, yet here I am. These 9 months exposed me to God in such a real true way. I would have never expected to see the ways he has moved in and some of them just seem unreal. But God is so real. He has shown his perfect love to me and all of us. He has such a crazy love for us.
Thank you for your support these last 9 months, and the several months before that I was raising support for the trip. It has meant so much to me to have your financial support, encouragement, and prayers all along the way. Sometimes when I blogged, I didn’t feel like I had the perfect thing to say, but wanted to let you hear some part of my life on this trip because you have been such a big part of my journey. Thank you for being that big part.
Now, here is a glimpse at what I am looking to do in the future.
In the Fall: I will be working, getting fluent in Spanish, and travel a little bit.
In the Spring and after:
I really thought that I was going to go into the firefighting field but God has changed my plans. This change of plans somewhat shocked me. Firefighting was something that I really was excited about. All of the details were coming together, the lifestyle of a firefighter seemed perfect for me, and there was a set number of things I had to do to get into that career field. But I felt God calling me another way about 3 weeks ago.
So this is what God has laid on my heart. I am looking at returning to Guatemala hopefully after going into EMT/Paramedics, and maybe get a Wilderness EMT certificate. This could look like a few years in the states, I’m not really sure, as God led me to this a couple of weeks ago. God let me see the disabilities of many people in Guatemala, most of which came about because they couldn’t afford the medical attention of a simple thing, weren’t close enough to a medical center, or spoke an indigenous Mayan language and couldn’t communicate with the health care. There are still a lot of details that I need to figure out, but that is the main direction I am going. If you want to know more about what I am thinking or just more about my trip in person, I would love to talk about it!
