My brain is spinning in the best way possible. Africa, wow, we have less than 30 days left here. This has for sure been a resting and such a growing season. I can’t think of another time in my life where I’m going to be this secluded, this unplugged from the world, and this comfortable in having almost nothing. God has shown me how to prevail when I feel like failing and falling into the midst of the devils temptations of even the small things like staying in bed when I could walk outside and play with kids or even when I could choose to sleep in instead of being at breakfast on time. These insignificant lessons you may see now and think they wouldn’t matter in the future, but in reality these decisions are the ones that are going to determine a life time spending with they Lord and a life time on my own trying to get by with my own knowledge of the world.
I can’t believe this time is coming to a close. There’s talk about flights home and plans after the race and where everyone is going when we part ways. It’s hard imagining not living with the same 45 people everyday. “Staying present” throughout the rest of the time of the race has been a consistent theme along with these conversations, but sometimes you can’t help but think about the beginnings of a new life style you haven’t lived in 9 months. The people, the air conditioning, food, cars, WiFi (ALL THE TIME), family, friends, my own bed/room, and of course how my emotional state is going to be. Oh Lord, bless my mind. Prepare me for what is to come, even transferring into a more “normal” country where things may seem more familiar. Protect my heart and soul to continue to prepare me for the challenges that are to come. Continue to help me keep my eyes on your truth that I will not be hindered by what others think or say. I want to be a house built on the rock that cannot be shaken.
Again thank you all for being a constant support for my race and journey with the Lord. I can’t begin to describe how much the race has matured, increased my knowledge about our God, and given me a new sense of the spirit through my time out of the states. I will forever have these crazy memories from the field. The best part is I still have about 4 more months to experience the crazy ways God works in the other countries in Central America. Continue to keep praying for my fellow teammates and squad mates, that they would be fully funded very soon! Pray that God has already provided for them and will continue to bless them in ways they can’t even imagine. Sickness is also being spread around in our squad and a bunch of us have lice, including me lol!! Now I can say I’ve had the full race experience with lice and all! So pray these little bugs GOD AWAY IN JESUS NAME! The kitchen ladies and our squad leaders have been a huge blessing with the hair masks that they makes for us and the leaders that picked through over a dozen heads! WE HAVE THE BEST LEADERS! (Ashley Hewitt, Deb Ulsh, Taylor White, Luis Lam)
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God bless!!
