My Travel Day:)
Ethiopia to Dublin, Dublin to Canada, spent the day in Canada and then flew into Costa Rica for Awakening. Yeah it was a long day. Awakening is a refresher for all the squads that just so happen to be in the same country at the same time. In this case Gap Year R Squad, 11n11 Q Squad, semester group, and my squad. (You can look more into each of those on the World Race website). We get to come together and worship our Father under one roof. We had conversation with each other without a translator. Adventuring around the gorgeous campus was a dream coming from the dry season in Ethiopia to the forest green everywhere in Costa Rica. It’s crazy how much of God you can see in nature. The trees would sway as if their hands were lifted as high as they could to praise the Lord. The little waterfalls would have reminded you of how peaceful the presence of God is. And for three day we got to experience this overwhelming peace from the Lord. I’ll talk more about Awakening in another blog.
When I left Ethiopia
I do want to tell you that on 3/1/19 we said good bye to our family in Ethiopia. That was the most heart wrenching thing I’ve experienced on the race. The relationships I’ve created not only in the HOPEthiopia community but within the Harbu Chulule village will never be forgotten. The sweet lady who serves us coffee in a little shack named Mascerm, she showed me how to serve and love others no matter where their from or their skin color. The first time I came into her little restaurant and sat down for coffee and injera I was taken back by the small stools and the tables all six of us sat around. It definitely isn’t the normal restaurant setting. She brought out the tea cups and the coffee pot. Mascerm poured the coffee pot about a foot away from the cup and filled it to the brim or until I overflowed. I later asked our host why they fill the cups like that and he told me it was out of respect. In the Ethiopian culture the women pour the cups until it is full to the top to show that they have high respect from you. If the cup isn’t full, my host described it as “small respect.” I thought this was pretty cool because at first she didn’t know any of us frengies (this is what the locals call us, basically saying “white people”). Locals here open up their door and serve with all of their hearts if they know Christ or not. That’s one thing I’ll definitely take back to the States. I want to be hospitable to everyone I meet and freely give to those in need.
Where He Has Me Now
God is showing me that no matter where I am in the world that His presence is always with me. I have the power to be Christ to everyone I meet because he lives inside of me. We as Christians have the authority to let Christ use us to do miraculous things. I’m currently in Nicaragua and I’ll create a blog that describes more of where I am. If I could leave you with one thing that would be to never forget that His Holy Spirit is always within you and choose to listen when he speaks because he will use you to perform miracles when you say yes.
