Since coming on the race, I’ve learned a lot about what we like to call “the victim
circle.” The victim circle pretty much asks the question “Are you going to let life,
circumstance, or people dictate your joy, or are you going to take control of these
factors and know that God is still good?” Recently I have been wrestling with this a
lot. It is the holiday season, and I want to be with my family. I haven’t been able
to go anywhere alone in three months and I’ve recently found out that I actually
thrive on independence. I don’t oppose a little attention here and there, but I’m
really frustrated about not being able to go anywhere without people staring at me
because I’m a tall, blond-haired gringa. With that being said, I have decided to
take what I’ve learned from the victim circle and trust that God does things for a
reason and believe that he brought me here this year because He knew it would bare
fruit.
One of the places my team and I had been working with is called Elim. This is a
ministry for children who live in or near the trash dump in Trujillo. Every Saturday
morning we got to play floorball with the kids and every Saturday night we ran a
bible study. These precious people have taught me so much about not letting life,
circumstance, or people control my joy. Every day I was with them, I could see joy
in their spirits. They work, live, and go to school in the trash dump and they still
decide to show up to a bible study where they sing about how good their God is. Many
of them would show up with ash all over their faces but I could still see the joy
shining through.
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