My life consisted of the Lord, school, work, friends, food, and lots and lots of wifi. I came into the world race thinking it was in that order, when in reality it looked a lot like this, but with the Lord at the end of the list.
However, it wasn’t until arriving at my ministry site in Peru that I realized this. I am living at a church in an area called El Milagro. To say it’s a rough area would be an understatement and with the lack of wifi, school, work, and my old social circle I started feeling their absence. With out these things I can feel the holes piercing through me that have been emptied out by the lack of distractions I had in the states. I knew what I was signing up for. In fact the lack of distractions is why I wanted this. I knew it would be hard, but all I had was the expectation. Now that I am living it in real time, it’s even harder. So if you were to ask me to describe my first week of the world race in one word I would say empty, but that is a good thing. Now that I am aware of the empty parts I can fill them with the Lord and slowly, but surely I’ve been seeing him do that. My life right now only consists of the Lord and 5 other teammates, and despite what you may believe, that’s a huge upgrade. I didn’t realize how much I was hiding from God, until I had nothing to hide behind. I am broken, very broken, but the Lord is fixing that. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Until then I will leave you with the lovely view I wake up to every morning. God Bless.
