This is the lesson
that I have been learning this month.  I
knew that when I came on this trip I would be changed and I knew change
wouldn’t be easy, but I am not sure I knew just how God would challenge and
change me.  This month he has used my
teammates to challenge me.  Living in
community is wonderful, but also at the same time hard.  Luann compared it to marriage and honestly it
is.  We agreed to join this team and be a
part of this team “For better, or worse. 
For richer, or poorer.  In
sickness, and in health.”  When God put
this team together he put us together because he knew we would be a challenge
to each one and we would cause one another to grow.  That is what is happening with me this month.

 

I know I’ve said it
before but in case you haven’t read the previous blogs, I am an introvert and I
find it hard to sometimes push myself out of the box I’m use to.  Lately, 
my teammates have been challenging me to be bold in my speech and
actions.  It isn’t easy and sometimes I get
frustrated with it.  Yet at the same time
I am glad that I have a team who wants to invest in me and push me to change
and be different than I am.  To help me
to grow more into the person that God has planned for me to be.  Change isn’t easy, but it is good.