I never wrote a blog about Peru.
I had nothing good to say.
I started making a recap video but I couldn’t get the music to work so I gave up.
Overall, The month was hard and frustrating
I didn’t feel connected to the ministry,
We were working at a kindergarten for two hours in the morning.
I loved working with kids but I didn’t feel like we were doing much.
We went out evangelizing for two days, which simply consisted of walking door to door handing out tracts.
We were working with Team Radical which I LOVED and it made me so happy to work with them but I was struggling with so many things in Peru that I just didn’t connect to anything.
Trujillo was beautiful and I loved being in a city scene but In Milagro where we worked it was all sand and trash. It smelled awful and it made your heart break to see it everyday.
After Bolivia, my whole squad stayed in La Paz for three days before getting to Lima where we stayed for an extra day and then headed off to Trujillo (28 hours on a bus)
When in La Paz I was struggling because I felt like my team was separating and falling apart after having a GREAT month in Bolivia with only each other.
Then once we got to Peru people started talking about team changes and I was absolutely terrified!
At the end of the month we had debrief and team changes were going to happen,
I cried thinking about how much time and energy I invested in my team and how much I invested in loving my team and everyone individually
and now all of that is getting taken away from me and I didn’t feel like we were to a comfortable place as a team.
Bolivia was such a stepping stone and Peru was such a HUGE step back.
It felt like as soon as we realized that we were going to have team changes, my team just gave up.
So I was struggling because my team was incredibly important to me.
Throughout the month God gave me a great peace about team changes before going into it.
He helped me come to a place where I was excited for change! I was sad about losing my Firestarters but I was excited about what God had next.
I never wrote a blog about Peru because I had nothing good to say.
I had nothing fun or exciting.
The race isn’t always fun or exciting sometimes its hard and frustrating, sometimes it feels like you’re walking through quicksand with your arm stretched out and you’re trying to reach for someone to pull you out but the only one that can help you is God.
God pulled me out of the quicksand JUST in time for team changes and he gifted me with an absolutely unforgettable month in Ecuador with a great new team.
Stay tuned for my next blog!
Also, I still need to raise $3,700 before I am fully funded and I need to reach that goal by July 1st My race is not done yet and I know it. I know there is so much more I have yet to do and learn and more people I have to bless and more people to bless me. Please help support me in any way you can so I can finish the race! Click on the “support me” button on the left to send a donation!
