you always hear there’s no place like home. and it’s true. there really is no place like new braunfels, texas, river city church, driving river road with on the grind in my hand with my boyfriend and all my friends and family fifteen minutes away.
but man oh man has the lord just reminded me that there is no place i would rather be than here in his love.
in guatemala my teams’ ministry is in parramos where we work at an old folks’ home once a week, teach english in a public school once a week, work in a church called restoring the family and teach bible studies to kids, and spend the rest of our ministry time asking the lord where he wants us to walk, whose feet he wants us to wash, what words to speak, becoming dependent on hearing his voice loud and clear.
it has been so special to spend two weeks here already loving on these people, resting in community, learning what and who i am in the lord.
there is no place i would rather be than here in his love learning that he calls me adored and treasured and the girl of his eyes. not the girl of his dreams, but through the eyes of the lord he calls me so freaking adored. not based on outward appearance or even my personality or who i think i am or who anyone else thinks i am, but based on my spirit and soul and everything that he created me to walk into. thats the girl he calls treasured.
the girl who sits in the sun majority of the time here.
the girl who wants to bring truth and wisdom.
the girl who craves the affection of the lord.
the girl who paints and writes and reflects.
the girl who is afraid to look weak and imperfect but yet the lord calls her perfectly imperfect.
the girl who falls at the feet of the father with an open and obedient heart.
the girl who basks in the beauty of creation.
the girl who makes mistakes.
the girl who yearns for so much learning.
the girl who is walking in adornment of the father.
the girl who accepted boldness and freedom as the truth.
the girl who is excited for so much growth.
i just ask that you continue to pray for the rest of my time in guatemala and start praying for the people in ethiopia, thailand, and malaysia. that my squad and i just sit in expectance for the lord to move and work because he’s already doing it. two weeks in and i already see the world in such a different way, hopefully stepping closer and closer to seeing it in the eyes and perspective of the lord.
life is oh so good.
signing off for now,
charlie<3
