Hey Everyone! Just wanted to reach out to you guys since I haven’t in awhile.
I’ve been in Guatemala for about a month now and have been loving it. So much!!!
Let’s think, what’s new…
- The suns out everyday. I found out that it gets super hot in the day because I got a crazy bad sunburn the first week and I found out that it also gets super cold at night because I tried to sleep in my hammock on the first night and froze to death
- I’m eating WAY less carbs
- We ride Public Transportation everywhere (we call them chicken buses) which is INSANE! Their motto is ‘there’s always room for one more’. Fun fact: One time they put 30 people in a 12 passenger van
- WE HAVE GRASS!
- Sleeping in tents in the yard a couple nights for really no reason
- Gods presence is very much here
- Food is amazing!
- We’re working with the base here and building relationships through (drum roll)… SPORTS MINISTRY, with the small villages around us instead of evangelism everyday
- The base we’re staying at is in the middle of two cities so we’re sounded by land and our only neighbors are the police
- We’ve gotten much closer as a squad and these people are my family and I love them all so much. The holidays were hard but bearable because we had/have each other.
- Sometimes we play squad kickball in the yard! (One of my personal favs)
- I got a haircut which entailed me telling the barber to surprise me. Sure enough he did. My man Peter cut it ALL off.
- We’ve all grown immensely and it’s sooo noticeable in each other.
- Kyle thought up an idea to shoot a fictional action movie that he would direct and the cast consists of the whole guys team (Kyle, Nathan and I), Taylor our squad leader (aka Tay, Tay-tay or tank-top-Tay), Gel, Mackenzie and probably more I’m not sure, I end up dying in the first 2 mins.
- Making and eating 14 pancakes, 9 eggs and a bowl full of plantains on an off day with Nathan
- Washing laundry by hand
Other than that though, it’s pretty much the same.
I couldn’t thank God more for bringing me here. The staffs goal over them time we’re here is to push us and they’ve done a good job though the first month!
I’m currently praying that God would keep me uncomfortable and hungry. What that looks like is this: I don’t want to get comfortable with the growth that I’ve already seen in myself throughout the first 4 months because I want to strive for more growth and want to stay hungry and get even more hungry for Him so I won’t stop growing. He’s such a HUGE God and I want more!
Thanks so much for reading! It wasn’t super proper but at least I got one out.
God bless!
