Our last night in the hostel in Guatemala God challenged me. He asked me, “Erica, if I never give you another gift, and if I never show you another miracle other than your testimony, will it be enough.� It was a good heart check to make sure that I am focusing on the Giver, and not the gift. It took me a long time, with a lot of honesty, to finally be able to say yes- God you are truly enough for me.
But thankfully He isn’t done with me yet- with using me or blessing me. The morning after God and I had this little interaction He gave me one of the greatest gifts ever. Not only did I get to talk to my best friend on skype but I got to see how God is continuing to work without me in the states. A big part of my heart is still wrapped up in Campus Outreach and my friends back home and it is incredible to see Him working there. It is crazy to me to see Him using me in their lives as well as how He is using them in mine. It is awesome to see the unexpected things God can work through- like this silly little blog. That through this blog God is calling someone to be a missionary- I dont deserve that…. I think God is teaching me how to cry this year… joyful tears. I miss you all and I am so excited to see God working in your lives.
Of course, this trip has been nothing like I expected.
Our first night in San Salvador at the Teen Challenge building was incredible… after we found it. Seven hours of being crammed into a van with sweaty strangers followed by circling the same block for over an hour after almost getting left literally in a ditch at a random bus stop- we made it. That night we met the guys (Teen Challenge here is an all guy ministry for men in their teens to their fifties) and worshipped with them in Spanish. Then we were put on the spot as they asked us to share something with them (a spur of the moment sermon) followed by each of our testimonies. It was awesome. Loving it. Loving God.
Our team- Crash of Love- on top of Pacaya, the active volcano our squad hiked during our last day together in Guatemala
