Recently God has been putting the word freedom on my heart. Freedom is something I have struggled with for a long time. I always get too caught up in the way others will view me or I think too much about the future instead of living in the moment. God has been teaching me a lot about living my life in freedom in both big ways and small in the last week.
The other day, during our orientation, it started to down pour. Due to the metal roofs, it became so loud we couldn’t hear anything so we took a break for a while. During this break some people decided to play in the rain. So many thoughts of why not to play in the rain were running through my head; I don’t want to sit in orientation wet, it’s cold and I don’t want to get sick, I don’t want to get these clothes dirty because I don’t have that many clean ones left, and so many more. Though all of these thoughts were going through my head, I remembered what God has been telling me about living in freedom. I let go of my concerns and I chose to live in the moment, and in that moment I felt free. I ran, danced and played games in the rain and it brought an immense amount of joy into my life.
This is a small example but one that is so true. We so ofter get caught up in so many other things that we forget to live in the moment. We forget about the little moments but in the big picture, those are the ones that matter the most. So want to challenge you to live in the moment this week. Take the time to find freedom even in the storms of life. Take advantage of the little things because at the end of the day you will realize they were the big things.
On another note, we arrived in Guatemala on Wednesday and have been going through orientation, leaning about the culture, and leaning to teach English to Guatemalans since then. Monday we will be starting ministry and I could not be more excited!
Thank you so much to all those who have been praying for my team and I. There in no way we could do this without the support of all our family and friends! If you feel led, I still need to raise around $5,000 till I am fully funded.
