We’ve been Colombia a week now! The time has flown by. As a team we’ve spent most of our time helping with afterschool crafts, bible stories, preaching in church, and teaching English in farm schools. It has been a blessing to watch the children laugh and play. I have been humbled greatly in this last week. My team has done an amazing job at putting themselves into situations of vulnerability with all the kids, just to have a chance to encourage and help them. It has been amazing to watch! God has been working in my own heart this last week, today was the first time I felt some head way being made in resolving my struggles. Being the only person with no Spanish skills at all on the team, it quickly became apparent that I was not prepared for my time here in South America. God has been using this time of ignorance to teach me something his love. Only today did it finally stick inside of me. While we were at a farm school teaching, I found myself at a loss of what I could do to help. The lies of being useless begin to pour in my head. In that moment the only thing that I heard louder than anything else was “go be my hand and feet”. I can’t speak the language but I can speak to their hearts. I can be a child with them. Encourage them, smile with them, or just hold them. God reminded me that I don’t have to speak to make an impact. These are his children and he wants to love them. Today I got to be Gods hands to hold and love his beautiful children. 
