Hola World!
I am almost done with my 3rd month of the World Race . I can’t believe the Race is going by so fast. I feel like at least once a day I find myself thinking “Whoa…time is flying”. I also have a tendency to repeat myself, so I’m sure I’m saying that out loud and my teammates are sick of it. Haha!
Life on the race is good, hard and just plain weird sometimes. I am living with 6 other girls. We share a room, a bathroom, clothes, food, drinks, personal space….everything. You tend to bond with people very quickly when you’re living how we are. For the most part it is easy, but some days are straight up hard. It’s hard learning how to die to yourself every single day. Most days being selfish is just not an option. But I’m thankful God uses that to grow us.
I love going to each country and realizing how alike we all are, we just live in different places and come from different situations. Last night (and over the past 3 weeks) we have sat in with the youth group on Saturday nights. If you know me, you know I have worked with youth for the past 5 or 6 years. I can’t even remember, it’s been that long. I absolutely love youth aged kids. I feel like the Lord gives me something each month that reminds me of home. The youth here definitely remind me of my youth kids back home (yes they are MY kids). You have the same ones in every group. The loud ones, the quiet ones, the ones that make you giggle, the ones that are way too cool for you, the awkward ones, the one kid that never stops talking…they’re seriously the same everywhere. I love them so much. My heart misses my youth kids back home. If you’re reading this, SHOUT OUT…I LOVE YOU!
Our time at Ciudad Refugio really has been incomparable. We have been welcomed in with open arms and felt so loved. The pastor prayed over us in the church service this morning to send us out for the rest of our Race. I looked up at the women in the program and one of them was bawling and giving us a thumbs up as the pastor spoke about us. I had to swallow hard and try not to burst into tears right then and there. I can’t even think about saying bye to them in 2 days. You definitely don’t think about having to say goodbye to people you give a little piece of your heart to each month. It’s hard, but I’m so thankful for these experiences! We leave Medellin on Tuesday night to meet up with the rest of our squad to hang for a few days and then head to Greece!
Here is a pic of my team and I after church this morning. Happy Easter!:
I hope you enjoyed my ramblings. I Gotta go. My team and I are sleeping on the roof tonight and watching Sandlot on the church’s projector. Rough life, right?!!? Here is a picture of the view from the roof of our ministry ( I know it’s a horrible photograph, but you get the idea):
Until Next Time…Ciao!
