1. Opinions, not all of them need to be said.
2. Expectations, don’t always make them.
3. Sometimes I just need to SHUT UP.
Aside from that-
I’m currently living with two other groups. A group of guys as well as another group of girls.
We have had the privilege in staying in our ministries youth home for these next 3 months.
We have bunk beds, a working toilet with toilet paper, we even have a washer. YAY
Friday we started our ministry sight at a school teaching about drug awareness and we gave a brief testimony of our experience with some of the drugs we were teaching about. We got to share with the class about how the Lord had rescued us from those addictions and how our testimonies have been used to speak life into other people that have walked down the same path.
Saturday we slept in and walked around the city, had lunch for one of our teammates birthday and after had team time.
The language barrier has truly been heartbreaking, I’ve so deeply desired to speak life into some certain people I’ve come in contact with and I haven’t been able to. A lot of our squad is either fluent in Spanish or can speak enough to make small conversations and I’m THAT Texas girl that can hardly roll her R’s … I got really discouraged our first day with it while our team played dodge ball with the kids, I sat with some of the quieter girls that didn’t wanna play, and kinda just awkwardly loved on her by rubbing her back or her shoulder. She probably was like “ what the heck is this gringo doing” but I did it…awkwardly .. haha
The Lord really showed me that IF I’m not able to speak a single word in Spanish on this trip that my actions are truly going to have to represent Jesus. Which I can say is probably a weakness of mine. Talk to me about scripture.. WE GUCCI.. but you want me to do more? ekk. . So Im super stoked to see how the Lord is going to stretch me in this area and I’m just continually asking the Lord to reveal whatever sin is preventing me from living that out fully.
On the bright side, Antigua feels like home. This feels natural, I am completely in love with this place, along with the culture and the people. Excited to see what the Lord has in store these upcoming weeks.
Don’t stop praying for our teams, our leaders and the people we come into contact with. Pray for opportunities for the gospel to be shared, opportunities for us to step out of our comfort zones.
Thank you guys for all of yalls support and encouraging words these past months, they have impacted me immensely.
*love texas
