My adventure has finally begun, my World Race has finally begun. Before, it was just a wish, a hope, a dream and now it is reality. El Salvador is more beautiful than I could have ever imagined: the people, the trees, the ocean. God has blessed my dauntless team immensely.
He has blessed us with a truly amazing host and location. Our host is funny, friendly, approachable, and full of the love of God. She overflows with passion for her ministry, us and her relationship with Jesus Christ. I am too excited to get to know her these next three months. She has so much to offer this world and this team.
And my, oh my, has God blessed us with location. I am a guest amongst beauty. A breath-taking ocean is a three minute walk away from the church I am living in and the church is full of life. It is landscaped by the greenest trees and blooming flowers and in the center of it all stands a two-story open church. The ground level is where the preaching and discussions take place and the second level is our home. It is so cool. I immediately hung up my ENO (hammock) between the banisters overlooking the town. These past two nights I have luckily been awoken by crazy storms. I would lay there, listening to the pounding rain, the roaring thunder and question. I would question whether or not I was about to be drenched by the rain, question what the heck I was doing here, question what God was going to do these next nine months. Hopefully, all these questions will be shown to me and to all of you before I finish the race.
You may have been surprised that I said was living in a church and not an orphanage, believe me, I was surprised too. My team and I came into this thinking our main ministry would be the orphans, that we would be pouring into them day in and day out. We now discovered that that is not the case and we actually will only be discipling them once a week. For me, this was a little bit of a disappointment and set back. I was so excited to be with them. Now, our ministry is more work-based. These past days we have spent our time pulling weeds and washing walls. Then, our future tasks for the month are to organize clothes and paint. At first, I was bummed we didn’t have a set ministry to be with the locals because I love people. I love learning, talking, and connecting with them. But, now I look to this lack of people ministry as a blessing to make our own and rely on God in doing so. It s terrifying, but an amazing opportunity. Please pray for boldness and creativity for my team in making an impact in this community.
ps pictures to be uploaded soon
