Hey pals… Its been a while. Living in Africa was real real cool and real real hard. Way wild. We lived surrounded by mountains and it was the most beautiful. I am learning a lot and life is moving so fast and the Lord did some real sweet things here in my heart while in Africa.
Guatemala is so so beautiful. It is filled with so much color and a couple of volcanos and a million flowers and really cool buildings. The first day we got here, we got off the plane and loaded all fifty of us up on a bus and headed to Casa De Fuego, the hostel we were staying at for a debrief. Just a few of my most favorite things are golden retrievers, flowers, and spaghetti… and when we arrived at Fuego there was a GOLDEN RETRIEVER AND SO MANY BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND WE ATE SPAGHETTI FOR DINNER. It was the most wonderful. I am currently living in San Raymundo with the pals (Abbs, Reesie Jane, Em, and Laur). We are teaching school and loving on lots of kiddos. I am loving playing music these days and eating tacos and exploring all the beautiful things the Lord has for me in these last two months.
The Lord has been showing me lots of compassion. He is teaching me a whole bunch about His tenderness. He is really the MOST sweet. Jesus is taking me deeper into loving people and really showing me how much He enjoys us. He delights in us. He is continuously inviting us in with big open arms want us to enjoy Him.
The Lord has been calling me to new places of overcoming. Places I don’t know how to step into on my own. He has been tearing down my walls and constantly showing me how to keep taking steps towards freedom. Compassion is how the Lord has been molding my heart these days. The word was placed on my heart a couple of months ago while I was in Thailand. The Lord has been gentle and tender to me, constantly showing me how much he wants to sit with me as we confront all of the hard things of life. Something I have been cooking on is how it’s easy to say we never stop growing or learning yet we seem to regularly regard this stagnant, empty feeling creeping in. I have recently been asking the Lord what my places of emptiness are and how we can embrace them together. Something I have struggled with and constantly have to take to the Lord is doubt. Sometimes in the morning when I sit down with the Lord I look at the blank page of my journal and wonder what is propelling me forward keeping me asking for more. I let my mind ponder this fear of the unknown and in these times of confusion, I have two choices. I can either choose to take captive that thought by very honestly taking it to the Father, or we can sit in it an let it fester. I believe that He has given me this deep desire to fill my emptiness and help others fill theirs. He places in me this undeniable longing for more. Over again I get this image of me sitting at His feet and the Him speaking surrender over me. He tells me that we are embracing this unknown together and that I am not alone in my circumstance.
We are headed to Antigua this weekend to hike a volcano and eat some dank tacos. Thank you for supporting me. Love you all so much!
Kater
