Costa Rica
I have found peace in the most unlikely place. A place that is in the middle of the jungles of Costa Rica. Away from everything I have grown accustomed to in my 24 years of life. Complete abandonment from everything and everyone BUT GOD.
Being in Costa Rica this first week I feel as if I am a child again. Experiencing everything for the first time. New foods, a new language, new sights, and new people around me. How beautiful is it to be like a child again. Where my whole focus is on my relationship with God and seeing him through the eyes of those people who attention is on him. I feel as if I am like a newborn baby whoms entire focus, trust, and life is in the hands of their mother. I can rest in the arms of my Father just like I used to rest in the arms of my mother when I was a child.
Throughout all of the new I have been overwhelmed how God has shown himself so far in Costa Rica. The healing of a friend, the laughter I hear from the children while learning bible verses and singing silly songs. The sound of rain pounding down on the metal roof as a reminder that God has made us new within him. The smile I can share with our host when joking around and then sharing deep stories about how God has worked through his 65 years of life.
Costa Rica has by far been nothing I expected. Leaving, my hope was to grow in my relationship with God. Since being here that hope has been met like never before. I am already healing in ways I didn’t even know I was aware I still needed healing from. God is also being patient in revealing and teaching me about what a healthy relationship with Him looks like. I am excited for this new phase in life and how God is reveling himself to me.
