Hola from Guatemala!

 

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to come and read my blog.

 

I am officially in Guatemala!! I wish I could fully explain my thoughts on it all, but truthfully I don’t think I have my mind fully wrapped around it. I think if I had to pick one word to sum up my time here so far it would GRATEFUL. I am so incredibly grateful to be here with this amazing community in one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been serving an incredible God. 

 

 

Some things God has already done in the 48 hours I’ve been in Guatemala!

 GOD IS SO GOOD! Already in this short time I have heard so clearly from the Lord.

 

• On our first morning here we had worship, in English and a little bit in Spanish. So my entire squad and all of our leaders gathered in the yard. It was an amazing worship experience (I truly feel like that’s where I connect with God best), and the entire time I was wrestling with just feeling so grateful that God got me to this place surrounded by such amazing people and feeling fearful of the when this “high” I’ve been on will end. At the end we sang a song that says “I am gonna build my life upon Your love, which is a firm foundation.” During this song I kept seeing a vision of an old house, and even though there were some cracks and holes anything that fell through only fell to the foundation of the house that was built before the walls or roof were even built. God so clearly reminded me that even if I fall or go through hard times I am only gonna fall into His hands. And truthfully those hard times may even be the times where my relationship with God gets stronger! Thanks God!

 

• Last night I talked to one of our discipleship leaders, Gabe, and he said something that really stuck out to me. He said “Most people follow Jesus to be blessed, only a few follow Him to be transformed.” And it hit me hard. I seriously thought about it all night. So this morning I was writing about it in my journal asking Jesus to completely transform me over the race and the rest of my life. Then!!! Here comes the exciting part!! At devotions this morning we were promoted to go where we felt God was telling us to go, and I felt like I should go read Romans 12. 

 

Romans 12:2-3

“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God TRANSFORM you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”

 

^I hope you just got chills on the other side of this screen, because I sure did when I read that verse! God is SOOO good, and I am learning so much already. 

 

 

I am being loved so well, and I am trying my best to love others that way too! I can not wait to see the amazing things God does to me, for me, and the same to those around me. 

 

Praying for all of you reading this blog. I pray that it blesses you in some way. I pray for open hearts and minds to see what God is doing in your life, what he wants for your life, and what he thinks about you! Hugs and kisses to every single one of you!

 

 

to brokenness and back, 

-Midge

 

P.S. 

We found out what ministry we will be working with for the next nine months so stay tuned for that!