A good friend of mine brought something to my attention…
That is: the fact that the last blog I posted talked about how dangerous it was in Haiti.
This means two things:
1. I didn’t update you at all about what happened in the Dominican Republic.
2. I may have cause some worry.. since it appears I have disappeared from the perspective of those of you who follow my blog!
So, for both of those reasons, I sincerely apologize!! 🙂
Haiti was a good month.. it was a challenging month and I saw God shift my perspective quite a bit, but wow, nothing compared to how He wrecked my world in the Dominican Republic.
Our month 11 was set up different than the rest of the World Race. Instead of having a host who scheduled our ministry, we had the freedom to do just about whatever we wanted.
Our whole month.. unscheduled.
At first I was a little apprehensive, wondering if I would still make time to cultivate my relationship with God, find ministry opportunities, try to process what happened in the last 11 months, and try to wrap my mind around transitioning back into life in the United States.
But despite my initial fears, it actually made for an incredible month.
For me, I spent the majority of my time coming alongside my squad mates and what they felt God leading them to. Some examples are…
Discussions that my friends put together on apologetics and theology
Serving the workers at the “Aparthotel” that we stayed at
Planning a rooftop party for the guests
Putting together a dinner for the owner and his family
Serving at an orphanage
Evangelizing
Out of everything that I was able to do, what impacted me most what was God did in me.
He changed my perspective on a lot of things. Mostly my outlook on my previous teams. I realized I’ve spent a lot of my LIFE in the victim circle.. and I’ve blamed other people for my bad attitude and my poor behavior. Not necessarily verbally, but I’ve always pushed off my own internal guilt and believed the lie that the snippy, jealous, judgmental, or impatient parts of myself only came out around certain people and it was their fault for dragging it out of me.
Yes, certain people are easier to sin around but ultimately, it’s always my choice to either be a slave to my sinful flesh or a slave to righteousness.
Which, I guess, is where I am now. I’m recognizing the decisions I make as truly my own decisions. It may sound like something small but it is a perspective change that has drastically changed the way I take in the world around me. And WOW has it been wonderful!
Coming back the the US has been…… weird but also really good. I hope to post about that soon 🙂
