I’m currently with my first team, The Way. We arrived in the Philippines last Thursday the 11th of October and made our way up to Dagupan City.
Monday night we took a 10 hour bus ride and then 2 hour van to get to our new location in Calapangan Sur. Our day is a surprise each morning and plans usually change by the afternoon.
We are staying at a home that is also the neighborhood church. The reaction that locals have to seeing us feels new every day. They are just so excited, at times it feels surreal. People are genuinely interested solely because we are American and fascinated that we’re white.
What an odd opportunity to share Jesus with people.
I find myself stopping close to 50 times a day to just stop, look around, remind myself that I’m in the Philippines, and thank God that he loves me so much and gave me the opportunity to be here.
I’m so grateful to be known better than I know myself and that the Lord would gently lead me into this season. If I would have had “my way” I would currently be working in Missouri trying to figure out what college to go to and what I should study.. PRAISE GOD that He had different plans that are far beyond my imagination! PRAISE GOD for his sweet invitation to include me in this chapter. PRAISE GOD for
What a beautiful surrender this is!
This was our second full day in the Philippines and the closest to poverty that I’ve ever been. Watching my Racer’s heart break for the the locals was so sweet. It’s not easy for me to feel that heartache and I wondered today if this is almost like a second chance to let God break my heart for his people in a new way. I know that he made me uniquely and my heart isn’t going to break in the same ways as others so I’m going to soak in these sweet moments of children running to me and holding on tightly.
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:1-3
