Here is another old one, but one I wanted to get out. I won't post anymore today, but will try again tomorrow to post some from El Salvador. Thanks again for your support and paitence.
I truly believe that I am the luckiest person in the world to be doing what I am doing. I get to leave my life of stress and routine and insignificance, and go around the world spreading the love, hope, and joy that is found in Christ! Though it is stressful and exhausting in it’s own way, it is such an amazing honor to get to cling to Christ this year and learn to trust Him and obey Him. To be able to focus on loving and pouring into others is so refreshing.
With that said, I have to say, leaving Guatemala was bittersweet. I am happy with the work that we did in Guatemala and there is a part of me that is excited to be on the next leg of this amazing journey with the Lord. But there is a part of me that is and will remain a little sad. The staff of Casa Verde are not just family because we are all Christians, they became family in my heart. God used them to pour some much needed life into my heart and used them to remind me of a little of the joy I once had. We laughed, we cried, we prayed, and we served the Lord with all our hearts. The staff of Casa Verde will never know how much it meant to us to be so welcomed and cherished.
Thank you to Paul and Hilda for opening up Casa Verde for us and allowing us into your lives for an entire month. Thank you for the family nights and the trip to the waterfall and to the beach, and thank you for providing us with opportunities to share the love of Christ with the people of Guatemala. Thank you Pastor Roni for taking care of us every day. Thank you for your laughter and grace and most of all your patience. Thank you for showing us the true heart of a missionary. You changed our lives and we will never forget the example you set. Thank you Kevin and Andrea. You both loved me so much and truly made me feel like family by opening your hearts to me and sharing with me. You spoke so much life and love into my heart and I pray that God will continue to use us in each others lives. Thank you Benjamin, Fernando, Uncle Ronnie, Gerson, Byron, Jonathan, and Ada for serving us with smiles and laughter. May God richly bless you for the all that you did for us.
