This month I have learned a lot about myself. I have learned that I have more issues than I thought previously. When I came into this experience I didn’t even think about how living with so many people I didn’t know would effect me. In our first month my team of 7 has been living in a house with 3 other teams totaling 28 people. I have gone from living alone in a quiet home to living with 27 people. This has not been an easy jump for me. I like my alone time and I like to be by myself for extended periods of time. I am learning how to live in community with others, to rely on others and share my thoughts and feelings. I calculate that it took me 12 days to begin to open up. I felt my shell crack. It is not healthy to live alone and God made us to live in community with others.
On a side note about the man in the purple hat
One day I told Will that during worship time I saw us talking to the man in the purple hat together. On our last day in the villiage Will remembered this and we went over to his house to see if he was home. He was outside fixing his motorcycle. Will has taken spanish lessons and is improving everyday so he was able to communicate with the man. He told him that today was our last day in the villiage and we wanted to pray for him. He smiled and agreed to this. We prayed over him in English and even though he did not understand a word we said I felt God’s presence and know that God is working in his heart. Even though we are leaving the Dominican Republic God’s work is not done here.
