This just feels right.
Yesterday, I used a broom and laundry detergent to clean and scrub out a geese pen and turtle pond. Today, I played hide-and-seek with one of the turtles that had escaped his pond (I found him in the nearby creek. I win!). Yesterday, I helped pick fruit from the trees on the property of Hope DR. Today, I ate some of the delicious avocados we had picked.
It was literally only three weeks ago that I was sleeping in a bed, driving my truck, sitting in a cubicle and eating Subway! Now, I’m sleeping in my hammock eight feet high in the trees, walking to the nearby stores, climbing up and down creeks on the property, and eating more rice, beans, plantains and oatmeal than I knew existed.
My month here in the Dominican Republic started with five teams of Racers leading a church camp for around 100 local teens. On Sunday, three of the teams left for other local cities and ministries, leaving my team and another team at the main Hope DR house. My team is doing work projects around the grounds while the other team is leading an English camp.
And it all just feels right. I can’t describe it, but there is no doubt in my mind that this is exactly where I should be, exactly what I should be doing, and exactly who I should be becoming.
I honestly cannot believe how lucky I am. I’m hot, sweaty, dirty and completely blessed to be here. It astounds me how God brought me all the way here to simply shovel, and when I simply shovel, He shows me His love. When I clear a field, he cleans me of doubt. While I lead a scavenger hunt for the teens, He speaks guidance into my life. When I eat my dinner, He gives my soul its fill of satisfaction.
This just feels right. When you are living as God leads, then nothing feels more safe, more confident, or more comforting. Nothing compares to this; nothing compares to Him.
He makes everything right.
