Quiero que los sepan para que cobren animo, permanezcen unidos por amor, y tengan toda la riqueza que proviene de la conviccion y del entendimiento. Asi conoceran el misterio de Dios es decir, a Cristo, en quien estan escondidos todos los tesoros de la sabiduria y del conocimiento.
~Colosenses 2: 2-3~
One more week!! I was talking to a lady from my church and when she asked me what I had left to do I realized that all that is left is to pack and pray. When I told her that, she responded "pray and pack and pray."
Yes, prayer has been of the utmost importance and will continue to be.
A quick praise report! As I've told a lot of you, I have a small (okay, rather large) fear of airports. A lot of anxiety was lifted when my friend Seth offered to fly from Florida to Guatemala City with me. However there was still a small bit of fear about my flight from Minneapolis to Miami. Well, it turns out that I will have a familiar face on that flight as well! Praise God!
Trying to wrap my brain around the idea of leaving in a week is so hard. I've been waiting for months for this day to come. Well, if you want to get real, I've been waiting for 4 years for this day to come. Today when I tell people that after my trip 4 years ago the day I arrived back in the states I told my mom that I will be going back, I'm not exaggerating. My mom remembers that day as well as I do. And now in exactly one week I will be in the beautiful country where I left my heart.
For months I've been tracking the roller coaster of ups and downs, of being overwhelmingly excited and overwhelmingly nervous. I've gone from "The days aren't passing fast enough!" to "I'm not going and that's that." I'm very grateful to say that my nerves are gone and what is left is pure excitement.
I'm excited to see how much has changed, how much growth has occurred both physically and spiritually.
I'm excited to meet the other 3 interns.
I'm excited to work in the art school.
I'm excited to meet the teams that will be there for spans of 2 weeks.
I'm excited to build relationships.
Really there is nothing that I'm not excited for.
I'm excited for exhaustion.
I'm excited to be covered in paint and dirt.
I'm excited that I will look at the smiling faces of my family and friends in pictures and miss them.
I'm excited because as I look through my Bible and read stories of the heros, of the desciples, of the true followers. And the missionaries of today that I've grown up listening to, researching and looking up to. These are the things they experienced and are experiencing. These are the things they were called to. Joy. Always. These are the things that they went through for the sake of others, (in teaching non-believers and encouraging believers) and for the sake of the gospel. And these are the things that we are still called to endure in order to bring glory to our Savior, to our Creator.
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I don't want to pretend that I'm doing this all on my own and I don't want to pretend that I mustered up all this excitement on my own either. God, first and for most, has been my rock. My friends and family as well, listening to me cry in my fear, and freak out in my joys, you guys have been key as well.
Thanks for the support and the prayer. If you wish to pray for me and with me while I finish up packing and preparing and as I'm there, I'm putting a list of prayer requests on my Guatemala page. (If you want to check it out, you can click here)
May the God of hope fill you with joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
~Romans 15:13
Peace and Blessin's
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