Can you tell that I'm excited yet?
Yeah, I thought it was a little over the top, but I wanted you to see how thrilled I am to be going back to Honduras. And truth be told, these faces don't even show you half of my excitement. When I start thinking about it, I sometimes need a paper bag. Because I freak myself out. I'm really going back, I'm really going back. Some days, it doesn't even seem real. Like, it won't really happen. This is all a dream, or the world is going to end tomorrow so it doesn't really matter. In writing these, I feel really immature. I mean, God has moved so many mountains to get me to this place, both spiritually, financially, and physically. I am not the same person I was a year and a half ago. Then, I told God that I needed to go back. Like THEN. I subconsciously told God that it was MY dream, and that it needed to happen, SOON. It's embarrassing. I won't lie. It's tough to get deep down and honest. I'm the sort of person who values honesty very highly. But it's hard when I admit my own shortcomings, because I want to do everything right. It's not possible.
In the time I have been at home, God has broken my trust in human beings. I want to say that He has given me many people that I can trust, and that are there for me every step of this journey, but He has broken the thought within me that people won't fail me. People are human. Broken. Failure-prone. Imperfect. I'm one of them. God has shown me that He is the only one who has been, is, and will be there for me. He has helped me to fall in love with His Word. He pulled me in and enveloped me in His teachings. The Old Testament used to be a pain to me, I really didn't understand it. Now, it thrills me. Learning Hebrew origins and the different practices back then, and the wisdom God had for (and still has for) His people is mind blowing. I love it!
When I first went to Honduras, one of the first thoughts in my mind as we rode in the van to La Villa de San Antonio was, "I want to live here." It was the craziest thought I have ever had in my entire life, and no one is saying that it will happen. But my point is, that God put such a deep desire in my heart for a place I had never been to in my entire life. And I had only been there for about a few hours. I wasn't even going to go on this trip. My dad had come up to me one Sunday and told me that I was signed up. I had dealt with anxiety problems. I wasn't planning on going out of the country. God is pretty fun like that. He takes our greatest weaknesses, and turns them into our best qualities, and uses them in the purpose He has planned for us. Pretty incredible, eh?
In 10 days I will be headed for Comayagua, Honduras with my father. He is staying for about a week, and will be helping fix up the internet connection at the school where I will be teaching at. Then he is heading back to the U.S. and I will be staying in Honduras for the remainder of my ten months.
I can't wait to meet my babies!. When I say babies, I really mean anyone 10 and under in any of my classes that I will be teaching/assisting in. I will probably make the biggest fool out of myself with my terrible speaking skills, and my beginner knowledge of teaching in a classroom setting. But with a lot of prayer and support from my friends and family, I do know that God will give me the wisdom and strength to make a difference for Him in the lives of these beautiful youth.
Please keep me in your prayers as I finish packing for my trip and as I head down in TEN days!
Iff you would like to support me financially, please make out your check to:
LifeChurch
along with my name on the memo line.
You can bring it on Sunday, or mail it to the church directly:
7001 Haggerty Rd, Canton
It is at the corner of Haggerty and Warren.
I feel so blessed at this moment, all the praise is due to God!!
Psalm 150
1 Praise the Lord.[a]
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with timbrel and dancing,
praise him with the strings and pipe,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Can you tell that I'm excited yet?
Yeah, I thought it was a little over the top, but I wanted you to see how thrilled I am to be going back to Honduras. And truth be told, these faces don't even show you half of my excitement. When I start thinking about it, I sometimes need a paper bag. Because I freak myself out. I'm really going back, I'm really going back. Some days, it doesn't even seem real. Like, it won't really happen. This is all a dream, or the world is going to end tomorrow so it doesn't really matter. In writing these, I feel really immature. I mean, God has moved so many mountains to get me to this place, both spiritually, financially, and physically. I am not the same person I was a year and a half ago. Then, I told God that I needed to go back. Like THEN. I subconsciously told God that it was MY dream, and that it needed to happen, SOON. It's embarrassing. I won't lie. It's tough to get deep down and honest. I'm the sort of person who values honesty very highly. But it's hard when I admit my own shortcomings, because I want to do everything right. It's not possible.
In the time I have been at home, God has broken my trust in human beings. I want to say that He has given me many people that I can trust, and that are there for me every step of this journey, but He has broken the thought within me that people won't fail me. People are human. Broken. Failure-prone. Imperfect. I'm one of them. God has shown me that He is the only one who has been, is, and will be there for me. He has helped me to fall in love with His Word. He pulled me in and enveloped me in His teachings. The Old Testament used to be a pain to me, I really didn't understand it. Now, it thrills me. Learning Hebrew origins and the different practices back then, and the wisdom God had for (and still has for) His people is mind blowing. I love it!
When I first went to Honduras, one of the first thoughts in my mind as we rode in the van to La Villa de San Antonio was, "I want to live here." It was the craziest thought I have ever had in my entire life, and no one is saying that it will happen. But my point is, that God put such a deep desire in my heart for a place I had never been to in my entire life. And I had only been there for about a few hours. I wasn't even going to go on this trip. My dad had come up to me one Sunday and told me that I was signed up. I had dealt with anxiety problems. I wasn't planning on going out of the country. God is pretty fun like that. He takes our greatest weaknesses, and turns them into our best qualities, and uses them in the purpose He has planned for us. Pretty incredible, eh?
In 10 days I will be headed for Comayagua, Honduras with my father. He is staying for about a week, and will be helping fix up the internet connection at the school where I will be teaching at. Then he is heading back to the U.S. and I will be staying in Honduras for the remainder of my ten months.
I can't wait to meet my babies!. When I say babies, I really mean anyone 10 and under in any of my classes that I will be teaching/assisting in. I will probably make the biggest fool out of myself with my terrible speaking skills, and my beginner knowledge of teaching in a classroom setting. But with a lot of prayer and support from my friends and family, I do know that God will give me the wisdom and strength to make a difference for Him in the lives of these beautiful youth.
Please keep me in your prayers as I finish packing for my trip and as I head down in TEN days!
Iff you would like to support me financially, please make out your check to:
LifeChurch
along with my name on the memo line.
You can bring it on Sunday, or mail it to the church directly:
7001 Haggerty Rd, Canton
It is at the corner of Haggerty and Warren.
I feel so blessed at this moment, all the praise is due to God!!
Psalm 150
1 Praise the Lord.[a]
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with timbrel and dancing,
praise him with the strings and pipe,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
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