Half Way

Wow it’s been a while. And so so much has happened. Right now we are in our second country, Romania, and have been here since January 12th. To recap on Guatemala, it was life changing. The people, the love, the pure passion for Christ there is insane. I found myself at one point in the middle of a mayan jungle surrounded by village people who had never seen a white person, singing worship songs while looking into a sky of stars like none other. At other times we found ourselves quarantined on the base for the weekend playing endless volleyball games with our homemade net. Overall Guatemala was a perfect place for me to pour into others and at the same time get poured in to. That place stole my heart and I hope to be back sometime soon. After spent the holidays away from family and friends, we wrapped up our time in Guate with a debrief at Lake Atitlán. We had a nice 45 hour travel days to get here to Romania and it was all worth it. Here we are working with Hope Church. It’s lead by Pastor Raul who is such wise man with endless knowledge that he is so eager to share.

Now the Lord has been teaching me a whole
lot. At times when I’ve have felt alone, He’s been there. At times when I’ve felt not loved, He’s loved me. At times when I’ve felt unheard, He’s listened. One of the biggest things He’s taught me is how good He is. There have been many times on the Race where there has been failed trust in leadership or people or things. Even in those moments where all things seem like they are bad, He continues to remind me that He is good. That all the trees and mountains around me were made to worship Him. That even when everything feels like it’s failing, He will never fail me.
The next thing that He’s taught me is that the difficult things bring fruit. There has been so many things on the Race that have been difficult. Whether it’s walking 2 hours in knee deep mud barefoot or bringing something difficult up to a loved friend. All has brought fruit. And also in that He’s taught me to be patient. That I may not see the results right away, but I need to trust that it will be produced.
And the major thing He’s taught me is to trust Him. There have been many times on the Race where I’ve come to terms that I have had the hardest times trusting in Him. That I have not been trusting. At all. I’ve had to bring that and hand that to Him. And THAT has been hard. To
fully put down my plans and hopes and lean into His. That His plan is better than any one of mine. That even when it feels like I’m alone and everything is falling apart, that I need to trust that He’s got me.

I hope that you could catch a tiny glimpse of what my life has been like for the past 5 months and understand a little of it. I love and miss everyone and I can’t wait to be back home. But I’m so expectant of what is to come on the rest of the Race and what to learn more of.