I'm in Honduras...fyi

Hola!! So it's been about 2 months since I arrived in Honduras and I LOVE it...so happy with my decision to disrupt my life and come here, ha. Definitely a scary thing at first but I'm getting to experience so many amazing things and grow closer to God, so it was absolutely worth the change. It's not always easy...being away from Shane and from my family is crazy hard...but I feel this is where I need to be right now. I came here with no real solid plan of what I would be doing but my God is pretty amazing and things fell together for me incredibly smoothly. I have a cute little house to myself, I'm in a community with other Christian girls, we have an amazing Bible study that I get so much out of, I am only a short bus ride away from my grandma,I get to see the most amazing little ones everyday and so much more...i mean perfect right!? I really wanted to experience some sort of medical something when I came here also and the first week I randomly found a Dr. that needed help at his Centro de Salud! So three days a week I volunteer at the health center and everyday I teach. I am teaching seventh grade English and 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade P.E. I definitely never imagined myself teaching but I love it! Everyday I'm here I can't get over how blessed I am to have this opportunity. I have lots of stories I'll have to share sometime but I thought I'd give a quick, long overdue update on my life for now.

finally something decided.

I'm going to Honduras September 22nd. I will be working at an orphanage/school in Siguatepeque called Destino del Reino with one of my awesome friends from home. I honestly don't know what exactly I will be doing but I do know that God will use me somehow so I'm not really going to worry about that as much. I'm so excited to meet all the beautiful little kids there and so blessed I have the opportunity to love them. I pray that I can remember that God gave me a spirit of power, love and of self-discipline and not one of timidity. I pray that I don't get discouraged along the way and that I am able to follow the spirit in order to truly do the work of God and not my own. It's been a little hard for me here...saying good-bye is not easy and just starting something new is a little nerve-racking. I've already begun crying and I still have 11 days left (dramatic?). It's good to have something to cry about when you leave, it just means your blessed with great people in your life in that place! Anyway, I'll be back in December just in time for Christmas...so finally something decided and here I go!

Be the ultimate optimist---with God all things are possible! If you believe it you need to LIVE it. No fear when you know God is with you. We cannot allow our fear of the unknown to steal what we do know.  Why are our prayers so puny, why are we hiding, why are we living like we dont trust that God can do anything? You have to step out in faith. Take risks. Your situation cannot dictate your faith.

books!

I love to read...here is a list of some of my favorites!

- Radical
- Love Does
- Irresistible Revolution
- A Hole in the Gospel
- Fan or Follower
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
- On That Day Everybody Ate
- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- Mother Teresa, The Joy In Loving
- The Shack
 - Reckless Faith
- The Help
- Hunger Games

mi abuelo

This is the only picture that my family has of my Abuelo...my grandfather, my mom's dad. He was a police officer in Honduras and was shot and killed when my mom was a child. I think I have is small eyes! 

:)

I have had the chance to talk to two very wise men in my life and have realized that I have blown everything way out of proportion. As my Dad likes to say ..You have made a mountain out of a mole hill. ha. I am CRAZY blessed and I am SO excited for what's to come in my life!!

did I do that??!

Man, this last month has been exhausting! I have been living out of a suitcase, I'm in a different house each week... and the decisions I finally made are not coming together. I feel stupid for making such big changes without something concrete ahead of me. I'm trying to stay positive and kinda just push it out of my mind...but that's a little impossible since I'm homeless, will be unemployed in a few weeks and have no solid plans for after that. Sometimes I don't know whether to get mad at myself, cry or laugh! I don't have it all together. It's all an adventure at first until you wake up and realize...maybe I should have thought through this and planned a little more!Ha. So I guess since I've screwed everything up I need to stop. Next step....let God take control and just know that He will work through my mess and make it something awesome.