Start of Week 5

Hola! It’s the first day of week five! I have already been gone for a whole month! This past week has been an eventful one for me. Our topic this week was Worldview. It was an interesting topic. On Tuesday our whole team fasted so we could focus on praying about where God wanted us for outreach. Unfortunately, it was Melissa’s birthday, so we decided to celebrate by waking her up at 12 Am to break our fast with a ton of junk food. On Wednesday when we came together as a team, we realized everyone but one had heard from God we were to go to Mexico. So that’s were our team will be going! Also we will be spending the whole 9 weeks of outreach located in Mexico!! This is a very excited time for our team as we plan for our outreach. Please pray for us that the funds we need to complete this outreach will come and that God can guide us every step of the way.
This week was very difficult for me. I struggled with a lot of emotional things. It is so hard to deal with emotions while sharing a room with seven other girls! It was a struggle for me but God brought people to my side to help me through it. And on the positive side I feel I have come out of it with a stronger relationship with God. Please pray for me and my whole team, that as we face struggles we don’t turn and run but face them head on with the strength of the Lord.
God blessed us with a joyful end to the week! This weekend we held TWO BBQ in celebration of the BBQ donated to the base by the last short term team. On Saturday afternoon, our DTS class decided to christened the new BBQ and to have some meat (we eat very like meat here on the base). So we all put in $4 and bought speaks, potatoes, chips and dip and threw a great summer event! On Sunday afternoon the whole base, staff and students, came together to have another BBQ lunch with the money donated by the team. There was hamburgers and chicken! It was just like back home. It was awesome to have a meal that was not made up of rice and beans! But I am becoming a real fan of the rice and beans!
Another thing to note is that there is still three people waiting for their money. It is due by the end of week six. That only gives two weeks! Please pray for Mario, Alex and Alejandro that God will provide their money.
I miss home a lot but things are really good here. I really miss everyone.