Yesterday we spent the day at the school. The younger kids come in the morning, and the teenagers come in the afternoon. We spent the morning in the classrooms talking to the kids about Gods faithfulness. In the afternoon we worked on team building and intentional relationships with the older kids and played a bunch of fun relay type games. It was such a fun day! I loved connecting with these kids in a different way. Chagy did his think for both groups of kids. The altar call for the teenagers was powerful. The Holy Spirit made his presence known and lives were touched. I was honored to be held tightly by a sweet girl on my team earlier as she gave her heart to the Lord. That's what this is all about. Those kind of moments. We sent the kids away that day with shopping sacks filled with rice and beans and a few mandarin oranges. Those oranges are a big deal to these kids. They don't get to get their sweet hands on them often at all. I said bye to a couple of the kids who I have connected to the most since the first year I journeyed to Nicaragua. Again I had that feeling of peace in my heart. I hated the thought of it being a while until I saw them again, but I knew I wasn't saying goodbye for good. Tonight, I found out why.
Today we honored our sabbath. We spent the day at the beach soaking up some sun and drinking unlimited fruit juices. Seemed like it would be an easy in the heart kind of day, but I should've known God wasn't flying me to Nicaragua to not use my heart, even if it was my day off. A team from Gateway wrote us all prophetic words. During worship, I chose to read mine. My life will never be the same. I have known for 3 years now that a part of me was in Nicaragua and I'd never fully get it back. I have known that my life was changed for the better because of the work God did on my heart here years ago. I have known that I had a place here, but didn't know what that looked like or for how long. Tonight, I still don't fully, but I know that God reached out His hand to me and asked me to go with Him. I'm saying yes. I don't know what the rest of my life will look like now. I don't know how this is going to work. I don't know much, but I know God is in this and I know He sent me the perfect man to walk with me through this journey. I cannot wait to see how God starts to use Joshu and I! I am so thankful that this is our life. I am honored to get to love these people and this place for so much longer than I ever imagined.
Your timing God, not ours.
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