December 10th, 2011
Ask yourself:
1) What is the Gospel?
2) What is my role?
3) Can I be a servant? Am I?
We arrived in PAP @ 9:15AM and made a relatively smooth drive to the MOH campus with the help of our friend Wesly. When we got here, we met Stacy (our amazing leader and an intern at MOH) and had a great lunch, follwed by orientation. I met my AWESOME roommates +1 special fella (Tara from Louisville, Kentucky; Katie from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Megan from Orlando, Florida, Tom from the same place as Katie).
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| L>R: Me, Tara, & Katie |
I then slept until 6PM and totally missed out on all the fun with the kids here (sigh). Dinner was a cross between enchiladas & pate, salad, and some yummy strawberry cake. I love it here. The weather is warm (overwhelmingly warm) but welcoming. God's people are friendly, each one of them different (as in unique) but like-minded. I'm so happy for this opportunity. I hope my mom isn't worried. I hope she can feel my love...
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| The view from our doorstep. |
Reflections:
God has made it very clear that there are two things I must nurture immediately, & steadfastly:
Humility &
Grace.
Humility means not always saying "I know", or trying to explain yourself and defend your case. It means sitting in the back and letting someone else take the front wheel.
Grace is what follows Humility. It can be found in a silent tongue, a quiet heart, a warm smile of understanding, and a head that nods in agreement. Oh, what beauty lies in a woman who obeys out of faith. She is thus crowned with a grace that resembles that of her father. Check that out, I just went all KJV on you.
Prayer:
Lord, thank you for planting in my heart the will to grow and see past my huge pride and what feels like others transgressions. I love you.
