What I am seeing the Lord do is showing me community of Christ, and how fun and freeing it is, along with what it looks like
This story is gonna start out by sharing that I am covered in mosquito bites, I am sweating more than I think I ever have in my life, oh and did I mention I smell like a feed yard back home.
This past week I discovered how much I have in life. I have a car to get from point A, to point B. I am blessed with A/C, and something that stuck out most is I got to grow up knowing the Lord. I also realized what I don’t have, and that is a community of Christ. About a week ago I met in Georgia with 18 other women and one guy ( His name is garret, and he is the only guy, CRAZY RIGHT ). It’s like my eyes we’re open and I saw how free it is to have Gods love. So the start of the trip was beautiful, I was so excited to live 2 months with all of them.
Well fast track a little bit to us getting off the plane in Costa Rica. It was like a slap in the face because it was so hot. And it’s like a switch flipped for me and my excitement turned to annoyed. I was trying to figure out how in the world 18 girls with different personalities were not gonna kill each other or the one boy who was brave enough to come with us on this journey. Well that’s exaggerating a little but yes we we’re definitely annoyed to say the least.
I wanted to give a little insight to how the beginning started and of all the emotions running wild. So I just wanna be clear I still love all the girls. I have spent a week of walking almost 20 minutes back and fourth with them in the heat, and getting to learn more about them. We have had conversations of love and how God has done so much for them, and I’m also learning how much heat they can take before they get annoyed haha. But seriously we have spent the first week cleaning up around our housing property and walking to the city park to paint a huge mural. Along with teaching a surfing class. We met a man on the street who rides his bike all over to sell flowers and other things and just told us about how good our God is and asked for prayer. We walked the streets of Jaco in prayer. We prayed over streets, over buildings, over people. It was crazy. I finally got over my fear of the ocean and got in and just let the waves crash over me left and right and felt Gods grace each time. I have learned to hear God in each one of these lovely ladies. I learned how to share my testimony. Along with learning how to let God heal my pain. I recently went zip lining and tested my fear with God by going upside down across the jungle. Which is crazy for me by the way. And my favorite part was the dance party in my room the other night with everybody. Crazy that, that is the highlight of the trip for me right now. Some girls were cooking dinner while everybody was dancing to “dancing queen”. What was crazy is I saw God most and heard him. He provided this Christian community I have never had. We all love each other and our sisters in Christ. Guys I can’t express how much God is doing here.
Moral of the story is the enemy tried to discourage me in so many ways by reminding me how much I don’t have here, but God, every morning is reminding me what I need and what is here now. And He reminded me I am not alone and that he is constant in everything.
I hope y’all got a kick out of my little ramble story time. I will update again soon. I still ask for prayer over our team. Thanks again everybody.
I love this!! Sometimes I think we don’t know how much we’re missing out on God’s blueprint for what it looks like to live together as believers, until it happens. It’s a reflection of Heaven itself!! Thanks for letting us into this sweet glimpse of true community.