welp.

This week has been so amazing. Every day I'm here I love it more. Our camp this week was at the English Institute that OO has here in town and the kids there were great. I got my teacher voice back for the most part and had a great group to teach English with so all went well. There were tons of activities in the afternoons and evenings this week for the kids, and some for us interns too. "Noche Especial" for the boys was last Wednesday night, and the girls stayed with us for a while and watched a movie. This Wednesday with be the girls' Noche Especial and I'm super excited to have a huge sleepover with them. We had a sunset beach trip this week that was so beautiful. Every day I have moments where I question whether or not this is real. God is so good, and I am seeing Him in a new way here.

It's so cool to be here in a different country with people who share the same passions as me. I have been blown away by the huge amount of encouragement I've found in some of the other interns who I just met two weeks ago. I love that God can inhabit and work through any community of believers. I've realized in thinking back how God has been beautifully orchestrating his plan for me to be here right now for so long, even down to the song that this blog is named after, and I am trusting Him to continue that while I'm here and even when I leave. My goal for this week is to spend as much time with the kids at the orphanage as possible because I am moving to the orphanage at Jaibon in two short weeks and I want to make the most of my time here. I am already going to miss these kids so much. Another goal I have is to use more Spanish this week. It is getting progressively better but I want to be able to communicate even more.

God is teaching me about boldness this week and I pray that He gives me strength to be even more bold each day in the work I'm doing here. Thank you for praying!

love, emilee