Hey everyone, just now getting online after almost 5 days here in Monte Cristi... the past 5 days have seemed like a month's worth, we're not even close to getting settled in, but what is settled in is my heart. After about a day and a half of, "crap this is real life", I remembered why I came: I love these people and this place. Everything else... my Spanish, teaching, living out of a suitcase for a week or so before we move, and just getting used to daily life here... is slowly coming, but definitely not there yet. I'm learning to be okay looking like an idiot sometimes, and I'm learning how to give things over to the Lord, mainly because I have to!
I'm reading The furious longing of God by Brennan Manning, and in it I read an anonymous quote that said, 'He that would learn to pray, let him go to sea.' In my situation of vulnerability, I'm finding how real the power of God is.
I'm also just incredibly thankful for my two sisters here, Heather and Christine. God is already forming beautiful community in our home here and through our friendships and I am so blessed to have that kind of support in my life here. The little apartment we live in for the moment is already filled with so much joy and laughter and prayers. The Lord provides :)
Be in prayer for my first week teaching which starts tomorrow... God is so faithful, and He's already working out his perfect plan here. Things feel right.
More illustrated and well-thought-out updates to come!
Dios les bendiga
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