El 17 de Marzo
“Do you know that you are dearly loved?”
I woke up yesterday morning with one thought on my mind: What a fallen world we live in.
I mean, how much suffering is going on in this world that we are unaware of. Sometimes its hard to run from and it is even shoved in our faces via commercials, news, and just daily living. But what about the things that don’t make it to the news or you don’t hear through the latest gossip?
I just got to thinking about how sad it can be that we all, myself included, tend to neglect the desperate need people are in all around us. Sure, we can all go to Panama, Africa, Asia, and beyond to do “missions work”, but how many of us view our hometown, school, neighborhood as a missions field? To tell you the truth, based on my experiences, the people in Yavisa, Panama and Yorkin, Costa Rica are a lot closer to finding God then people from Denver, Colorado. Now I’m sure all of you have heard this one preached 100 times over at various church services, but that’s not the point I’m trying to make. What I am saying, however, is that I realized I am in a box I have created for myself. A hard, concrete box.
I heard about some things back at home that’s going on that allowed me to peak out of that box for a day or two. It reminded me that my life isn’t the only thing going on in this world. My Spanish level, career path and relationships aren’t the only things this world is revolving around. Who knew? It reminded me how, even when you aren’t aware of it, you create a small little world that you dwell in until unforeseen circumstances shake it up a bit.
Not only have I, we, created a box to live in, but we have put God, the creator of the universe, into one of these little boxes as well. Sure we believe he can move mountains when we step out of our comfort zone and intentionally go on a mission’s trip-we expect God to move and do wonderful things then, and He does. He always does. But do we really have the same expectations of God when we are going through our bleak daily routines back at home? Do we serve the same God that heals the blind and divides the seas when we are clocking into our 9 to 5’s?
I know this blog is a little unconventional for me, but this has been making my loose sleep for the last two nights. Every heart should feel the depth of his mercy and if we continue to stay in our boxes, if we continue to put God in a box, we will miss out on some pretty awesome stuff. One thing Brooke and I were talking about yesterday was even if we do have God in a box, even if we don’t believe he is capable, he will always prove us wrong. He doesn’t need our help. He doesn’t need us to venture out of our comfort zone to do “missions”. We get to do all that with Him! He is capable of way more than we will ever know and “one day every tongue will confess He is God and one day every knee will bow” with or without our help. God will heal, minister, comfort and guide without us, if need be. But He calls us to live a life worthy of His love and by doing so we get to go along with him on this great adventure.
There is suffering in this world, yes. But there is joy with Jesus. And with Him all things are possible.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Nueva
So I guess its time for me to blog (for all of my faithful readers our there-yes Brady and mom, I’m talking to you!) ☺ I can’t believe its been so long since I’ve written! When we got back from the missions trip a week ago I recorded a “blog” for you all to watch instead of read but it wouldn’t upload…so I guess I just put off writing.
So I have a lot to share! To start, I’ll just say the missions trip was awesome! We met up with Brooke’s church last Saturday to drive down to Yavisa together. It was really awesome to be able to see some people from home again! Anyways, Brooke and I traveled the whole span of the country of the course of 2 days…so that was tiring. But we finally made it down to Yavisa. A little background on this city-its dangerous. We had this army of men with us 24/7. Seriously, all the time. Like they got only 4 hours of sleep in between rotations-and that was all because we were there!
So a little background on Brooke’s church-every year doctors and nurses go down to a different city in Panama to administer healthcare to the people who can’t get it. The services span from giving away pain killers to doing eye surgery to restore sight! There was one person there that hadn’t been able to see for 14 years due to cataracts and the doctors were able to restore her sight!
Anyways, Brooke and I were in charge of the VBS-working with all the kids there. Which we did…haha it was pretty crazy. There were close to 100 kids there so all of the planned crafts we had kind of went out the window. We pretty much just ended up passing out papers all day for the kids to color. But it was good nonetheless. As the days went on they found more of a need for translators. That’s where Brooke and I come in! We spent the last couple days translating and it was awesome! God totally blessed me with the words to say and I got to get more into the medical side-which I loved! As you can see from the pictures, we were able to scrub into some eye surgeries, which was BOMB!
After 4 days of being in Yavisa we went back down to P-city to party! We went to this awesome resort called Playa Bonita where we slept in, ate awesome food, and basked in the sun! I even got a little workout in at their gym!
So now have been back with our grandmas for the last week. We are back into a routine with school and we have 2 more weeks here till we got back down to the city. The missions trip left me with 3 major thoughts: I love translating, I love medical things, and I really miss home. The first day back in Boquete was hard because everyone from Denver went home and we remained. It was a lonely feeling. But to tell the truth, I am starting to feel almost a kinship to the people here. Like a part of me is really familiar with it now and I love it. I am going to seriously miss all the Spanish when I get home so I am going to have to fight to keep it going. But I am starting to feel ready to be home. But God is good and we have been so blessed with Hilda and Corina, so we are comfortable here.
Please pray God continues to work in our lives and keeps us focused on our Spanish for the remainder of the trip!
Dios te bendiga!
So I have a lot to share! To start, I’ll just say the missions trip was awesome! We met up with Brooke’s church last Saturday to drive down to Yavisa together. It was really awesome to be able to see some people from home again! Anyways, Brooke and I traveled the whole span of the country of the course of 2 days…so that was tiring. But we finally made it down to Yavisa. A little background on this city-its dangerous. We had this army of men with us 24/7. Seriously, all the time. Like they got only 4 hours of sleep in between rotations-and that was all because we were there!
So a little background on Brooke’s church-every year doctors and nurses go down to a different city in Panama to administer healthcare to the people who can’t get it. The services span from giving away pain killers to doing eye surgery to restore sight! There was one person there that hadn’t been able to see for 14 years due to cataracts and the doctors were able to restore her sight!
Anyways, Brooke and I were in charge of the VBS-working with all the kids there. Which we did…haha it was pretty crazy. There were close to 100 kids there so all of the planned crafts we had kind of went out the window. We pretty much just ended up passing out papers all day for the kids to color. But it was good nonetheless. As the days went on they found more of a need for translators. That’s where Brooke and I come in! We spent the last couple days translating and it was awesome! God totally blessed me with the words to say and I got to get more into the medical side-which I loved! As you can see from the pictures, we were able to scrub into some eye surgeries, which was BOMB!
After 4 days of being in Yavisa we went back down to P-city to party! We went to this awesome resort called Playa Bonita where we slept in, ate awesome food, and basked in the sun! I even got a little workout in at their gym!
So now have been back with our grandmas for the last week. We are back into a routine with school and we have 2 more weeks here till we got back down to the city. The missions trip left me with 3 major thoughts: I love translating, I love medical things, and I really miss home. The first day back in Boquete was hard because everyone from Denver went home and we remained. It was a lonely feeling. But to tell the truth, I am starting to feel almost a kinship to the people here. Like a part of me is really familiar with it now and I love it. I am going to seriously miss all the Spanish when I get home so I am going to have to fight to keep it going. But I am starting to feel ready to be home. But God is good and we have been so blessed with Hilda and Corina, so we are comfortable here.
Please pray God continues to work in our lives and keeps us focused on our Spanish for the remainder of the trip!
Dios te bendiga!
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