“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
-Mary Oliver
I
came across this quote a few weeks ago and it has stuck in my head ever
since. I had found myself tightly
grasping on to what I thought were my own personal needs, when the
Lord gently reminded me that this is all about Him and not about me at
all. That my life is His and not
mine and that really, I am blessed to be living exactly what I would choose to
do with this one wild and precious life that I’ve been given.
And
really, I never chose any of this to begin with.
I
never had a desire to leave the States.
I never planned to stay more than two months. And then I never planned to stay more than two years.
But
the Lord’s plans were different and here I find myself five years later… living a life that is far more full
than anything I could have ever dreamed.
Walking along side the people who stole my heart years ago and falling
in love with new faces... and I couldn't be happier.
It's in the moments when I think I have nothing left to give that I find those words
swirling through my head. And I’m
immediately filled with that deep peace of God that passes all understanding…
knowing that I’m exactly where I am supposed to be and living what He has
created my heart to beat for.
…As
far as what has been going on around here…
Ahora
somos cuatro. There are now four
of us living together :) Carolina
moved in with us a few weeks ago.
I love her so much and I am so glad we are able to live this season of
life together.
We may or may not have eaten cake for breakfast, lunch, and dinner that day... :)
School
is officially back in swing and we have been teaching the past several
weeks. We are teaching English to
1st-7th graders at the public school in our
neighborhood. It has been
absolutely incredible so far and I love the kids so much already. The middle school students have stolen
my heart and I can’t wait to see what God does this year.
At the end of the day, I can still say that I’m just overwhelmingly grateful… for smiles and a couple
hundred new students and fresh juice and talking about memories that happened 4
or 5 years ago and café con leche (always.) and people opening up their homes
to us and deep conversations late into the night and houses becoming homes and
friends becoming family.
In my backyard with Amanda and Aysel when they were here visiting :)
Ari, one of the not-so-little-anymore twins
“Look at the nations and watch—and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.”
Habakkuk 1:5
God is so faithful.
