So the yesterday was interesting... not really in the good way. It started out ok. The normal. Just breakfast, devos, studying, then classes... then everything went downhill. I'm right in the middle of all the classes so not a beginner but not advanced. So I've been struggling to understand a ton and memorize all this stuff that the others know already. Needless to say I got very discouraged and started believing the lies that being here in Mexico is pointless and that I won't ever be able to communicate with anyone in Spanish.
When I get discouraged I either need to be with people that I really know and can talk to or be by myself. So I went to my little cafe and tried to google plus my mom not really expecting it to work. Surprise surprise it worked!! Sadly my computer only had 15% left so I only got to talk for a little bit... but thats all it took. Even though my mom encouraged me it only made me miss home beyond belief. Then throughout lunch everyone kept asking me if I was ok, which of course I wasn't, and making it harder for me not to cry. Our host and my friend Gabby saw that I was about to lose it and took me out to this really great pastry place called Oh La La. It was great to talk to someone older and wiser than me and I got revived by her and the words God spoke to her for me.
We returned to the hotel and I talked to her sister Grace for awhile too before returning to my room. I then noticed that I was beyond tired. Like, super exhausted. Then I realized I was cold... and hot... and couldn't get warm. I took my temp and found out yes I had a fever. I NEVER GET FEVERS! I was like... What. The. Heck. For real God. What's going on?!! Now looking at it I know it was spiritual warfare. I told the team to pray for me and went to bed.
Today, was better. We had good devo's and I went into lessons knowing that I only had to last today then tomorrow I would get my own class and be ok. I then had to go to the store to pick up a few things for the team cause I mean I may be a hard person but I don't want them to starve. ;) Anyways, got back went to lunch with the team, came back... and had a stomache from the food. By that point I was like "Fine. Whatever. Guys, pray for me." Which is exactly what they did. After that and some peppermint oil I felt much better.
Before going into this next part let me tell you something. There's always something that go own. It's just how it is with living with people for 5 weeks. Anyways, the team comes back from church and my roommate Kim comes in wanting to talk to me. Well God really blessed the whole conversation and I believe that we got things squared away and now we know how to communicate. My heart felt so much at peace because I hate confrontations and miscommunications and want everyone to be happy and so on and so forth. I truly believe now we are going to get along soooo much better! This was so great as then the team had a great time of sharing and communicating and getting into the Word of God even more. We talked about how we can show the love of Jesus to these people. What would Jesus do? How can we learn from His example? It was... encouraging to say the least.
We all talked after that for awhile and now I'm pleased to say we have a theme song!! Thanks John, Sarah, and Gabby for the inspiration! I will post it here for your listening pleasure. :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrjoMelwIIA
Please keep praying for health. For me especially. And rest for the team. I know some of us are really getting tired and we have 3 1/2 weeks left. Pray that we will be challenged on so many levels and God would give us strength. Luv you all!
Ash-Bash
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