Trust. Surrender. Speak. Listen. Learn. Love. Follow. Serve.
How is it possible to learn and grow so much in just three and a half days? I expected to come to training camp and learn about how to survive without committing some social taboo (or getting malaria) and to bond with my teammates, but I could not have foreseen the incredible lessons I have learned this week.
In the past few months I have been "preparing" for this semester: buying ministry clothes and bug spray, saying good-bye to my family and friends, and googling everything about Puerto Barrios. And I felt good to go! I felt ready to rely on God for everything I didn't expect and to jump right in to a new culture! But now I realize that nothing could have prepared me quite like this training camp has.
I have been stretched in my faith in ways I didn't know were possible (it's like yoga for my soul!) and I am so thankful for that. I have learned so much about the different ways that God presents Himself and in what ways I was holding back from Him. I have learned to just surrender all of my anxieties, fears, and guilt that has stuck to me over the course of my life. And, let me tell you, it is the most incredible feeling in the world.
Along with my phenomenal team, with whom I already feel so much comfort, freedom, and joy, I have already grown so much. I can't wait to see what's in store for us when we actually get off that plane in Guatemala!
"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them." -Ephesians 2:10
Thanks for reading!
Yours,
Jill
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