A New Perspective

Recently God has granted me a completely new perspective on the race, my ministry hosts, and my team that I never would have had if I hadn’t been sent home. This wasn’t an easy thing to see at first because all I wanted was to be with my team in Ecuador and finish what I had started instead of being at home without absolutely no idea what my future looked like. But after being broken and feeling like I wasn’t ever going to be ok the first couple of weeks, He started to show me something absolutely wonderful that I never would have seen/experienced if I hadn’t come home.

 

I may not be with my team as they are working along side a couple different ministries that are spreading the Good News in Ecuador, but I CAN fall on my knees each day and join them on the front lines and fight with them through prayer. Since being home, I started taking long walks with God and just talking to Him and one of my favorite topics is my team. They are my family and I absolutely love being allowed to hear their stories and getting to hold their hearts and I love to give them to God because who else can hold them better then the One who created them. Plus I know a little of what they are learning and I can ask for certain things for each of them based on what they have each shared with me.

 

I have also been able to learn so much from all of them since being home and I can’t wait to continue learning. Some of my favorite moments are when I get a notification from one of their blogs or a chat and I get the opportunity to talk with them and get to hear what God is doing in their lives and how they are growing. And each time it encourages me so much and God has taught me so much through their amazing wisdom that I am realizing now that I took a bit for granted while I was with them. But now that I am home I find myself longing to hear what are some things they get from a passage that I am reading, or what are their thoughts on some things I am learning or struggling with, or just our deep conversations after ministry about who God is. I know I had all this on the race, but I was more focused on ministry and life there that I didn’t often look at life with this perspective that God is starting to show me now. 

 

Each day I am incredibly thankful for the people I had the honor of learning and serving alongside for these last 2 months!!! They have each taught me so much and continue to inspire me to dig deeper in my walk with God each and ever day.

“For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ”

Colossians 2:5

 

I love and miss these amazing people so much!!!