Oh Honduras

So my first week here has almost come to an end. It has already been such an amazing, wonderful, and chaotic adventure. lets see if I can somewhat document whats been going on... my friend missed her flight, so I traveled alone. my luggage arrived two days after I did. I met 10 other volunteers in one day. I woke up at 530am, multiple mornings, to bathe and feed toddlers. I walked around the Orphanage grounds approximately 4 times (no small feat). I have a horrible TOMS shoe tan. I had my hair done by a 3 year old (and it looked better than anything I've ever done). I was reunited with kids and staff I had known before. I met some amazing  beautiful kids. I administered medical attention to kids. I wore skirts and t-shirts all day. I stayed overnight and cared for an 8 month old suffering from pneumonia and malnutrition in the clinic. I got bit by foreign mosquitos. I sat and talked with some great girls. I visited town and bought a few groceries. I cooked. I cleaned rooms, bedsheets, clothes, bathrooms, etc. I have spent time admiring God. I have done so much, and all in such a short period of time, and I LOVE IT ALL. There is so much I am thankful for, that I have seen and learned, where God is the only source of the blessing of serving here. God is opening my eyes and my heart and my mind, and is wonderfully exceeding my expectations. 


Tonight, myself and the other volunteers and I had the opportunity to go up to Mami y Papi's House, to visit with David and Lydia, the founders, and parents of the Orphanage. It was great time of fellowship. While there were, while so many other conversations were taking place, I was constantly drawn to Mami (Lydia). Everything she said was full of God, and I mean each word resonated with His glory. She saw God in everything. I couldn't not listen to her or watch her talk. She is filled with the Holy Spirit. Everything that she talks about, every memory she has, every thought she thinks, all of it leads her back to God, to His scriptures, and she shares it (tells us) with us. From the call of a child to the opening of a door, she sees God in it. She is such a wonderful woman, a great blessing to myself, to the volunteers, and to all of her wonderful children; all 482 of them :) I was sitting at the table soaking in the Spirit that was seeping from within her, and my eyes were filling with tears, I want what she has. I want to grow in my relationship with God so that the Spirit is so blatantly seen by all I am in contact with. I want her joy. her peace. her trust. her love. I admire the work of the Holy Spirit in her life, I give God the glory..... I wish you all could meet her and see her and know her, even if only for a brief minute. I could see Christ so clearly in her, I am getting emotional even as I write this, it was so beautiful to see God displayed through her. 


I was so blessed this evening, I am so excited about growing in Christ, about seeing God work in my life more and more as the days and minutes and seconds go by. I cannot wait to reach my full potential in Christ. I am so enamored with Him, I want nothing else but Jesus. He is amazing, I am blessed to call him Abba. I am praying the He would teach me and show me how to be more like Him through my time here. 


I love you Jesus. 
I love you friends. praying for you.