Hello everybody!
Things are going very well here. The students for the DTS school are arriving today and tomorrow, so there's people everywhere!
God has asked for my complete attention and focus here during this school, and since then I have been enjoying getting to know the people here more and more. I actually understood two jokes in Spanish..that's big news people!! There's another girl from the US here now, which is great! She's from Oregon. I've been helping translate for her some, which I love.
During the past couple of days we have been working hard to prepare the houses for the students. So, scraping paint off of walls, painting, cleaning, moving an entire kitchen to another location...ya know, everyday stuff. :) We are blessed to have the opportunity to rent a beautiful yellow house for YWAM right now. This new place is where we will now have the kitchen and laundry. And its where I live now too! We have coconut palm trees, mango trees and banana trees in the back yard!! This is all good except the matresses are rather thin, and there are more mosquitos here, I swear! Six new bites in one night!
But anyway, I'm learning so much about relying completely on God, about trusting Him entirely with the perfect plan He has for my life. There have been times recently when I just wanted to go home with no desire to be here at all. But, God has made it clear that the best place for me to be is smack-dab in the middle of His will. And right now, Cartagena, Colombia is His will for my life. Since this is the case, I'm ready to do this school 100%! I'm very excited for what God has in the coming months.... Not so excited about waking up at 5am every day to share my shower with seven girls :).
Wow Sissy!! God is doing great things through you and the others there in Cartegna. I am so blessed from hearing about your exciting adventures with our Lord! It seems you are enjoying your Spanish friends more and more! What a great opportunity and honor to be serving the Lord and doing his will!! About the mosquitos; I'm working on that.. a new mosquito extinguishing machine.. ha ha. One alternative is to come home to these sub-zero temps we're having here! It sounds like you are enjoying ur new place of residence. That's great! I pray for you every day and I Love You So Much!
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Chelsie -
ReplyDeleteYour posts are such a blessing to me. I have shared about you with our Florida Sunday School teacher who was a missionary in Columbia for a number of years. He says the organization you are with is excellent and looks forward to hearing more about what you are doing. God will be faithful to you in all things, Chelsie. You are right when you say that being in the center of His will is where you want to be. I can still remember where I was when I made that decision, and it was the best one I ever made. I like what Dr. Charles Stanley says "Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him." We love you and are praying for you.
I know it's been a really tough week for you my dear but I also see your grasp on His will for you and how that will give you strength to face each challenge as you adjust to another culture. I was reading in 2 Chorinthians 9 where the Lord says "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." How true this is! For when I am weak, then I am strong. We are praying for you and know that you will feel His love today! mamma
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