No regrets, just rebirth.
I ment to write this as soon as I got back, I really did, but I got really sick on the bus ride home from Mexico. I have this really bad case of the stomach flu and all I've done in the last 24 hours is sleep, shower, sleep some more, shower, and write this. I hate being sick. Still, praise God it didn't happen while we were in Mexico.
Ahh Mexico. I don't think I've ever been happier then when we were down there. Life is so simple and our purpose is so clear. This trip really reinforced my desire to do something in Missions for the rest of my life. It's always amazing to me how much I closer I feel to God while I'm down there. God just filled me with energy, we worked twelve to thirteen hours a day and slept for like six, but I was never tired when I woke up in the morning. Incredible. The fact that we built an entire house int two days, Incredible. That the girls had seventy kids in their VBS, Incredible. How great is God? That he would allow me to serve him blows my mind.
So basically if you didn't know the guys built a house for a family that really needed one. They have eight children and one of them is disabled. We ended up building them a house that is probably the best in the whole city. The looks on those little girl's faces while we were building the house, priceless. Seriously. They were so happy. I hope they saw the love of Christ in what we did. "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?"Matthew 16:26
Building was a good bonding time for the guys, there's nothing like hammering a bunch of nails to bring guys closer together. Haha. It was fun though. Lots of fun. My favorite part was when Fergus, Tim, Chad, and I put all the rafters in for the roof. Chad and I had to stand on top of twelve foot ladders just to put them into position, then, without falling off, we had to nail them down while Ferg and Tim did the same. It was definitley not very safe. I almost fell off the top of my ladder twice. Ferg's ladder collapsed several times. Chad and I tried to cut one of the boards in mid air while we were on top of the ladders. It was incredibly dangerous, yet fun at the same time. This may sound lame but it really taught me something, how often do I depend on myself or something else flawed, (ie. a broken ladder) instead of depending on God. "Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you." Deut.31:6
I'm really weird. The only souveneirs I bought on the whole trip were books to read on the bus. One of them was The Glass Castle. It was really good. One of those books you can't stop thinking about. Some parts of it were really disturbing, but it was an incredible story.
I haven't started my Bible paper yet, I'm such a procrastinater.
There is more to say, but sleep beckons.
Ahh Mexico. I don't think I've ever been happier then when we were down there. Life is so simple and our purpose is so clear. This trip really reinforced my desire to do something in Missions for the rest of my life. It's always amazing to me how much I closer I feel to God while I'm down there. God just filled me with energy, we worked twelve to thirteen hours a day and slept for like six, but I was never tired when I woke up in the morning. Incredible. The fact that we built an entire house int two days, Incredible. That the girls had seventy kids in their VBS, Incredible. How great is God? That he would allow me to serve him blows my mind.
So basically if you didn't know the guys built a house for a family that really needed one. They have eight children and one of them is disabled. We ended up building them a house that is probably the best in the whole city. The looks on those little girl's faces while we were building the house, priceless. Seriously. They were so happy. I hope they saw the love of Christ in what we did. "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?"Matthew 16:26
Building was a good bonding time for the guys, there's nothing like hammering a bunch of nails to bring guys closer together. Haha. It was fun though. Lots of fun. My favorite part was when Fergus, Tim, Chad, and I put all the rafters in for the roof. Chad and I had to stand on top of twelve foot ladders just to put them into position, then, without falling off, we had to nail them down while Ferg and Tim did the same. It was definitley not very safe. I almost fell off the top of my ladder twice. Ferg's ladder collapsed several times. Chad and I tried to cut one of the boards in mid air while we were on top of the ladders. It was incredibly dangerous, yet fun at the same time. This may sound lame but it really taught me something, how often do I depend on myself or something else flawed, (ie. a broken ladder) instead of depending on God. "Never will I leave you, Never will I forsake you." Deut.31:6
I'm really weird. The only souveneirs I bought on the whole trip were books to read on the bus. One of them was The Glass Castle. It was really good. One of those books you can't stop thinking about. Some parts of it were really disturbing, but it was an incredible story.
I haven't started my Bible paper yet, I'm such a procrastinater.
There is more to say, but sleep beckons.