So this is my first post on my first blog. Neat. I'd really like for this to be a place where I can share my thoughts and feelings and experiences and be pretty transparent about it, because not everyday is going to be a good day, and I have no expectations that this will be easy either. In fact, I'm expecting it to be pretty stinkin' hard and I really really hope I can handle it. I've given this a great deal of thought and prayer and talked with God about it over the past weeks and months and concluded that I can't handle it on my own, so it's a good thing I'm not doing it on my own. He's called me to serve Him in Guatemala and opened all the doors, so He is going to give me what I need. He is able to do "immeasurably more than all I ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us." (my favorite Bible verse and title of my blog!) :) Now I just need to constantly remind myself of this.
I leave on September 9th, just 2 weeks away. Every time I think about that for more than a second I have a miniature panic attack and have to distract myself with something else. Needless to say, my to do list (which isn't even on paper yet) is getting done very slowly. While there's definitely anxiety, I'm also very excited. I'm going to be living with a young couple, the Cerritos family. Jorge Jr and his wife, and they are expecting their first child. I'm going to be working with a ministry called Ciudad de Refugio (City of Refuge), which is a church, and helping with their various outreach ministries and using my social work background where I can. Not many other details right now, but glad to know these things and able to pray for the ministry and the family.
