I am sorry I haven´t updated for quite some time! I haven´t had the time to sit down and write!
These past 2 weeks have been great! I love it here and have been learning so much during this short month.
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| My awesome team |
The first two weeks, I felt like this city was complete chaos! There was so much going on and I could tell I was not a city person. As the days go on, I am getting used to it! No longer do I feel like this specific city is chaotic. Every city, town, and village has its chaos..this chaos was just not something I was used to. I know how the city works. I know how things function and knowing the things that were unknown before is simply: peaceful.
Although I feel like I am not ready to leave, I know God only has me here for a certain amount of time for a reason. I am here to make an impact and that is exactly what I am doing! This past week I have been learning a lot about peace and love.
Now I don´t mean the ¨hippie¨ peace and love where I lounge out and smoke a doobie. I am talking about the, ¨I am content with where God has me in life and I am lovin´ it¨ ! I have been realizing how anxious I am about what´s next. I am already thinking about the next place I want to go in life..when really..how does that benefit me now? How can I focus on what I am doing here and the cool things I am seeing and learning here, when I am already focused on whats next!?!?!
During these past weeks we have been going to our campuses and we continue to share and talk with students. It has been so great! The relationships we are building are wonderful and I am soo grateful for them. The last two weekends my team and I have gotten the opportunity to travel a little bit. We got out of the city! WOOHOO!
Two weekends ago we went to Salto. Salto is six hours north of Montevideo, right on the border of Argentina. It was SO GOOD! How relaxing that was! It was much needed and such a great break from the city life. We went to the Thermas (hot springs) and had a lot of bonding time with our team. We also went down to the river and saw Argentina! It was relaxing. It was peaceful!
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| Argentina |
This past weekend my team split up and went to two different places. Some of the team went to Piriapolis and some went to Punta Del Este.
I went to Punta Del Este. It was wonderful! We were able to see the coast, much of the dead city (due to winter), feed wild sea lions, and go to a famous museum -Casa Pueblo. It felt like we had the city to ourselves. After a long day, we watched the sunset on the ocean from Casa Pueblo. During the sunset I felt at peace with where I was in that moment. I feel like in life we are always on the go. In that moment, I felt like I needed to be nowhere but there, it was peaceful.The best feeling!
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| Coast of Punta Del Este |
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| Casa Pueblo |
Our time here is fantastic. Many students are coming to know the Lord each week. The relationships we are building will be relationships for life. I am learning so much about myself and about the value of people. I am experiencing the culture as a whole- futbol games (soccer games), Mate (tea), speaking spanish...and much more.
I am honestly blessed to be here and to have experienced everything I have on this trip. There is noway I could sum the amount of growth and learning that has been happening in my life.
Thank you so much for your support and your prayers.
TWO MORE WEEKS!
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| My wonderful friend Heidy and I drinking Mate |
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| Uruguay vs. France Soccer game! |
peace and love
