Thursday, November 5, 2009

Facing Obstacles

It is strange coming to the last six weeks of my study abroad experience. As I look back at the last 7 weeks I realize how much I have grown and how many obstacles I have had to overcome...from the language barrier with my host family and the new culture, which is very different from America.

It has been such an experience. On one hand I look forward to returning to the Estados Unidos (US of A) and on the other it will be sad leaving everything I have grown to know and understand as life. I am so thankful to have been born and raised in America. It is crazy to see what my life could have been like if not. Not that it is bad but you begin to miss the everyday things...the happiness most Americans have and the smiles they greet you with on the street, the freedom that reigns and how easy it is to do anything.

This last part of my trip I have really been encouraged to press into God. I am so thankful He has given me this experience abroad and so thankful He has provided me to look at the unknown and have a "conquer it" attitude.

some verses i read today that were really awesome were...

"But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere- in Jerusalem, through out Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
-Acts 1:8
"So I pray that God, who gives you hope, will keep you happy and full of peace as you believe in him. May you overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit."
- Romans 16:14

I know this experience has been a blessing from God but being excited about going back to familiar lands (literally) I don't want to miss what He has left for me the last couple of weeks. He has stretched me, molded me, pushed me and is doing something in my life this semester. And it seems that I have forgotten He is right next to me the whole time! Wow He is awesome!

STRETCH ME....MOLD ME....SHOW ME SOMETHING NEW EACH DAY!

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