Sorry, this is from the end of June, I just forgot to update it. Hahaha:)
“You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ Jesus clothed yourselves with Christ.”
-Galatians 3:26-27
God has been teaching me SO many things while I’ve been in Nicaragua. He has set many things on my heart, and one of those had been baptism. I was baptized when I was a baby, but it my parents decision and not mine, I had not made that declaration of faith. I had seen many of my friends get baptized, but I wasn’t ready for that yet.
Last Wednesday, I gave my testimony at church, and as I was sitting listening to Trey preach, God really put on my heart the idea of getting baptized, of publicly declaring my faith. So that night after team time, I was baptized in Lake Nicaragua, the lake that el Rancho overlooks, and the lake that looks absolutely incredible at sunset. My teammates all prayed over me and were such a source of encouragement, quick shout out to my teammates—You rock. Anyways, God is so good.
Today marks the halfway point of being in Nicaragua. It’s crazy to think that from now on, we will have been in Nicaragua longer than we will be here.
On Thursday night, we had the opportunity to share a devo with the people of Cicrin, and then we had some time to pray over the people here. Before I came on this trip, I prayed that God would break my heart for His children. He sure did that. I can’t imagine leaving any of these kids, and the fact that we have less than a week left at this place is crazy. But I know that God’s also got incredible plans in store at our next destination, wherever that’s going to be.
Friday we woke up to the best surprise yet of this trip—pancakes with peanut butter. I don’t think I’ve seen my teammates happier about any meal we’ve eaten here.
Today (Saturday), we got to go to the beach with all of the kids from Cicrin. It was so much fun, even though all of us Gringos may have gotten real sunburnt.
It’s so weird to think that in a month, I will be sitting at home, on a couch, with air conditioning, not worrying about the water I’m drinking, and probably vegging out to the television. I’ll probably have a bed to sleep in and I wont have to worry about how many bed bug bites I’ll get. It’s weird to think that in a month, I will no longer be with my team, who has pretty much become my family. And I don’t want that. I’m not ready to go back to “ordinary” life. I’m ready to follow God’s plan for me, and I’m ready to go where He lead’s me and do what He calls me to do!
“You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the spirit, if the spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness… because those of you who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” Romans 8:9-13
