The Lord has done a lot to bless other people through us these past two months, from passing out breakfast to homeless people to wig shopping with one of our friends who recently had brain surgery. I expected that. I expected him to use us to bless other people because it’s a mission trip. That’s why I’m here. I also expected The Lord to bless me during this trip. I mean, our primary goal is to bless others, but that can’t come with out being blessed ourselves. What I expected to get out of this trip was maybe a little more joy than I usually have or an epiphany about what I should do with the rest of my life. I probably should have listened at training camp when they said to get rid of all of your expectations. I got way more than I ever imagined.
Ever since I was little I’ve always wanted an older sister. I was jealous of people who had older siblings. I always wanted someone to look up to. Someone who wouldn’t be afraid to be real with me. Someone who would show me tough love but love me unconditionally.
The other night at 1 AM when two of my teammates and I were laying in one of our leaders’ beds and she was whisper-yelling at us to get out, I realized that The Lord has blessed me with not one, but seven older sisters as well as four new little sisters (in addition to the awesome one I already had).
You could argue that we just have a really strong friendship, but it goes much deeper than that. We come from all over the US and Canada and in a month we’re all going to be scattered again, but the bonds we’ve formed are for a lifetime. I hope they’re okay with it because they’re stuck with me for the rest of their lives.
The Lord blesses us in a lot of different ways. Sometimes he even gives us things we didn’t even know we wanted. Sometimes he gives us even more than we ask for.
Be on the lookout for gifts from God because they’re everywhere. It took me two months to realize this one.
