So the experience of the week is my going to a Spanish bakery where I got 4 delicious bake goods for $2.50 (and may I add we stuffed 5 ppl in one small car for this venture)... I enjoyed the experience and the food and I thought share :)
for the last week or maybe week and a half I have been telling myself to get on here and write because so much has been happening and i didnt want it to be a long entry where I will bore people but yet I just havent been able to get around to it or I have been really tired........ so here goes
Honestly, I didn't want to come to Houston. After Orlando, I just missed it and the people there and knew I would be happy there and I kept thinking about me me me... And I took that to God but it kept coming down to Him breaking me and me just saying 'ok, you are in control, i am going to follow you because it isnt about me' and He, like He has been preparing me for the last year, has led me to Houston. The whole time I was scared and nervous and anxious and wanting to turn back around the whole 2 day drive here... man, I have never been scared to try new adventures, I always grasped them with a little nervousness but the excitement outweighed that... so the past few weeks have been challenging... but i got encouraged after talking to a friend and was simply told at the end of my conversation to get over myself and turn to God and remember the reason i was here so yea :)
And the way here and the first day in Houston before I moved in and began work, I was just getting discouraged in so many areas of my life. It is like the devil knew my weak points and those buttons were being pressed and I got here more discouraged than I had in a while but I didnt want to start off like that so I just keep bringing it back to my focus being on Christ and Him being the reason I was here and I just dived into my ministry...
The ministry itself was full of mixed blessings and struggles.... I have been primarily put at Fletcher because that is the biggest need... But I get to work a little at each center (fletcher, joy, and gano)......... so here is my week in short version............. Monday y Wednesday mornings I work in the ESL nursery at F., Tuesday mornings I work in the clothing closet at F., and Thursday mornings I did the paperwork and helped with the senior adult ministry at G...... all 4 afternoons begin at fletcher working in the clothing closet or helping with other things around the center and I end the afternoons as such: Mondays Kid's Club at G., Tuesdays Kid's Club at F., Wednesdays Kid's Club at Joy, and Thursdays Preteens at F...........I get to help teach in the Kid's Clubs and all that fun jazz........ oh and Teen Club at F. on Monday nights......... Friday mornings are staff meetings and every now and then I will work on a Saturday for a couple of hours........... so this is my life and I really enjoy it. Just being involved, even though I havent learned things yet and still am learning my responsibilities, has been the greatest!
When I walked into Joy on Wednesday, which is where I served in summer 2006, all my kids came running up to hug me and it just warmed my heart. This was my heart that summer and I think I left part of it there, so I was so glad to be back and it was the greatest time, I think it was my favorite time all week.
I feel like when I type it all out I am not doing much but by the end of the week it does feel like it. We will see what God does and how He will use me... I might be able to use a couple of evenings to do something but for now I am using them to settle in and try to get to know the ministries......
Okay so I feel like I have talked about a bunch of nothing and honestly for you to get a good depiction of this week and what has been going on you would have to talk to me directly but even then I dont know how to describe it. Please just pray for me because I am so content in knowing that this is where God wants me and He has moved things and placed me in ministries that are applying my gifts and I am so happy with that but so many discouraging things are happening and it is a battle to give it over and not let those things win over in my life. I have become awkardly quiet here though which is VERY unusual bc I love people so much so just pray that I will find my place here bc I have been overwhelmed and I am struggling with finding my place and so even though I love hanging out with the other missionaries and think they are hilarious to hang out with but I am so quiet around them and I cant move past that...
This week has highlights though......I got a flat tire bc of a screw and so Jonathan, after finally understanding what I was asking (he is from puerto rico and so we are learning the communication thing) he changed it for me but of course it became a hilarious thing to watch between the two of us figuring things out and then the car fell and it was just bad and then i dropped a 12 pack of soda as we were going in and they all exploded and it sounded like we were getting shot!!! it was hilarious though! that among other random experiences i am laughing a lot... :)
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