And that’s a wrap

Somehow I finished out my time in Colombia and have made it to Vietnam it what feels like little to no time at all. Such sweet moments I had:

Some lessons I learned in Colombia:

– being content. With the ministry we were doing it felt hard at times to not get discouraged or feel like I wasn’t doing enough. But Paul talks earnestly about being content in all circumstances in Philippians.

– God is close to the brokenhearted. Just after one week in Colombia my heart broke for the people of Medellin and I could feel God drawing closer in those times. Which kind of goes hand in hand with joy and grief can coexist.

-pray intentional prayers. I feel like the Lord was highlighting that the same power that lived in the disciples lives in believers today. A scripture that was highlighted for this was when Peter was in prison and the believers earnestly prayed for his release and when the angel walks him out of the prison and the believers of the house hold don’t think it’s real and thinks he’s a ghost. The lord was highlighting being specific in my prayers and being willing to ask for unbelievable things that His power and glory may shine through.

songs that impacted me:

-Africa will be saved by the torchbearers

– missionary anthem

-ankle deep

-Ants in my pants (squad dance song)

Weekly ministry:

1. Recycling/youth

2. kids ministry/old people home

3. Aguapanela

4. vegetable crew

5. kitchen crew

6. kitchen crew/English classes

scripture that spoke to me:

-Jonah 1:2- going to the wicked places and not running from the Lord

-Romans 9- fear of evangelism disappearing

-Isaiah 40

-Lamentations- joy and grief can coexist

foods that’ll forever remind me of Colombia:

-Yox

-plantains

– happy days

-epinandas

joyful moments(beware there’s a lot)

– recycling

-hiking to the top of Medellín

-Banjo! (Dog that followed us on our hike for 6 miles)

– Simon’s pizza

-street evangelizing

-FaceTiming home

-girls at child ministry

-jello attacking our leader Carley

-ice cream outing with my team

– buying a fish with Blake and Jess(his name is sushi)

-walking home in the rain

– baking with Braelyn late at night

– playing fish bowl

-my birthday

-prayer walking a Catholic Church on my adventure day

-shopping at street markets

-just dance team time

-decendants watch party

-snaps/veggies with Mo

-Pilates

– FaceTiming my brothers on D Squad with Mo

-paragliding

-Lisa giving me Yox daily!!!

-watercoloring

-box ride home from the Bronx for the last time

-volleyball!!!!!

-narnia and brownie team time

-dance party on the roof with the youth group

-movies with Blake

-last night at youth

and that’s a wrap on Colombia!

health/prayer:

About a month ago I was throwing up for a couple of days but got better pretty quickly and was feeling well for a week. Then when we got to our Debrief I started throwing up again and feeling pretty unwell. I felt fine on our travel days headed to Vietnam but after a couple of days here I started noticing myself getting sick again. Body aches. Throwing up. Migraine. Extremely fatigue. This went on for a couple of days. About Monday this week I was on call with another leader of the squad and he was wondering if it was spiritually related. At this point I had no clue so my team gathered around me in prayer for a couple of hours. While this time of prayer was super sweet and I felt myself let go of a lot of stuff I was holding on tightly too, I threw up again within a couple of hours. This kept going on that night and continued onto the next day. Carley and my host Minh took me to the Hospital Wednesday where I had multiple tests taken. Ultrasound picked up inflammation in my small intestine. This is called Enteritis. This is where my small intestine inflames(hence why I can’t keep food down) and leaves you extremely fatigue and in physical pain. I was put on an IV drip for two hours which put anti inflammatories and pain killers in me as well as some antibiotics. I get released that night. Day one of being home I felt no change in my body but started my bland diet: 1 bite of rice every 15 minutes. This put my body working in over time. Since my body has been rejecting food for so long it’s taking a while to get used to food again. So I would like to ask for you all to be interceding for me: cease in pain, throwing up stops, getting stronger, that I would be healed.

I appreciate you all so so much! Love you guys back at home! Please feel free to reach out whenever!

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