"I Don't Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello"

Well, I had thought that I had said goodbye to Peru for a while, but I guess I will be here for about another week due to the snow in Atlanta, Georgia (the place we were to fly into). Plans change... I am a bit shaken up, but God is being so good to me and I am being changed even now, during the second, unplanned week. Who would have thought?
Last night we had a team meeting with the few that are still in Peru with me. I realized just how awesome and dedicated some of the people from my team really are to this trip.
There is a sweet couple whose son was taken to jail two days after we started the trip. If I were in their shoes, I would have wanted to leave Peru as soon as I found out, but they didn't. they stayed and worked inspite of the chaos back home.
Another woman that I have spent the few weeks with has every right to be upset about our current inability to go home. Her mom is in the hospital on her death bed. She could lose her mom at any second! She has every right to be angry and stressed about the fact that she is not able to get home, but she told me that she has peace. Peace in the middle of chaos. It is amazing how God can give us peace and joy even when we are facing the darkest nights and the lowest valley!

I am not going to lie... I feel like the same little girl who got lost in the parking lot when I was five. I am trying to be strong and easy going, but this is a challenge for me right now! I am missing yet another week of school (who would have thought I would be upset about that?)! I was prepared for pretty much everything to happen on this trip... except this. This was definitely a surprise! However, although I am scared, lost, and stressed out, God is still good. He is in control and He is here with me. 

God is using this trip to drain me. In other words, take everything out that is bad and show me what I need to fix. He has revealed to me things that need to be adressed when I get back home. He has also used this trip to fill me back up again. He has shown me joy that I have fallen away from in the smile of a old, beautiful woman and in the excitement of the little girls as they come running up to you. He has taught me so much! 

I realize that although I am scared, God is in Control. Or like my favorite song says, ¨He is the God of this City. He's the King of the people. He's the Lord of this Nation. He's the light in this darkness. He's the hope to the hopeless. He's the peace to the restless. For there is no one like our God¨(BlueTree), and there truly is no one like our God! I am so glad He is the God of my heart!