Please pray for understanding and discernment for me.

I don't agree with everything we've been going over. I don't want to be totally closed to new ideas, but I don't want to accept something into my mind just because. So yeah...understanding and discernment would be lovely.

Wow. This week has also been amazing!

Deciding to do a DTS is the one of the best choices I've ever made.

We talked about the nature and character of God. Deep stuff. I've never really thought about it before, like really REALLY thought about it. Our speaker was really good, he made sure we were thinking about everything that was being discussed.

Everybody down here is awesome, we really are one big family. There's 7 other girls in my room, and we all get along like we've been friends for years. I actually feel like I've been here for such a long time. But these 2 weeks of classes have gone by SO fast, it's weird.

Apparently there was an earthquake in Costa Rica recently. I haven't heard much about it, so I don't know how the rest of the country is, but everybody in this area is fine. There were some tremors yesterday, which was really crazy. But we have a plan if a earthquake ever does hit, so don't worry.

Ah, Sunday. A day to relax, recover and reflect. I did a load of laundry by hand this morning. It was surprisingly enjoyable. There’s a church right next to the base, so I could hear their worship service. It was lovely.

I’m so amazed by God. He’s already been teaching me so much. Near the end of the week, I discovered that I’m a naturalist. By a naturalist, I mean that God and I tend to connect when I’m outside in His creation. So I definitely experienced Him yesterday, when we went to the beach.

He showed me so many things about Himself and about His love. The main revelation of the day was this: His love is unstoppable, like a big wave. It can sweep me right off my feet. It’s powerful. And it’s rushing toward me.

I want to run into it, to be surrounded by Him and His love. It’s funny, because running into the waves has always been one of my favorite things to do at the beach. I want to sprint toward Him. I want to be overcome by His love.

I’m so excited to see what else He’s going to teach me!

Classes have been AMAZING! God is going to show me so many things, He already has and I know He will continue to. I’m going to come back from this as a COMPLETLY different person. I can’t wait to see what God is going to do!

Oh prayer request! Please pray for God to help me understand His love for me. We’ve been talking about it a lot this week, and I feel like I know it in my head, but not in my heart…if that makes sense. So if you would pray for it to make sense in my heart, that would be awesome!

classes start tomorrow. :) so this weekend I got to spend a ton of time with my team and get to know them. I know God is going to do something HUGE with us. I just don't know what it is yet.

Today we went to church. It was so cool. Obviously everything was in Spanish, so it was a little hard to understand but I think as I get used to hearing more Spanish, I'll be able to catch on more. I've been able to talk with a few people who speak only Spanish and are trying to learn English so we're helping each other out.

Everybody is saying that tomorrow everything is going to start getting crazy. Breakfast is at 6 30 every weekday. I don't think I'll be eating breakfast much.

Thanks so much for taking time to read :)

made it!

so far so good! right now there are three students here, the rest get in tomorrow. i can't wait to meet everyone!!! the base is pretty much a huge tree house, which is AWESOME! i'm so stoked! apparently it used to be a coffee manufacturing facility, then it was an architect school, now it's a YWAM base. So it's obviously a super cool building.

i can't wait to see what God is going to do on this trip, i have a feeling there's going some crazy awesome stuff that goes down! please keep praying!

wednesday!
it's coming!
time seems to be speeding up on me.
i still need to finish packing. haha
please please please pray that i get everything done tomorrow that needs to get done!!
it's going to be a day of finalizing and goodbyes.
goodbyes are going to be difficult. today was my last day at the bucks and those goodbyes were rough. it's funny how you can get so close to people after only knowing them for a few months. that makes me SUPER excited for leaving though! i'm going to be living with 30 awesome people for 6 months! i can't even wait to meet them all!!!

please keep my family in your prayers too. if they miss me as much as i'm going to miss them...they'll need prayers, let's just leave it at that.

thank you so much for your support! i can't wait to see everybody when i get back and swap stories in june!
i love you all dearly and will be praying for you while i'm gone!