Hope your all doing well! its sooo hard to believe that its been 2 weeks, they've really flown by!
Yesterday I shadowed the pediatrician at the hospital, and I almost understood what she was saying! The Lords definitely been giving me opportunities to learn spanish and understand it. Which I'm incredibly grateful for because my friend here that usually translates for me is leaving next week.
well, today we went to the Casa de Alegria (house of joy). its a home, for girls, around 10-20, who are from troubled homes. They were put in there to get them away from their abusive homes. We had a chance to help them put screens on the windows as well as just love and play with them. They're such a solid, joyful group of girls. We are going back tomorrow to hang out with them some more. We are going to make the good news bracelets (the ones with the yellow, black, red, white, green beads), and do their hair and nails. It's an awesome feeling being welcomed by these girls. They are sooo open to loving you and being loved back, it's incredible. I'm really looking forward to seeing what tomorrow brings,and I'm really hoping that the message comes across of the bracelets. These girls are already raised in a christian envirment, but when hasn't God touched lives there?
God's been teaching me alot about letting Go. a lesson that is extremely frustrating because as you can imagine. . it involves taking things away from my control lol but I'm so excited that He's showing me what He's doing because it makes it alot easier to give things away.
Gods given me an opportunity to memorize scripture with some of the people here that I'm absolutely siked about! Its so encouraging because I've had more and more opportunities to get into deeper convorsations which absolutely makes my day!
Prayer requests:
-Health. Gods been good, I'm healed :) but my friend julie is still fighting a stomach pain, so if you could be praying for her that'd be awesome
-travels. People are leaving. 2 tomorrow, 1 thursday, and 4 next tuesday. Alsoooo, were going to get a chance to go to the jungle for a open health clinic this weekend. So please be praying about that.
-continuous spanish comprehension
-Peace about my new friends leaving. everyone here is leaving me, and I feel like I just started cliquing with alot of them. very disappointing lol So just peace that God has a plan throughout all this.
Love ya'll! peace out ;)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
update 3 (sorry lol)
answer to prayer!
me and the house dad were talking and we figured out a way for me to take a earlier flight the day i leave!! get exciteeeddd lol thanks for praying everyone! mommy and daddy will be thrilled ;)
me and the house dad were talking and we figured out a way for me to take a earlier flight the day i leave!! get exciteeeddd lol thanks for praying everyone! mommy and daddy will be thrilled ;)
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Update pt. 2
Sorry pressed the wrong button and posted without finishing. :)
anyways, on a funny note, one of the girls got proposed to today! The funny part about it is that it was from a Bolivian man (who works in the storage room at the hopsital) looking for a wife for his son! Ha, he was dead serious. He came over early this morning an sat down with the girl and talked it over with her and our house dad lol it was a riot.
Soooo prayer requests:
-health for the house
-the organization is working on finding a replacement for he house parents that I'm with now because they're moving to Canada, so pray that they will have discernment and wisdom throughout the process.
-for me as I work on my prayer life, I need to learn how to quiet my mind
-courage to step farther out of my comfort zone, especially when it comes to talking/asking deeper questions
love ya all!
anyways, on a funny note, one of the girls got proposed to today! The funny part about it is that it was from a Bolivian man (who works in the storage room at the hopsital) looking for a wife for his son! Ha, he was dead serious. He came over early this morning an sat down with the girl and talked it over with her and our house dad lol it was a riot.
Soooo prayer requests:
-health for the house
-the organization is working on finding a replacement for he house parents that I'm with now because they're moving to Canada, so pray that they will have discernment and wisdom throughout the process.
-for me as I work on my prayer life, I need to learn how to quiet my mind
-courage to step farther out of my comfort zone, especially when it comes to talking/asking deeper questions
love ya all!
Update
Hey everyone! Hope this blog finds you all Doing well. I hear it's Been pretty hot up here.
Thank you all for your prayers! My cold is getting better and one of the people in the house is getting over their stomach bug as well, one more left.
It's been a pretty crazy week so far. I went back to the PT office and learned alot about stretching, massage, and manipulation. He is a chiropractor as well so he taught us about manipulating peoples necks and backs and such, loved it!
We worked in a clinic on Thursday, people would come with their kids or even for themselves and a volunteer pediatric doctor as well as some of the med students here would give them a check up. I gt to take everyones pulse :). It really makes you grateful when you think about how much we take our health for granted. Afterwords, one of the girls had brought beads and string so we started making necklaces, bracelets, and lizards for the girls there. Alot of the local joined in too so it was alot of fun.
God showed me the other day how fast we can go from relyig on Him or everything to feeling so comfortable in a routine that we don't even think about going to Him at all. It was extremely eye-opening and I've been makig alot more effort towards including Him as well as going to Him for everything. It makes me think about what's gonna happen when I come home. As I get back in the swing of a "normal" life. I pray that God will keep reminding me that my day should Start and End with Him, and that I want to have a ongoing conversation with Him all day long.
I got to see 2 surgerys yesterday, and as coll as they were, I'm going to be totally fine with taking a little break. Lol
We went up in the mountains yesterday which was phenomenal! We walked along this little waterfall and had a gorgeous sight of Cochabamba and it's surrounding mountains. I loved thinking about Gods awesome creativity, and while up there psalms 139 kept poppin up in my head. It was such a renewing experience and also a great time to grow with the other volunteers that went.
Thank you all for your prayers! My cold is getting better and one of the people in the house is getting over their stomach bug as well, one more left.
It's been a pretty crazy week so far. I went back to the PT office and learned alot about stretching, massage, and manipulation. He is a chiropractor as well so he taught us about manipulating peoples necks and backs and such, loved it!
We worked in a clinic on Thursday, people would come with their kids or even for themselves and a volunteer pediatric doctor as well as some of the med students here would give them a check up. I gt to take everyones pulse :). It really makes you grateful when you think about how much we take our health for granted. Afterwords, one of the girls had brought beads and string so we started making necklaces, bracelets, and lizards for the girls there. Alot of the local joined in too so it was alot of fun.
God showed me the other day how fast we can go from relyig on Him or everything to feeling so comfortable in a routine that we don't even think about going to Him at all. It was extremely eye-opening and I've been makig alot more effort towards including Him as well as going to Him for everything. It makes me think about what's gonna happen when I come home. As I get back in the swing of a "normal" life. I pray that God will keep reminding me that my day should Start and End with Him, and that I want to have a ongoing conversation with Him all day long.
I got to see 2 surgerys yesterday, and as coll as they were, I'm going to be totally fine with taking a little break. Lol
We went up in the mountains yesterday which was phenomenal! We walked along this little waterfall and had a gorgeous sight of Cochabamba and it's surrounding mountains. I loved thinking about Gods awesome creativity, and while up there psalms 139 kept poppin up in my head. It was such a renewing experience and also a great time to grow with the other volunteers that went.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Week number one....check! :)
Hey ya'll!!
Thank you all for your prayers! This past week has been awesome! I have learned so much and I feel like I have been here for sooo muh longer than a week. I feel so much more at peace about being here for 7 weeks. I found out hat there will be others joininvme after all the people I'm with now leave, which is an extreme blessing :) I have gotten alot closer to the people I'm living with now, which was an answer to prayer as well :)
Some of us got a chance to shadow a PT in town, I went today for the second time and I absolutely loved it! The PT was an amazing teacher, even though he spoke in Spanish lol it's been such a blessing though because Spanish medical terminology is really similar to English so it's alot easier to understand. I can follow what he's talking about and he's very patient about what I don't understand. It's been great and it's somewhere I'll hopefully get to go to frequently.
I got to see a surgery on Monday! A guy came in after he had some kind of accident in which he completely broke both of his shins! The doctor put a bar in one leg and a plate in another.... Prolly way to much information for you all but I loved it lol I've gotten to shadow other doctors as well whih were all interesting but they were harder to understand. Last night was my first night on ER duty. We stayed at the hospital till 5:30,.... so it was a great bondig experiance with two of the girls. Sooo has of right now I'm running on 3 hours of sleep.
Thank you all for your continued prayers! I miss you all, but no worries, I'm loving my time here while it lasts :)
Things to pray for:
-health. I have a cold right now (I think because of the 20degree weather at night...). But also for my friends here, two of them are having stomach pains, and they're not sure why.
-continued understanding of Spanish
-to be a blessing (I have made friends with the house cook, Tia, looovvee her) both to the people here and the volunteers I'm living with
-the wi-fi keeps failing, makes it difficult to keep in touch
Love you all! Post again soon
Thank you all for your prayers! This past week has been awesome! I have learned so much and I feel like I have been here for sooo muh longer than a week. I feel so much more at peace about being here for 7 weeks. I found out hat there will be others joininvme after all the people I'm with now leave, which is an extreme blessing :) I have gotten alot closer to the people I'm living with now, which was an answer to prayer as well :)
Some of us got a chance to shadow a PT in town, I went today for the second time and I absolutely loved it! The PT was an amazing teacher, even though he spoke in Spanish lol it's been such a blessing though because Spanish medical terminology is really similar to English so it's alot easier to understand. I can follow what he's talking about and he's very patient about what I don't understand. It's been great and it's somewhere I'll hopefully get to go to frequently.
I got to see a surgery on Monday! A guy came in after he had some kind of accident in which he completely broke both of his shins! The doctor put a bar in one leg and a plate in another.... Prolly way to much information for you all but I loved it lol I've gotten to shadow other doctors as well whih were all interesting but they were harder to understand. Last night was my first night on ER duty. We stayed at the hospital till 5:30,.... so it was a great bondig experiance with two of the girls. Sooo has of right now I'm running on 3 hours of sleep.
Thank you all for your continued prayers! I miss you all, but no worries, I'm loving my time here while it lasts :)
Things to pray for:
-health. I have a cold right now (I think because of the 20degree weather at night...). But also for my friends here, two of them are having stomach pains, and they're not sure why.
-continued understanding of Spanish
-to be a blessing (I have made friends with the house cook, Tia, looovvee her) both to the people here and the volunteers I'm living with
-the wi-fi keeps failing, makes it difficult to keep in touch
Love you all! Post again soon
Saturday, July 17, 2010
getting into the swing of things
Things have been going along really well so far! I feel like I've been here for so much longer than just 4 days, such a wierd feeling.
Thank you for praying about my spanish! I feel like I'm picking up more and more words daily, but alot is still going over my head. I had an opportunity to shadow the physical therapist the other day, and I was able to communicate with her alot more than I thought I would have, which was awesome! It was interesting though because some of her treatments went against everything I was taught in school.
We had a great opportunity to work in a childrens orphanage today, I absolutely loved it! The kids there were from the ages of 4 months to around 6 yrs old. when they get older than 6 they go on to a different orphanage. It was just so much fun to hold the kids and play with them, tickling them and seeing their faces smiling from ear to ear. SOOO precious! I felt so blessed to be there, caring for orphans, fulfilling a calling that God made long ago to love them. It was great, and were planning on going back ( to that one or another)
in the later afternoon, we were able to go to the central park in the city and help wash kids. these kids are mostly from the indigenous tribe here in cochabamba, quechuans (ket-chu-ahns), and they are lucky if they get a bath once every week. we set up tents in the square and the mothers brought there little children(5 and under) in and we had basins of water and gave them a quick washing with shampoo and body soap. from there, they were able to exchange their outfit for a new, clean one, and then get their hair done as well as their nails (if they so chose). It was sooo humbling and such an amazing blessing washing these kids. Such a different experience. These kids have close to nothing, and were so grateful, they loved being cared for.
God has been teaching me daily to constantly give the future up to Him. To trust that He is in full control, and what He desires to teach me is the best for me. . as hard or as frustrating as the process may be. I have had to get out of my comfort zone sooo much (as if this trip in general wasn't far enough . .), and its been such a growing experience.
I would greatly appreciate your continued prayers! for. .
-understanding spanish more :)
-courage/peace to continue to step out of my comfort zone
-to "be interuptable" as I listen for Gods voice during my day (and trip overall)
-to be a witness/encouragement to the people here in bolivia as well as the volunteers and my host family.
-for a flight to work out for me the morning i have to leave (sept 1st). otherwise im spending the night in the airport (trip full of out of my c-zone experiences . .. )
love you all!
Thank you for praying about my spanish! I feel like I'm picking up more and more words daily, but alot is still going over my head. I had an opportunity to shadow the physical therapist the other day, and I was able to communicate with her alot more than I thought I would have, which was awesome! It was interesting though because some of her treatments went against everything I was taught in school.
We had a great opportunity to work in a childrens orphanage today, I absolutely loved it! The kids there were from the ages of 4 months to around 6 yrs old. when they get older than 6 they go on to a different orphanage. It was just so much fun to hold the kids and play with them, tickling them and seeing their faces smiling from ear to ear. SOOO precious! I felt so blessed to be there, caring for orphans, fulfilling a calling that God made long ago to love them. It was great, and were planning on going back ( to that one or another)
in the later afternoon, we were able to go to the central park in the city and help wash kids. these kids are mostly from the indigenous tribe here in cochabamba, quechuans (ket-chu-ahns), and they are lucky if they get a bath once every week. we set up tents in the square and the mothers brought there little children(5 and under) in and we had basins of water and gave them a quick washing with shampoo and body soap. from there, they were able to exchange their outfit for a new, clean one, and then get their hair done as well as their nails (if they so chose). It was sooo humbling and such an amazing blessing washing these kids. Such a different experience. These kids have close to nothing, and were so grateful, they loved being cared for.
God has been teaching me daily to constantly give the future up to Him. To trust that He is in full control, and what He desires to teach me is the best for me. . as hard or as frustrating as the process may be. I have had to get out of my comfort zone sooo much (as if this trip in general wasn't far enough . .), and its been such a growing experience.
I would greatly appreciate your continued prayers! for. .
-understanding spanish more :)
-courage/peace to continue to step out of my comfort zone
-to "be interuptable" as I listen for Gods voice during my day (and trip overall)
-to be a witness/encouragement to the people here in bolivia as well as the volunteers and my host family.
-for a flight to work out for me the morning i have to leave (sept 1st). otherwise im spending the night in the airport (trip full of out of my c-zone experiences . .. )
love you all!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
I'm here!!!
The trip was soooo long, way to long for my taste, i'll be doing great if i dont see another airport for awhile!
The Lord has been so Good. the first day, after a very hard goodbye from the fam, He led me to my devos while waiting for my plane. it turned out to Heb 11. the chapter on faith. It was great reading about abraham especially, because even though he didnt know where he was going, he knew God had called him and he followed.
thats exactly how Im feeling right now! (minus the fact that i know im in Bolivia) I'm still not sure why God has called me here, granted its still the first day, and right now im questioning why im here for so long. lol
the Lord has continued to provide me with comforting verses, as well as people that speak english! however when english speakers are scarce he has brought back to my mind the few tidbits of spanish i remember.
Plzzzz keep praying for peace of mind for me. I'm finding out that it seems like everyone here right now is leaving by mid august. a few every week. right now it seems like im going to be alone, i know God can bring others. the host family im staying with is leaving too, and someone else is taking there place.
Plzz keep praying that im a blessing to the people here. pray that i fit in well with the volunteers that are here now.
Thank you for keeping me in your prayers! Im so gratefull for the courage to fly by myself, He arranged for me to meet people that helped with papers, as well as getting me to the right gates.
last thing, my wi-fi is not working as of right now, but hopefully the guy in charge can fix that when he gets back tonight!
miss ya all! hope to write soon.
The Lord has been so Good. the first day, after a very hard goodbye from the fam, He led me to my devos while waiting for my plane. it turned out to Heb 11. the chapter on faith. It was great reading about abraham especially, because even though he didnt know where he was going, he knew God had called him and he followed.
thats exactly how Im feeling right now! (minus the fact that i know im in Bolivia) I'm still not sure why God has called me here, granted its still the first day, and right now im questioning why im here for so long. lol
the Lord has continued to provide me with comforting verses, as well as people that speak english! however when english speakers are scarce he has brought back to my mind the few tidbits of spanish i remember.
Plzzzz keep praying for peace of mind for me. I'm finding out that it seems like everyone here right now is leaving by mid august. a few every week. right now it seems like im going to be alone, i know God can bring others. the host family im staying with is leaving too, and someone else is taking there place.
Plzz keep praying that im a blessing to the people here. pray that i fit in well with the volunteers that are here now.
Thank you for keeping me in your prayers! Im so gratefull for the courage to fly by myself, He arranged for me to meet people that helped with papers, as well as getting me to the right gates.
last thing, my wi-fi is not working as of right now, but hopefully the guy in charge can fix that when he gets back tonight!
miss ya all! hope to write soon.
Monday, July 12, 2010
one more day left
no, I haven't left yet lol
Thank you for all of your prayers. I have spent the whole day packing, and finishing up last minute errands. Please keep praying, Im getting more and more stressed by the hour. I am pretty sure I have everything I need, but there is a constant doubt in my mind that I'm missing something . . typical .. I know.
I'm feeling an amazing peace about being there, I know and am confident in the Lords purpose. Now I'm just needing to get over the whole landing in Bolivia part.
My plane leaves at 3:25 tomorrow afternoon. Going out for breakfast with the family, pray for peace, for everyone.
Thanks again for your consistant prayers!
Thank you for all of your prayers. I have spent the whole day packing, and finishing up last minute errands. Please keep praying, Im getting more and more stressed by the hour. I am pretty sure I have everything I need, but there is a constant doubt in my mind that I'm missing something . . typical .. I know.
I'm feeling an amazing peace about being there, I know and am confident in the Lords purpose. Now I'm just needing to get over the whole landing in Bolivia part.
My plane leaves at 3:25 tomorrow afternoon. Going out for breakfast with the family, pray for peace, for everyone.
Thanks again for your consistant prayers!
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