Week 4..... check!

hey everyone!! thanks again for all of your prayers! its been a pretty decent weekend.

last night there was an accident that we had to go to the hospital to help out with. 2 males, 2 females, and a little girl. One of the women had a head injury and continually vomited blood. She received stitches to her head as well as her trunk. One of the men broke his arm and was splinted, the other man died. I can honestly say it didn't feel real. I was watching the doctors give him CPR, praying to God that he would pull through. I was ready and fully expecting him to snap out of it, to pull through, and it didn't happen. I still cannot believe I witnessed it, all i could think about was where he was going... there's no way to know, and it kills me. What his family is going through... will it bring them closer to the Lord... I've never witnessed a death or had to go through a family death, and it really brought to reality how short this life is.

We had a clinic today, I got the chance to help translate for a girl studying to be a dentist. It was a lot of fun trying to get out the spanish words, and everyone was very patient with me. Thank you all for your prayers in this area as Im seeing a gradual improvement, though I'm still far from where I wish I would be in the language department.

I had an awesome time this morning reflecting on this trip so far. I didn't expect to see the many areas God is teaching and growing me in. Areas I honestly didn't expect to be working on this trip. He has taught me so much using the people I've had the blessing of meeting, the out of comfort zone experiences, as well as the down time that I've been learning to use productively. Thank you all for your prayers!

Today I had the challenge of praying for the patients by myself. I couldn't find the boys(my typical prayer partners), and was beyond ready and full of justifiable excuses as to why it would be ok to skip today. The Lord had other ideas, He thought it would be an excellent time to work on leaving my comfort zone, stepping out in faith, and shining a light to whoever possible. So after many attempts at persuading Him otherwise, He walked me into the room and up to the first bed. I honestly can't explain the peace that I felt as soon as I opened my mouth to ask the man if I could pray for him. It was amazing. I felt a peace and a joy knowing I was talking about my Savior, and a genuine love for a person that was hurting and needed the Father. I got refused once, a couple people were sleeping so I prayed silently for them, and then I got to pray with a woman named Emily who loved the idea of prayer and was so encouraging! It was definitely an amazing growing experience.

Prayer requests-
-new people are coming starting tomorrow! pray that God would give many opportunities to reach out and encourage as well as bless them.
-work on the many areas I need discipline in (studies, spanish, etc)
-to be a blessing and a light to the people I'm living with as well as the ones I come in contact with here

Thank you all for your support!
Gods love :)