Dear friends,
Greetings from St. Petersburg, FL where I have been joyfully (lightly) toasting my skin in the sun and sipping sweet tea. (While my northerner's preference is NORMAL tea, this is good stuff.) This is my "Sabbath" for the summer and it is delightful. I am visiting my dear friends, Jed and Bethany Mootsey for just a long weekend.
I want to tell you great news of answered prayers since I last posted. The Lord allowed us to go to Casa Hogar in Acapulco and gave me many sweet conversations with the kids there. (My Spanish held up. They told me I was better than last summer... that's a joke!) I was encouraged by the progress of some of my little brothers and sisters and saddened to see the hardness of others. Still, God has brought back some sweet missionaries that are doing great work at Casa Hogar and Sobre el Puente.
The Lord has also recently answered another prayer (a request I had been asking about). Josh is in Costa Rica at language school, and three weeks in he had yet to meet another Christian. He was in need of some encouragement, so we prayed that he would meet a Christian. In a matter of two days, he met two! Praise God! I would love continued prayers for his last week there. Hay que trabajar mucho!
The Lord is teaching me much and being so patient! I will miss the sweet people at Orangewood, but I have such confidence that I am heading where He wants me right now. Continued prayers for boldness, growth, and rest would be much appreciated!
I will be traveling to Chattanooga this coming Tuesday, and then starts senior year of college. Am I really that old? Certainly not at heart.
Thank you for your prayers and love... God is good!
