One Day at a Time

July 8

Today was a pretty restful day. While the girls were in Sunday class with Mercedes, Jen and I kept an eye on the babies…Oh! But I’m forgetting an important part of the day. Before all that, we had our mentor time with Gracie and we talked about God being our shepherd and how sometimes when things get really rough all we need is a hug from God and to hear him say that He loves us. She shared a song with us (Me dice que me ama). It was in Spanish but she translated as it played. It was a really beautiful song and I actually got a little choked up because of how touching the words were. Gracie went into worship mode after that and I think that kind of set the mood for the rest of the day. She came in the family room while we were playing with the boys and started singing. Not long after, they were having a pillow fight. It was a lot of fun to watch, but I eventually for pulled in.

Once the girls were done with class, I made a quick run to the pulperia with Alicia to get some juice and a pack of oatmeal for Milagro; then I retreated to my room till lunch was ready. I pretty much did the same thing after lunch. Jen and I stayed in the room most of the afternoon. Since we are living on the mission site, we’re constantly going from about 6 or 7 in the morning to 9 in the evening, so when there’s a opportunity for some down time, we take it. Now that I’ve been here for two weeks with little outside contact, I think I’m starting to get a little restless. But for me, that’s normal…2 weeks is usually my breaking point, but I’ll get over it after being here a bit longer. I’m still so blessed that God provided the means for me to be here and I want to make the most of it.

            After dinner, we all hung out in the family room and watched a movie while playing with the boys. Ericka started throwing up so I helped Dulce (nanny) clean up and got Moises ready for bed since she had her hands full. For the most part though, it was a pretty laid back day. Jen and I had some pretty good conversations. We talked about how things are probably going to be really different when we get back. I mentioned to her that I don’t think I’ll ever be comfortable with just being comfortable. After all that God has been showing me here, I’ve been deeply convicted about how I take a lot of things for granted. I still don’t quite know what kind of job I’ll be looking for when I get back; all I know is that I work for the Lord. He wants me to just trust Him one day at a time and leave the details up to Him. That’s completely against my nature, but I’d be dumb not to trust Him.