Author: Adventures

It’s so hard to summarize all that’s been happening here because each day is such an adventure unlike anything I’ve ever experienced.  However, I had a day a couple of days ago that pretty much encapsulates my life so here we go.   So a bit of a back story: I think it was the first night we were in Goa and my roommates (Lindsey and Kari) and I were settling into our new home for the next few weeks.  We felt incredibly blessed as we turned on the fan and opened all the windows/doors and began to cool down a bit (Goa is wayyyy hotter and more humid than...

To a middle class white Texan who has been blessed enough to live in a decent suburb and have my own car sense i was 16. Never did it cross my mind that I would need to use a bus one day. I mean let’s be real, I have only used the dart train in Dallas once in my life, and never have I been in a taxi. But let me just express to you that in India, we use the bus everyday 4 times a day. And there is no such thing as personal space. HA! Especially when the bus teller tries to make a game out of the ride and see how many people you can get in one bus. Let’s just say it’s about...

He is showing me this week to be completely dependent on him. We have been able to teach preschoolers this week, and honestly it was a little difficult for me. The children were a little wild, but so precious at the same time.The joy that radiates off of their faces is truly inspiring. At training camp we were told to get rid of any expectations we had about the trip. I tried my hardest to do this, but I don’t think I fully did. My expectations on what we would be doing here were changed. And through this He is showing that I HAVE to fully and completely depend on Him and nothing...

Trust is something that has really been on my mind lately. We trust the food we eat to not make us sick, we trust our leaders to take care of us, we trust our friends with our stories, we trust the bus drivers to get us to where we need to go safely (even when they do get in accidents here every now and then). Trust is such an odd topic and it is something that I have always struggled with. We all have to trust in something, honestly whether we want to or not. Personally, i trust in the L$ord$. However, it makes me think back to church last Sunday. The preacher talked about when J$esus$...

This week, my team has been doing something we did not think we’d be doing this summer.Instead of working with women, we have been working at a preschool in a surrounding area, and I absolutely love kids. They are so important for the future because they are the generation that will rise up and lead in the years to come. That is why education is so vital. And it is even more important for them to be taught about the one true *Dad at such a young age. With that being said, I will say that I was not exactly thrilled to find out that my week was going to be with preschoolers. I know the...

Before coming on this trip, I relied on my friends and family and communication and internet and familiarity and language and American food and many other things.    I didn’t realize the extent to which all things “normal” would be stripped away.    God is showing me how reliant I need to be on Him and how all other things will fail me in the end.  At home, when something happens whether good or bad, I always rejoice or mourn with friends and family first, and God second.  God is showing me how He needs to come first in everthing and in every...