The Arrival...

The team arrived safely back into Springfield on December 5th at 10:00pm. Now we are experiencing the joy of a thing called jet lag - symptons include waking up at odd hours of the morning, not being able to fall asleep at normal times and heavyness of eyelids. We attended Republic Assembly this morning and were able to share a couple stories and photos about our trip. Thus the debriefing process begins. =) The term will end on the 11th.

I will be flying home for Christmas on the 13th and will be able to spend the holidays with my family. I am excited for this time at home. Over the New Years I will be in Cincinnatti, Ohio for the World Missions Summit help work the Convoy of Hope booth and break out session. Then on January 7th I will fly to Costa Rica to begin three months of language school. For a while now I have wanted the opportunity to study Spanish and finally now is the time. Convoy of Hope has a large focus on Latin America, so they they want their Missionary Associates to be able to have a base to draw from to prepare them for the work ahead. Needless to say this will be a time of learning and growing as I work on my Spanish linguistic skills.

I will leave you with this...

"Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good - crucified. Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original"

Galatians 5: 22-25