Beca 2 Brazil

Hey friends!  I wanted to share a dumb story of something that happened to me today, that I thought you may enjoy laughing at.        W e all do stupid things, and the faster you can laugh at yourself the quicker you will be able to not die of embarrassment at the first sign of trouble.      I had to come and get bloodwork done this morning. Not something I was looking forward to just as the process was one I knew nothing about and I was going to need to figure out. I waited about an hour just to start the registration process, once I was at the counter registering there was some issue with my insurance so the teller took my card to the back to resolve it. She was gone a while. While she was gone I pulled out my earbuds to listen to a message before putting them back in their case and ATTEMPTING to replace them in my bag. I missed…. I dropped them on the floor and both earbuds flew out of the case and under the desk in front of me. The desk was a ...

 "There is nothing quite like being in the center of God's will." I've heard it said time, and time, and time again. And so have you. Did you know that it's true?       I have been on the field here in Brazil, for 5 months now. While I am aware, that is not a long time, I have come to realize just how awesome it is to be living the dream God put in my heart and mind so very long ago. While the steps to get me here were also a part of God's will, it is a pretty surreal thing to realize that each step was taken with this goal in mind.       These last couple weeks I have spent a lot of time reflecting on the different trials and hardships God has brought me through to get me to where I am today. Each trial, each heartache and difficulty was part of the shaping and molding process to get me to be who I am and bring me here, to Brazil. I will be honest with you and tell you that the last several years of my life have been anything but easy, and I...