Dios les bendiga!

This blog has been lingering over my head because I realize the need to continue to update those who have been faithful in supporting me while I was in Honduras, even though I'm not in Honduras anymore.

The truth is that this trip can no longer be defined as a "trip". It was so much more than that and will play such a larger role in my life than I could've ever imagined.

First, I need to thank all of you who prayed for me, supported me financially, gave me words of encouragement, letters, helped me manage things while I was in Honduras, and so much more. God has worked through you all to make me a different person and to mold me into the person He has made me to be. Given, I'm not quite that person. There is still molding to be done and experiences to be had but after spending nine months in Honduras I feel like my life has taken a large leap toward the plan that God has for me.

I, obviously, LOVED being in Honduras and continue to LOVE Honduras. It will be a country that always has a special place in my heart regardless of where the Lord takes me from here. I'll always remember the people who touched me, the Hondurans that treated me as their family, and the country that God traveled with me to, the adventure that Him & I shared there. All of these things can never be taken from me.

With this beautiful country in mind, I'm now in my first year of college with the ultimate goal of studying TESL and moving back to Honduras to be an English teacher. I've considered doing a double major and make the other half a study in linguistics mostly because I realize how much I loved learning Spanish and learning languages as a whole. We'll see about that, though.

Right now I'm going to school and working at an insurance office (doing random jobs, sort of secretary-ish). I feel very blessed with the opportunities the Lord has provided for me and, although going to community college is not quite the thrill that living in another country is, I feel extremely content to be working toward a goal that will hopefully bring me back to Honduras someday. As for visiting, I'm planning a trip back to Honduras in December, after Christmas. I'm really excited to go back and see my "familia catracha" (Honduran family) and be back in the corner of the world that the Lord has shared with me to be a place where Him & I meet face-to-face and He expresses His love to me through sunsets, waterfalls, tropical rain, and the beauty and diversity of His creation. He is an awesome God that we serve and in this period of transition I have faith that He will always be faithful. I'm excited to see how He meets me here in Chesapeake, Virginia and how He ministers to me through His word and His body.

Thanks again to all of you and, I will continue to update as my relationship with Honduras continues.

God Bless!