Well, we are finally here and all settled in. The rest of our team of "summer interns" don't arrive until Monday, so we'll have a bit of a slower weekend, running errands, meeting people, and the like. International travel felt like a breeze (minus the 3 am wake up call). Casa Bernabe from what we have seen thus far is incredibly beautiful. I am so excited to be serving here and am already amazed by the dedication, faith, and love of the missionaries and staff here.
Casa Bernabe is organized into several smaller "casas" divided by age and gender, and from what I understand, we will all be assigned to one of these houses for the summer, essentially acting as a care taker alongside the house parents that are already here. All that will be figured out by early next week, so I will let you know more then!
Throughout our orientation in the States and our time here in Guatemala thus far, I have had a consistent sense that this is truly where the Lord wants me to be -- so many doors seem to be opening and I am learning so much... I am finally building a vocabulary for so many of the things which I already am passionate about, and there are many many people surrounding me for whom I have so so much respect and from whose wisdom I have already benefitted. I feel I could not be more blessed.
Pray that I would continue to sense and be attentive to God's hand in this, and that I would be open to taking on whatever position and/or tasks are given me this summer, knowing that the Lord has put me here for a reason and that these current circumstances, as Amy Carmichael wrote even amidst her own suffering that "however things may appear to be... these are the best that He could choose for me."
Vaya con Dios.
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