Comfort

So today is my first full day in Rwanda. Last night after we got here and I was laying in bed thinking after Hilliary and I got done praying together. I am one of those people who is really quiet and shy in new situations but rather outgoing when I am comfortable, but since I am in a completely different culture surrounded by people I don't know that speak a completely different language than me comfort is something that is hard to find. I can't just spend the next eight weeks timidly in the background watching the staff and children, I am here to serve them and point them to Christ, so I have to figure something out quickly. I realized that I probably will not be able to find comfort in the situation I find myself in, but I can find comfort in God. God has not called me to be comfortable, he called me to go to Rwanda and serve.  He has put me here and he knows exactly what I am doing, even if I have no idea what to do. So as I go throughout my day I no longer timidly watch the children peek their little heads around the doorway to my room in curiosity as I study the Bible, instead I find myself inviting them in and showing them all the little things I brought, from soap, to shoes, to my books and my colored pens. It was so much fun to watch them explore and accidentally shine my flashlight in their eye, and even thought I do not speak their language I can still have a relationship with them.

Psalm 119:76-77 "Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant^. Let your mercy come to me, that I may live, for your law is my delight."

News

So pretty soon I will be headed to Rwanda for my internship. In Rwanda I will be teaching, counseling, and doing who knows what else. I am not going to lie, the idea of a whole new culture and language is terrifying, but God gave me this opportunity and I am so excited. This is what I have wanted to do for my entire life and it will be interesting to see how God changes me through this trip. Stay tuned for more updates.