My Treasure

Sorry it's been a while! Let me do a quick re-cap! Last week I was in Huehuetenango. Devin and I pretty much just hung out with a pastor's family while there. This pastor (se llama Efrain) is the same gentlemen that helped us travel when the group was here. He also drove us to Totonicapan. Por eso, it was very nice to spend time with him and his family. They were very hospitable and fun to hang out with. Pero, I have to say I watched way too much Dora with their grandson. Highlights of the week: Devin learned to ride a moto, I rode with him, we went to an awesome waterpark, and we made efrain's family an all-American meal---meatloaf, green beans, and mashed potatoes!!!! O yeah-- and brownies for dessert. Que rico!!!! This past Monday we "moved" again! First Efrain took us to the airpOrt to pick up our friend Kandace! (she came to Guatemala two years ago with me:) We then ate at Applebee's for lunch!!!!!! Gloria a Dios!!!!! It was soooo good!!! After that we were dropped off at a bus station and headed east towards the heat! We arrived in Zacapa that night. We are all three living in 3 separate pueblos. Our families came and picked us up and took us home! My whole Guatemalan family was waiting for me! It at times has been unreal to believe that I am back hear with them all. This week we have just been spending time with our families, catching up with old friends, and trying to stay cool. There is a ministry in a pueblo over (this is where I first came two years ago). They have built houses for families to come live in when something happens to their home. Its like a temporary shelter for them? Anyway, we met a couple of th kids that live here Tuesday. Our plan is to next week go visit the houses and families, and do kinda the same thing we did in Toto. Maybe just visit and pray with them. We are also looking into having a Vbs there one afternoon for the kids in his area. Heart to heart moment. So like I said earlier, it at times is very hard for me to believe that God has allowed me to return here and visit a place and people I love. I've been telling people that I feel I'm in a dream!!!! Just to be honest, there was a time when I thought if I could just go back to Guatemala..Even if I could just know when I would go back. After I graduated, after 5 years, or would it be never??. If I could just get some answers I would be happy and content. Maybe this why God had me wait two whole years upon returning. You see, two years have passed and my question and prayers about Guatemala have been answered. The only problem is I now have more uestions. When or will I be able to come back? Will I be able to teach at the school I visited here in Guatemala? Will I live here? How long? And there are more concerning my future of course. So my point and something I feel God has taught me: we need to seek Him and not just answers from Him. Pray to communicate with the Almighty God not just in hopes that your wish list will be granted. Spend time in Gods Words to understand His heart more, not just in hopes He will grant your prayer requests faster. Another thing God has been reminding me over and over and over---His plans are sometimes different, but always better. It doesn't mean we won't have struggles or sadness, but there is always joy that can be found in Gods presence. Entonces, Primero Dios. Seek after God, as He is the best thing this world has to offer. He is the only thing that wil truly satisfy. I'll close with this quote I love: "To fall in love with God is the greatest of all romances, to seek Him is the greatest adventure, and to find Him is the greatest human achievement." I'm content not because I am in Guatemala (because that's only for 20 more days) but because I possess the greatest treasure that can never be destroyed and that's a relationship with Jesus. My prayer is that everyone who reads this can say they have the same greatest treausure I have. Va pue!