There are 22 of us here studying abroad, and everyone is so amazing. I have enjoyed getting to know everyone, and hear their stories. We have completed orientation, and we have started classes. Everyone is getting settled, and getting into the swing of things.
When classes started I found out that I have been placed to work at a Compassion International Child Development Site. I am so excited to be working with this organization. I will be able to do house visits, teach classes, and work with children of all ages. I have met my supervisor and all of my coworkers, and I absolutely adore them. Everyone is so welcoming here. I have already been able to do house visits, and dance ALOT. I am excited to see what else I am going to learn over the next four months.
I already feel as if time is flying by. I was reminded this morning while doing my devotion to not take this time for granted. These next four months will be amazing, but will also mold me in ways that I can not comprehend. I am excited to be here, and I know that God is going to do BIG things in my life, and others lives. Even though I miss Louisiana, and everyone there... this already feels like home. God has me here for a reason, and I can't wait to keep discovering what that reason is.
I was feeling overwhelmed this morning, but then I read this...
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a brach that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."-John 15: 4-7
So this is my hope for this semester. That I constantly remain in the Lord, and that I know that I can not do this journey without him. Lets do this thang.
