Humility. Trust. Joy.

I'm typing this from my home in Charlotte, NC while the rest of my team...my family...is preparing to land in Santa Cruz, Bolivia!  My heart is already there and I am so ready to be reunited with them.

In Ryan's last post, he asked for prayer for me and so graciously said I was "having some trouble with (my) travel documents."  The honest truth?  I lost my passport.  Yuck.
So many thoughts and emotions raced through my mind in the wee hours of the morning as my mom, my brother and I searched for my missing passport.  I was literally crying to God in frustration.  And when daylight came, we were left with a house that looked like a hurricane passed through...and still no passport.  After just coming home from a week of counseling at a camp for teenage girls, I was emotionally, mentally and physically spent.  

But.  God is so faithful.  He surrounded me with the prayers of my dear family and friends.  He sustained me and gave me mental and emotional fortitude to make it through 8 hours of phone calls and flight & passport arrangements.  He carried me through the grief when it looked to me like I would not be able to go on this trip at all.  And in the end, He allowed us to FIND MY PASSPORT and provided a way for me to be in Bolivia tomorrow (Saturday)!  God has already taught and reminded me of so much. He has humbled me, strengthened my faith in Him, and allowed me to count it all joy.

Thank You, Father, for choosing to use me in Bolivia this summer.  Thank You for making my paths straight when I choose to lean on You and not my own understanding.  Thank You for Your faithfulness.

I choose humility.  I choose to trust.  I choose joy.