¿donde?

where? thats the question we have been asking a lot here in moyobamba lately.

where is so and so, where are we eating, where are we working tomorrow, where where where?!?

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Matthew 6:25

oh how I desire to live a life where I can rely on God to answer all of my where questions. I do believe the more I ask God  "where?", the more He shows me where He is in all of this.

Today was amazing. Me, alexis, jay, taylor, april, john, and bob went to work on construction. It was pretty intense manual labor.  I love being able to do my part but today I just wasnt up to the physical challenge. I was really excited that I had team members who could help mask my weaknesses as I tried to find other ways to contribute to the group. April and I helped the women (who typically arent supposed to do construction, because we are delicate creatures) cook the food for lunch. We witnessed just how hard they work to prepare everything from scratch. The chicken we befriended when we arrived at the site became our lunch a few hours later.  April, alexis, and I couldnt enjoy the chicken but the guys seemed to like it. April actually said "if I had to do all this work each time I prepared a meal, my family would starve." haha

We just had devotions and got to catch up about what the folks at the medical clinic saw today. They switched things up slightly today to try to make everything more effecient.  They said things seemed to run even smoother. I think we are all realizing as a team it is important to function on our INDIVIDUAL talents and strengths and we are working better as a team. None of us really knew each other before this trip and as we get to know each other, we are discovering the strengths of each other and are able to better encourage each other.


SOMETHING I FORGOT TO MENTION ABOUT SATURDAY:

I forgot to talk about visiting the site of the future university of moyobamba. we took many pictures. lots of crops are growing and it looks even better than when i saw it 2 years ago. they are having to be very patient and the team working on it seems to understand that it will take years to raise the funds to actually hire a staff and maintain a university. they grow a lot of plantane trees, banana trees, pineapple plants, coffee, and pecans. they are using any money they make to buy more crops and expand upon their vision of the university. as someone who tends to thrive on immediate gratification, it is refreshing to hear people talk about long term visions and see how their short term goals are helping them.


xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Blessings,
Morgan