Well, we've been in Nashville for a little over a week now. It is good to be back here. All of the new students have moved in and we are beginning to get to know each other. We have 11 students this year! 6 guys, 3 girls, and a married couple. This is a huge adjustment from the first year of just us 3. It's also a huge blessing and an answered prayer. We are thankful to have more community. We've spent this first week getting settled in, starting school, and looking for part-time jobs. We officially begin the new year tomorrow. I can't wait. This year we will be going through Romans, memorizing 100 more verses, studying more theology, and taking part in local ministry. I pray that we will resemble the early church as much as possible in all that we do.
As I think about this next year of my life, I am completely overtaken with anticipation, excitement, fear, inadequacy, joy, and about a million other emotions. I am clinging to verses like Philippians 4:6-7 which says "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus," and Proverbs 3:5-6 which says "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make straight your paths." Psalm 46:10 has also brought great peace to me. It says, "Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth!" I do not know why the Lord has chosen to use me. I am weak. I am broken. I am full of pride. I am selfish. I am scared of what's ahead of me. I want things to go my way..on my time. BUT I know I have to cling to the Word. I have to cling to the cross. All of my righteous acts are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). But when the Father sees me, He sees the work of His Son. I don't have to be strong; His grace is sufficient (2 Corinthians 12;9-10). My sins have been made clean and I am a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). I don't have to fear because I know He determines my steps (Proverbs 16:9). I am trying daily to rest in His great love. I don't know why He chooses to use me, but I'm thankful He does. So this year, my last year in the states for a while, my last year of college, this crazy year, will be a year that can only be done through His strength. Please pray for me and for Trek-X as a whole as this year begins. I'm so excited to see what the Lord has in store!
I'll try to keep you all updated about what's going on.
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| Moving In |
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| Josh and I after our first event with all the new Trek-Xers...white water rafting! |
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| One of our first meals- stir fy and black beans (a specialty I picked up in Guatemala this sumer :) |
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