Finding God in the Chaos of Everyday Life

There are moments in life where we get so caught up in our day to day routine, stress, and a to-do lists that we forget that God is constantly surrounding us. One of my favorite things to do is go somewhere outside that is peaceful where nature surrounds me and everything God created is singing to Him. This last week was probably the craziest by far. You’d think that after being here for several weeks we’d get into the groove of things and have everything under control, but that definitely hasn’t been the case for me. Once camp is over for the day you have to go back and plan for the next day, get your supplies, and head to something else. Monday nights we have worship night with the interns, Tuesday nights are youth nights, Wednesday is community night where we spend time bonding as interns, and Thursday nights are teaching nights where someone comes and speaks to us. It is all great and I’ve enjoyed all of them because I think they have allowed us to all grow closer together  but there are times where I wish there were more hours in a day. After feeling overwhelmed all week I went to the Bird Park Saturday morning with two friends from Harding (Abigail and Lynette). It was GREAT!! I felt like we were in a rain forest the whole time surrounded by God and His creation. We got to see a lot of really cool birds and even hold and talk to a few J In the park there was a short nature walk, which really the whole things was a nature walk the only difference about this one is it wasn’t paved so you felt more like you were hiking!! It was so peaceful and quiet, as I’m thinking “God knew I needed this time just to meditate and relax away from noise and crowded streets” I realized I’m surrounded by God’s creation EVERYDAY!! During the nature hike we came upon a family playing in a river and washing clothes.  When I saw them my immediate thought was God created them too! It was at that moment that I realized that after praying for quiet time where I could be surrounded by God all week that I realized God blesses all of us with being around him 24/7. Even in the chaos of being around people running from place to place you are still surrounded by Gods creation and I think we take that for granted, or at least I do. 

After the bird park we all went as a group of interns to the Hot Springs!! It was also really relaxing and definitely the best way to spend Saturday midway through our time here. We enjoyed rubbing this clay mud all over us and letting it dry while vapor that smelled like rotten eggs blew past us and opened our pores!! Lol we def. looked like crazy Americans and at one point we thought do Hondurans even do this and does it even work or is this just a way for them to make money and laugh at us!! Either way we had a good time!

This week is going to be another crazy week full of activities but with only two weeks left its impossible not to want to do everything and soak it all up before it’s over. In class I am teaching my students how to make main dishes so we are going to try to make mini pizza’s, smiley sandwiches, and quesadilla’s! My youth leader Rita who I’ve enjoyed working had to quite today. It’s really sad because she had an aunt pass away last Friday and her Grandpa has been in the hospital so she doesn’t have the time and her family really needs her at home. I enjoyed getting to work with her and watch her become more of a leader, I wish she could continue to help me teach the class but I know she’s going through a lot right now! I just hope that she had a positive experience as a UPH youth leader and I hope I can find a way to communicate with the youngest class since she helped translate! I would really appreciate it though if you would keep Rita and her family in your prayers!!