God is at His best even when I'm at my worst. This week has been exhausting and not my best, but God has allowed me to have some amazing conversations with people this week. I've gotten to share His truth, make a new friend, receive encouragement, and find a place to serve. Overall, I can't complain.
God is going to begin using me in Mexico again, and I am overjoyed. Next weekend some friends from Flagstaff will be driving to San Diego to visit me for my birthday. And since I have such amazing friends, they have agreed to celebrate it with me by spending Saturday doing mission work in Tecate. I can't wait to see "mi Madre" and the kids and their new home (they just moved from Nogales to Tecate). I hope to be making these trips twice a month with the Ministry with Mexico group from Point Loma. They spend one weekend in an orphanage or women's home and the other weekend working at different churches. I'm so excited to begin serving across the border again. Please pray for that country. God's love has no borders.
Labor Day weekend some friends and I decided to go "beach" camping. Turns out that the spot we reserved was in a parking lot with a small patch of dirt next to the freeway and railroad. We had to hike to the beach which ended up being just rocks. We didn't last long at the campsite; as soon as we "woke up" (waking up requires us to have actually slept which didn't really happen since we got to hear the trains and intercom from the truck weigh-in station all night), we went straight to Laguna. It was really nice to lay on the beach and read. It was the funniest weekend I've had in a long time. Last Friday everyone went to Six Flags. The park is reserved from 6pm to midnight for NazNight, so there are hardly any lines. I've decided that Goliath is my favorite ride, but you have to sit in the very front because that makes it ten times better.
I got a job as an after-school nanny for two boys. It's really close to my school which is nice. I'm also helping out with children's choir at San Diego First Church of the Nazarene every week. I mainly work with the third graders. It's a lot of fun and very different for me because I'm use to working with teenagers and didn't really grow up in a church. These kids take their Christmas play very seriously which is so funny to me. School is beginning to pick up, and I seem to keep getting busier. I gave my first speech on Tuesday, and I think it went really well. I have my first test on Monday, so needless to say I'll be studying for a lot of the weekend (hopefully at the beach). Point Loma has been great so far, and things keep looking up! This week God reminded me that He will use me as much as I let Him and that He wants me to live an abundant life. Not a life with an abundance of money or things, but instead with an abundance of joy and truth and love.
"Rich or poor, God I want You more than anything that glitters in this world. Be my all, all consuming fire. You can have all my hands can hold, my heart, mind, strength, and soul."
