Peru

     I don't have words...not yet. It's been a week since I left the country of Peru, but I can't put into words the miracles I witnessed take place there. I hope to share some stories of ones that were led to the Lord, and of the amazing power God displayed during those two weeks, but honestly, today words just aren't enough. All I can say is after seeing the way God loves the people of Peru, I can't help but fall in love with them too. He shattered my expectations for this trip in a beautiful way. I don't ever want to live outside of His unbelievably perfect will. Not only is He the one who can move the mountains and walk on water, He is the love of my life.

     I hope these faces tell the stories that my words can't...

Those faces are forever engraved on my heart. Peru, I'll be back. 

In His Arms,

<3 D

Isaiah 61:1-3

     Have you ever seen God work a miracle? Have you ever watched God use imperfect people? I along with forty-nine others have been invited to go spend two weeks in the country of Peru, serving the people there. I have never felt so ready yet at the same time so unprepared. I can't put into words what a dream come true it is getting the opportunity to go back to Lima! This trip will be my fourth trip to Peru and each time gets better and better as more of my heart takes root there. The only thing I dread about going back to Peru again is the thought that I'll have to leave it. I love the country of Peru. I love the people. I love how open they are to the gospel. I love how friendly, welcoming, and hospitable they are. I love how they kiss and hug everyone, no matter who you are and what you've done. I never would of seen how closed off, guarded, and judgmental Americans are, if I hadn't gotten to experience the Latin American cultured.

     There are countless reasons as to why I am so hugely undeserving of this opportunity and every time I think about it, I feel completely overwhelmed by my inadequacy, my incapability, and my lack of things to offer. I don't deserve it, but...He chose me....He chose me. In Exodus chapters three and four Moses argues with God informing Him of his inadequacy, of his slow speech, like the God who created Him was unaware of such things. Moses spends a ridiculous amount of time telling God that somehow He had it wrong, that God's plan for his life must of been a mistake, that God had somehow overlooked something or had forgotten how unfit he was for the job description that God perfectly created for him. It's so tempting to fall into the selfishness of focusing on our own short comings. But I refuse to fall to the same mistake that Moses did. I have faith that my God can move the mountains. I have faith that my God can walk on the water. I have faith that my God is big enough and great enough to look past my inadequacy, all my flaws and all my fears. I have faith that my God can work through forty-nine imperfect people. I have faith that my God can work a miracle in Peru.

Isaiah 61:1-3

"The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prisons to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all that mourn; to appoint unto them that morn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for the mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that HE might be glorified."

PLEASE keep me and the rest of the Peru team in your prayers!!!

In His Arms,
<3 D