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These are my days

 

Im doing what I was created to do 

Ill do it over and over again, until God calls me elsewhere 

 

My days here in Guatemala look like ones that I have dreamed of since I was a little girl and now I am living it out. These Days are long and hard, days where I give everything that is in me and I give that out in everything. Days where I end the day crying out because I had nothing else left in me. Days where I laugh for hours. Days where I give my everything and give God the glory that He is due and worship him fro hours. Days where all I can do is cry as I’m driving around the city and see a great need for the people here. Days where I would get woken up at 5am by the sounds of cars on the interstate that surrounds our base. Days where I would fall asleep at dinner because I was exhausted from walking up a mountain on the way ministry. Days where I am beautifully overwhelmed, everywhere I looked, raw human need had been on display. Days where all I can do is pray for the people here. 

 

 

 

Now you could think of these words  I just wrote as complaints, but you see I love the days where all I had to give God were tears. I love my bed in a room full of eight beautiful women, whom I call family. I love the sound of cars zooming by, cause that is the same road I take to ministry and I love that people are going from place to place to start something new with their day. I love the bright morning sun at 

5:30 am that beems through the window and that I can hear the Lords voice in the stillness of the morning. I love the days of constant worship . Oh the extravagant joy that I felt while dancing around a sea of hammocks hanging up behind me on a basketball court. Oh how I love sitting in the sun with some people who I call family. I love doing dishes for over thirty humans who I love deeply and get to say good morning and goodnight to!

 

I love my new life! These are the days I live for, longed for and have prayed for, because I find God in all my days here, then I ever could before. 

 

 

To think I could be watching tv right now in my air conditioned living room, while eating something from my fridge that I knew was always full. I could be in my car driving through a drive thru. I could be with my best friend in a Coffee shop right now, tasing for hours. To think of the many things I could be doing right now in the states is nothing compared to what I am doing now.

 

 I wanted so much more than what I was doing before. I want to be spiritually And emotionally filled everyday. I want to love people so hard, and never go a day without laughing. I want to wake up to the sun piercing through the sky and the feeling of the mourning breeze. I want to feel the sun against my skin as we drive up the mountain to ministry. I want to feel the bumpiness of the cobblestone roads, that are around the city. I want to be learning and growing every minute. I want to be taught by every person I come in contact with, and share the gospel with those who may not know it otherwise. I want to work so had that I ended every day filthy and too tired to move. I want to feel needed and important, and used by God. I want to make some kind of difference, no matter how small, and I want to follow the calling God places on my heart. I want to give my life away, and serve the Lord with each breath, each second. At the end of every day no matter how hard it is, I knew I wanted to be here in Guatemala. Opportunities to make someone else’s life better, sounded way more attractive to me than living with the comforts I once had before. The longer I’m on the world race, the more I realized that deep abundance in the Lord began to swallow every dought, and frustration I’ve ever had. No matter how hard the days are, I know I’m at the center of Gods will, and I’m doing what I was created to do. Im loving God and people with my whole bean, life is right where it needs to be!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love this life that the Lord called me to live and right now, I couldn’t be happier. Yes some days are hard, most days I cry, and my heart gets broken because I love God and for whatever breaks Gods heart breaks mine as well. 

 I love the hugs I get every day by the people God placed in my path. I love the brown eyed children that won’t let go of my hand, because lets be real I have five year olds as best friends! I love the culture of living life slowly, I love the culture here that puts people and relationships first. I love the simplicity of what a smile can do to a person. yes we wear masks, but you can see a lot in someone through their eyes.  I love the eagerness that people have, the eagerness to get a glimpse of what I give my life towards. I love that people love the same Jesus that I do. 

 

 

Thank you for taking time to read this and get a glimpse into why I love the world race and everyday life here in Guatemala. If this touched your heart in anyway or have anything to share with me, simply leave a comment or share this blog. God is doing so much and I get to live for him, life is great, that is all. See you next time!

2 Comments

  1. Thanks so much for sharing! Thanking God for the gift of this ministry opportunity for you and those you are serving. Praising Him for the gift found in these words “I know I’m at the center of Gods will, and I’m doing what I was created to do.” What a blessing!

  2. Wow Kaitlyn, I am in awe how you pour your heart out… completely sharing what HE gives you each and every day! What a testimony, what an inspiration, what a way to live!! And what a powerful sweet reminder of doing this on the daily! Thank you so much for sharing this 🙂
    xoxo

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