I've been served

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Well as you probably know by now I made it. After my plane out of Detroit got delayed and I was forced to run through the Atlanta airport in order to make my connecting flight I had a loomin feeling. Normally I keep my backpack (full of all my clothes and necessities) with me, but trying to be the nice, compliant customer I allowed them to put it below the plans at their request. BAD CHOICE. with only about 30 minutes between flights I knew the bags were not going to make it. Upon landing in San Salvador me fears came true. A group of us were left waiting in line to file a missing baggage report and leave with only the clothes on our backs. 

In spite of all of this I was in good spirits just because I made it. I figured one day is no big deal. However if you know me, you know I'm not very good at receiving gifts. That first day a friend bought me lunch, another friend bought me dinner, and the family that I'm staying with insisted upon me sleeping in the room with air conditioning and even washing my clothes so I had something clean to wear. In addition another friend drove me back to the airport twice in order to get my bags (that's a story for a different day) and had me over for dinner with his family. 

All this to say, in these first three days God has humbled me in so many ways. He is reminding me that as a sister in Christ I am to allow him to use me to serve others as well as allow him to use others to serve me. By allowing ourselves to be served we give our brothers and sisters the opportunity to fulfill their purpose and be transformed more into Christ image because he was the ultimate servant. 

Today I am so grateful to God that I am safe, that I have friends that love The Lord and as an expression of his love they love me. Please pray that I continue to be transformed, and that my heart stay open to what God is teaching me. 

The rest of the team arrives tonight and I know God is going to do great things in and through us!
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Standing in awe of Christ's servitude,

Sigourney

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